Happy ending
Here's a story from up 'Couv way that has the classic plot: port commissioners and developer weasels in the back room, and some concerned citizens outside, armed with open meetings laws, guts, and persistence. Good for them.
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By "them," I mean the latter group, of course.
Posted by Jack Bog | August 19, 2008 1:17 PM
And in the "Poor Misunderstood Developer Department"
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/375475_anthone19.html
Posted by dman | August 19, 2008 1:36 PM
Where are the civic activists South of the Columbia ready to do the same job? One can only view our League of Women Voters, City Club, etc, as captive of the private interests hogging at the public trough down here. Shameful.
Posted by equal time | August 19, 2008 10:21 PM
Where are the civic activists South of the Columbia ready to do the same job?
Look to your local neighborhood association. Not all of them, mind you; but enough are active and watching the store that it does make a difference.
Posted by john rettig | August 20, 2008 12:07 AM
I don't know about any others, however, Boise Neighborhood Assn. can be counted among "not all of them." BSN has completely silenced the longtime residential neighborhood wishes for livability in their pursuit of progress, prestige & most importantly, profit.
And don't give me that increased property values cr*p! Nobody's buying and my taxes keep goin' up.
Posted by jussaskin | August 20, 2008 10:02 AM