Making rules, making excuses

Posted on March 18th, 2008 by TechDigger

More on the South Side rezoning issue:
MySA.com: Editorials

Councilwoman Diane Cibrian is launching an effort to permanently add protection against similar mistakes in the future, and other council members are discussing preventive measures as well.
Cibrian wants an ordinance requiring that council be informed of any zoning decision impacting even nonbinding agreements and possibly an additional hearing.

Uhmmm, [...]

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They didn’t do it because they were “inexperienced”

Posted on March 16th, 2008 by TechDigger

MySA.com: South/East

Last month, City Council members shrugged off the recommendations of three advisory panels and city staffers as they granted a developer’s rezoning request to build a subdivision just over a mile from the center of Toyota’s pickup plant on the South Side.
And the council members thought this was a good idea because …? Given [...]

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