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Originally Posted by maccoinnich
Well the highlight for me was right at the end when Steve Novick, ever the comedian, said that he felt compelled to complain "about the idea that all anybody seems to care about is height". The strangest part was when a letter was read out loud, from the former board president of the Eliot Condominiums, asking that heights in the West End be reduced to 100'.
Although Novick's line was a joke, there was a good point there. There was very little testimony on big ideas in the document such as the Green Loop, riverbank restoration / restoration, extending the retail core, housing growth, the hierarchy of retail/boulevard/flexible streets, tree canopy, freeway capping, etc etc.
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That right there pisses me off, if you live in an apartment building downtown, you lose the right to complain that everything should be shorter than what you live in because it might block your view.
I would have to say, this right here is why I would never want to be a City Council member, I would cuss so much at people saying stupid things like this.
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