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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For pete's sake, stop calling these people nutters.  WTF is wrong with you?  They are citizens who disagree with your opinion of what to do with the land where they live.  Have some respect and argue the issues.  Do you think name calling improves the quality of discourse here?

And for the record, there were two people arguing the Glen Carlyn POV, a man and a woman, both of whom are perfectly nice people with reasons for what they argued.[/quote]

OK, fine, they're not nutters. But the man last night, especially, took up valuable time last night at the end of the meeting to shout points he had already made earlier in the evening.

The Arlington Way seems to have become -- and the School Board chair isn't going to be providing leadership out of this -- that you don't have to listen to opposing viewpoints, that you don't have to compromise, and that if someone disagrees with you, it's because they need to hear what you said again.

Those people may be perfectly nice in other situation, and the woman was at least civil, but neither seemed to understand that everyone is going to have to sacrifice something they want to make sure we're meeting all the needs of the community, and they didn't seem to have any solutions, only complaints. [/quote]

Yeah, why did he GL H-B woodlawn parent get to just make complaints and statements and not be chastised for not actually having a question like just about every other speaker?

And for most of these residents their complaints are with traffic, which is a solvable problem -- have traffic cops and special school day routing of traffic and sidewalk renovation.  Its a 32 acre lot -- schools are going to be built there sooner or later.

Why is Reid being coy and saying we should talk to south arlington residents about why they oppose kenmore?  Do I just show up at a Wakefield PTA meeting and quiz people -- be direct for goodness sake.

But other than traffic concerns, WHAT IS THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE KENMORE SITE.  Please someone clear this up...[/quote]

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