BIKE: The downtown Trolley vs. "Other" Election)

[Richard Ryan]

where neighbors have used historic concerns 
as a pretext for opposition to proposed projects.
 
Jeb:
 
Speaking as a member of the OWANA neighborhood, I can assure you, our concern for saving historic buildings is genuine.  Many of us volunteered to do survey work and research so that we could get our neighborhood listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  We experience pain and grief everytime we lose a historic resourse in our neighborhood.
 
Opposition to proposed projects is a seperate issue. Unfortunately, many of the proposed development projects are also associated with the demolition of a historic structure.  If the developers would stay away from historic structures, they would find much less opposition.
 
Yours in preservation,  Dick Ryan

Jeb Boyt <jeboyt> wrote: 

----Original Message Follows----
From: Patrick Goetz 

Subject: BIKE: The downtown Trolley vs. "Other" Election
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 07:50:44 -0500

I think the neighborhood NIMBY issue is still too abstract for most voters; 
generally only developers have to deal with this.
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Certainly, the folks in the Galindo Neighborhood are making this issue less 
abstract with their regular appearances for citizen comment before the 
Council in opposition to the expansion of the South Austin Tennis Center.

As everyone here is aware, this issue was also a major factor in the Shoal 
Creek Boulevard brouhaha. I have also heard that it has been an issue 
before the Landmark Commission where neighbors have used historic concerns 
as a pretext for opposition to proposed projects.

As for the trolley, we would be thrilled if we just had the system that was 
dismantled in the 40s.

Jeb



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