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Originally Posted by yankeesfan1000
My dad used to be involved in city government at this level at arms length, and that's exactly what he said. It didn't matter what was on the docket, these people would just complain, nothing else mattered. Expert opinions, studies, nothing, just what they had to say. Sometimes people would show up, and complain about things that literally were not on the agenda. They were start rambling about things completely unrelated to the meeting. Community input at this level is nonsense.
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Yeah makes you wonder their priorities. Its really selfish in nature. As pro-development as I am, I actually can understand some concerns in theory. Like suppose in "Y" city you have a project that will cause a lot of traffic, and lets say the community wants some sort of mitigation. I can get that, but when it comes to things like preservation of views or simply the opinion that its too large and too tall for the area, thats were it becomes selfish in nature, and not really aiding the community.
A dialog on schools or let's say improvements to the surrounding infrastructure, sure.
There can be a dialog between the community and developers, but it has to be sensible. Shadows, height, "out of scale"... are not constructive, proactive discussion to be had.
Developers interacting the with the community can be a good thing, but it can't just be the community saying no to everything. Bipartisanship in other words, but that seems like a dying concept to these NIMBYS.