Comments on: Government is the problem http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/11/government-is-the-problem/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:49:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Pez http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/11/government-is-the-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-90252 Pez Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:47:48 +0000 http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/11/government-is-the-problem/#comment-90252 I was cracked up by Bob S. standing in the wings raising his hand until the 'it's-just-common-sense' councilman gave him the stinkeye. I am typically pro-business and pro-development when it makes sense, but tuesday night the city made clear that the only standard they hold themselves to in terms of economic development is that something is better than nothing. We can replace planning services with a $0.50 ink pad and a rubber stamp. I was cracked up by Bob S. standing in the wings raising his hand until the ‘it’s-just-common-sense’ councilman gave him the stinkeye.

I am typically pro-business and pro-development when it makes sense, but tuesday night the city made clear that the only standard they hold themselves to in terms of economic development is that something is better than nothing. We can replace planning services with a $0.50 ink pad and a rubber stamp.

]]> By: Jim Sack http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/11/government-is-the-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-90246 Jim Sack Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:04:40 +0000 http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/11/government-is-the-problem/#comment-90246 I stand corrected. I took a look at the city council tape from the other night and missed the point of Mitch Harper's frustration: it was not his fellow councilmembers, but rather the cumbersome rules and regulations that confounded the discussion over the Fairfield Quickmart rezoning. I need to apologize to Mitch. At a number of points he tried to find a path to a resolution of what both developer and neighbors wanted, but plan commission rules seemed to thwart progress each time a potential solution was offered. So, I missed that. Mitch, who along with John Shoaff, are the most congenial and collegial of councilmembers, was simply not frustrated with his fellow council members, but rather with the cumbersome tangle of rules that stood in the way of that bit of progress and others. I stand corrected. I took a look at the city council tape from the other night and missed the point of Mitch Harper’s frustration: it was not his fellow councilmembers, but rather the cumbersome rules and regulations that confounded the discussion over the Fairfield Quickmart rezoning. I need to apologize to Mitch. At a number of points he tried to find a path to a resolution of what both developer and neighbors wanted, but plan commission rules seemed to thwart progress each time a potential solution was offered. So, I missed that. Mitch, who along with John Shoaff, are the most congenial and collegial of councilmembers, was simply not frustrated with his fellow council members, but rather with the cumbersome tangle of rules that stood in the way of that bit of progress and others.

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