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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I am also great dismayed by how the Council and Planning Board seem to be ramming this through, with smug dismissals of their constituents concerns.  The responses to concerns voiced in the listening sessions, on the website are so condescending, it is maddening. They just don't care about the communities.

So, what's next-- assuming this is passed, are we going to have to band together and sue?  [/quote]

Curious, I wasn’t able to join last night’s session. What was the tone of council members in attendance? Smug? The MoCo 360 article simply said they corrected mischaracterizations of the proposal but gave little additional info.

As for suing, I’d contribute. I think it’s despicable that they’re ramming this thing through and also doing so under a fog of limited outreach to communities, especially communities with higher rates of homeowners who are POC. It’s sneaky and exploitative of the developers.[/quote]

As with other sessions, Friedson and Sartori answered a few select questions posed, but often sidestepped the direct question raised and the staff did not really permit follow-up for clarification that clearly was desired by those posing them and many of those in attendance.

As with other sessions, Friedson and Sartori readily utilized pat responses to a few issues raised, like "no legislation currently proposed" when people expressed concern about timing, but again refrained from providing meaningful information related to those concerns, like spelling out what the earliest timing they are considering might be, and remained mute on most of the concerns raised.

As with other sessions, no other councilmembers were there as active respondents, though some might have been in attendance.

As with other sessions, Harris was there, but didn't really participate in any of the responses that were offered, with Sartori there.

I think "smug" is imputed from that or assumed by those attending.  I wouldn't qualify their demeanor as smug, except perhaps Harris, though that would be a really uncertain read into body language.

The MoCo360 article painted it pretty much the absolute rosiest it reasonably could.  While it noted the 580 sign ups and the nearly full auditorium, it didn't mention capacity, there, and I'd guess that something close to double that number were in attendance.  The parking lot certainly was overflowing.  (What one might expect from the B/CC area.)  They chose to quote the least compelling portions from folks who eloquently voiced their concerns, like Winic.  Those there opposed to the AHS were not just a majority, as reported, but an absolutely overwhelming one, while the article gave effectively equal time to proponents. On top of that, it gave more coverage to Friedson's talking points than anything else.  As if anything was needed to underline the, um, jaundiced light shown, the tagline used of "Fears of ‘destruction to all single-family neighborhoods’ common among speakers" does it -- there were far more prevalent, articulate and reasonable concerns expressed (schools/infrastructure, etc.).[/quote]

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