tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11302996.post113254856775609613..comments2023-10-25T11:01:13.802-04:00Comments on Save Our Sarasotaâ„¢: Hiaasen on Urban BoundariesSOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/06892243531071920272noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11302996.post-1133276311070179942005-11-29T09:58:00.000-05:002005-11-29T09:58:00.000-05:00Agree with you about reception citizens get at com...Agree with you about reception citizens get at commission table as opposed to developers and their representatives. Recently two developers' lawyers, about to leave the chamber after their agenda item had been covered, stood up in the first row and talked loudly for about two minutes. None of us could see or hear what was going on at the meeting. Citizen groups are reprimanded for being out of line...rightfully so...but why the double standard for development interests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11302996.post-1133272460999287552005-11-29T08:54:00.000-05:002005-11-29T08:54:00.000-05:00The proposal by Citizens for Sensible Growth (CSG)...The proposal by Citizens for Sensible Growth (CSG) to require a referendum for citizens to approve any Comp Plan Amendment to expand the Urban Services Area would be a giant step to removing the pressure on the BCC to move the existing boundary (all it would take at the moment is a vote of 3 county commissioners). Let us hope that CSG will get the required petitions signed to get this proposal on the 26 November ballot.<BR/><BR/>Bill ZollerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11302996.post-1133201341315055492005-11-28T13:09:00.000-05:002005-11-28T13:09:00.000-05:00A member of the public coming before elected offic...A member of the public coming before elected officials has to have a lot of courage and commitment.In several years of watching City Commission meetings, I have been struck by how defensive some on the Commission are,when ordinary people present a point of view. They are terribly pleasant to most lawyers, however,who are representing an economic special interest.These people are called "the stakeholders".They are greeted as old friends when they sit down at the Commission table.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com