tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11302996.post115809245074737994..comments2023-10-25T11:01:13.802-04:00Comments on Save Our Sarasotaâ„¢: Say NO to School AveSOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/06892243531071920272noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11302996.post-1158584677929088562006-09-18T09:04:00.000-04:002006-09-18T09:04:00.000-04:00Anger and hatred must cloud the mind from rational...Anger and hatred must cloud the mind from rationality, truth and common sense. Methinks the bitter one has some involvement with the project maybe?<BR/><BR/>Where to start?<BR/>Maybe with the American Heritage Dictionary?<BR/>high-rise (hrz) adj. <BR/><BR/>Indicating or being a multistoried building equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment building. <BR/>Of, relating to, or marked by multistoried buildings: a high-rise fire; a high-rise district. <BR/><BR/>Gee, sounds like what is planned just a little?<BR/><BR/>How about with dozens of feet. Less than ten dozen. Less than 100 feet from this property to the back property of many homes. That's a fact. <BR/><BR/>How about defining light industry. Light industry would imply INDUSTRY. That's defined (Webster's this time) as 'manufacture of small or lightweight particles'. More broadly considered it could involve other labor-intensive business practices outside of the white-collar world. It's not economical in that location because of the costs of labor in town, limited parking, limited access for trucking, and a number of other factors. And nearby neighborhoods aren't demanding single-family homes, that's just developer spin, merely uses that are more compatible than hundreds of units towering over their homes and flowing through their streets.<BR/><BR/>Your bitterness, and poor spelling, reflect an attitude that dismays most long-time Sarasotans. It's all about making big money and never about considering what the implications might be on others. <BR/><BR/>I have a feeling, at the end of the day, that our neighborhood will 'get what it deserves'. Less influence from people like you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11302996.post-1158364766936435402006-09-15T19:59:00.000-04:002006-09-15T19:59:00.000-04:00Anonymous at 10:16 am. The ugliness of your post ...Anonymous at 10:16 am. The ugliness of your post and your free-floating anger tell me everything I need to know about you. You are the new Sarasota, and I want to get as far away as possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11302996.post-1158329806843372662006-09-15T10:16:00.000-04:002006-09-15T10:16:00.000-04:00Spoken like a true idiot. If the land is not econ...Spoken like a true idiot. If the land is not econimcal for light industry, how do you think it will work for single family? You people either can't be honest, or are just ignorant. Using words like "high rise" is a testament to that ignorance. What is proposed is not a high rise by any definition. As far as commercial uses, bars are not the only ones available - but rest assured that many many events will be held there which will be serving plenty of Beer and Wine! I guess you have also overlooked the pay for use skateboard park and planned concession and support buildings, what about the planned music performances, arts and craft shows, etc? Besides, I did not suggest that there would be an incompatibility, I was trying to show how ignorant people could make the same disjointed arguments when comparing commercial (not passive) parks adjacent to "quite" single family neighborhoods. Further, I personally have walked that area many times and to attempt to minimize that buffer as "dozens of feet" is a poor attempt of spinning the truth. There are many examples of highest commercial uses abutting SF neighborhoods with less buffer than that. Just refer to any urban too suburban transect, and you will see the logic. Of course you have already made up your mind through your emotional blinders. I hope your whole neighborhood gets what it deserves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11302996.post-1158203578335130062006-09-13T23:12:00.000-04:002006-09-13T23:12:00.000-04:00Fact from fiction?Let's start with your 'considera...Fact from fiction?<BR/>Let's start with your 'considerable buffer'. We're talking dozens of feet to adjacent properties (as a friend of nearby homeowner, I've seen the measurements). Hardly considerable.<BR/>The 'industrial uses' of which you speak? I've lived nearby for 8 years. Not much 'industry' has been going on there, and no more is going to happen there. It's just not economical or practical.<BR/>Single family uses aren't compatible? Having townhomes or homes next to a park isn't compatible? Ludicrous assertion at the least. A park doesn't need high-rises towering over it to be user-friendly.<BR/>Payne Park has planned 'commercial uses'? Huh? Like what? A bar in the middle? Not in the plans shown to the public. <BR/>The problems lie with the plan to put high-rises on the location, with the process of review it's gone through and with the traffic it would cause in nearby neighborhoods. Where are the hundreds of residents going to drive? South HAS to be through neighborhoods when School Ave is closed. East will likely go down Ringling through another neighborhood. That's a problem the city and developer ignore.<BR/>It's obvious where YOUR 'open-mindedness' is focused...and that's far from the truth of the matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11302996.post-1158202648305762352006-09-13T22:57:00.000-04:002006-09-13T22:57:00.000-04:00I just read your lengthy post, and it is clear you...I just read your lengthy post, and it is clear you lack any knowledge of basic planning principles, nor the ability to sort fact from fiction. First of all, everyone knows that the property being considered along School Ave. has a considerable buffer between it and the neighborhood behind it. Second, multi-family zoning is better compatible adjancent to single-family zoning, than the current industrial uses which have been plaguing the area for decades. Further, one could argue that single-family uses on the east of School Ave could be looked at as incompatible with the park improvements across the street to the west. Especially considering that Payne Park has planned amenities which are intended to attract intense public use, some of which is commercial in nature and could operate late into the evening hours. There are more problems with your blathering, but I doubt it would be worth spending more time. Save Your Sarasota isn't exactly known for it's open-minded consideration of contrary opinions. Enjoy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com