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re: Gonzales files petition to recall two councilmen
Posted on 4/23/14 at 8:29 pm to brodeo
Posted on 4/23/14 at 8:29 pm to brodeo
Have you been to a council meeting? Gary ask some dumb questions and does what Irvin wants. Gary isn't a bad guy just hanging with the wrong crowd. The zoning issue with Priceco was just the nail in the coffin. The didn't want it for mix development, they want retail. The area is next to a sewage treatment plant and no retail would build there. Gonzales paid an economic development firm to identify and recommend a business for that zone and Crawford electric fit the bill. 40-50 high paying jobs along with over 2 million in counter sales would have been great tax revenue. Waiting for a Gap to move next to sewage would never happen. All the zoning in the area was C-2 (industrial and commercial) while that plot was C-1 (commercial only). Their reasoning was "spot zoning" if they changed to C-2. The planning and zoning commission and the city attorney both stated on the record that it was not spot zoning. They still would not budge. There is more that they are doing that is disturbing but this one captured the headlines.
Posted on 4/23/14 at 8:42 pm to rmumph1
I figured they were trying to turn that neighborhood into mixed use due to its proximity to the new Edenborne development, the Burnside "main street" area, and Tanger. I didn't realize that there was a sewage treatment facility right there. As I'd said prior, I would have approved Crawford, but what can I do. I don't have a vote on the council and I live outside the city limits so... I didn't even realize that Gary was on the council. The last time I saw him, he was running against Smiley for Assessor.
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