Planning Commissioner Richard McKinnon -- who ran twice for City Council as a slow-growth advocate -- failed to win re-appointment on Tuesday when the City Council filled two vacancies on the powrful board.

McKinnon will be replaced by Ellis Raskin, an attorney specializing in land use and environmental law, who serves on the City's Urban Tree Task Force.

Planning Commission Chair Leslie Lambert -- considered an outspoken advocate for housing development -- was appointed to a second two-year term.

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