Keep in mind there has been absolutely NOTHING at the entrance to the City... EVER. So what happens, a few of the local City Council puts together their pea sized brains and decides to block the development by refusing to rezone the properties involved. The Council members who voted against the rezoning never took into consideration this was a smart, attractive feature for the City on a site where NOTHING has ever been, and that most citizens and taxpayers were excited about and approved of the idea. No once again this was about political back stabbing a mayor several members can't stand and a mayor they the council has battled and nitpicked with since day one.
It doesn't matter about what the people want or the progress of the City and our area to these Council members...It's all about political posturing, chest beating and trying to improve their self image. Their self imposed sense of importance is channeled by lies, cowardice and deceit. Claiming they were left out of the process by being ignored for meetings that damaged their fragile but self absorbing egos. Yes lies about no meetings, yet admitting having met personally with developer on at least two separate occasions. Even after having met, the 2 councilmen were too cowardly and spineless to tell him they planned to veto the project, because they couldn't have their say so.
Then the ultimate lie saying to the public it was about fast food restaurants and traffic concerns. It's about time for a couple of these Council members to grow some balls, man up and tell us what it really is about politics clear and simple....the public doesn't buy the lies and once again progress is put on the back burner by these small men and women with their self exaggerated sense of importance and worth...Yes these small men and women will try keep the Jeffersonville entry like it is... NOTHING... all in the name of politics and their wounded egos....
Seriously? Someone who bitches about traffic on Holman's Lane, which isn't that bad except for being busy but usually steady, and then ignore probably the most dangerous section of town.
ReplyDeleteOh someone is playing politics alright, and he runs this blog.
What you said.
ReplyDeleteIf this was put up to vote it would pass overwhelmingly. The C. council is way out of touch with it's constituents wishes.
ReplyDeleteYou must not get out much Anon. try coming thru Holman around 5:00 pm and that's laughable "the most dangerous section of town"....
ReplyDeleteand if Ed Z. is such a traffic expert he could be better utilized as traffic director....
Even if traffic was a concern in the hotel area...traffic patterns and roads can be changed and added ...I know we don't see much positive results or proactive road changes around here, but they can be done...
ReplyDeleteSomething on that pretty is always better than nothing. Nothing generates $0 in tax revenue and 0 jobs to go woth it. Someone wants to invest $25 million in your city ( about if not more than the yearly budget for the city) you take it. Just like not getting the casino here years ago, we will eventually regret this action.
ReplyDeleteAs for playing politics nope too old for that children's game... just call em like I see em....
ReplyDeleteWell said HT, everybody in town knows the council is playing politics with this project.
ReplyDeleteZastawny is just talking out of his ass.
The only ones that buy that traffic and fast food excuses are the weak minded other members of the council that follow his lead.
You throw all the blame of the feud between C. council and the mayor on the council. The mayor is as much to blame as well.
ReplyDeleteThe mayor isn't the one that screwed this one up. It's not just this one development at issue. Can you imagine how this mess looks to those considering an investment in Jeffersonville? White Reach had undoubtedly spent a lot of money on this project before getting turned down. Renderings, engineers, lawyers...none cheap.
ReplyDeleteWe look like a bad gamble.
Preventing any economic or community asset progress while whining about lack of communication has been the strategy of the anti-Moore council members since the beginning of this administration. That strategy can be easily identified as the root cause of all of the council/mayor issues. Unelected people with their own issues, like Hutt, egg it on. When elected officials use their positions for anything other than the best interests of the community that is paying for their representation, they need to be unelected.
ReplyDeleteThis is why Moore must go, send him back to bussing tables.
DeleteWithout back door deals, and council members profiting on development, nothing will be approved.
ReplyDeleteThe big Jeff machine is alive and well.