After reading the April 11 article, "Board says no to bank, drugstore," I wonder if real estate attorney Marc Isaacson would be willing to live in our neighborhood. Every day for over six years, we have endured the constant clatter of construction and the insistent beeps from trucks and backhoes.
This was a beautifully wooded area that was rezoned (with his father as the attorney) from single-family to multi-family Hummer-housing (Willoughby End), over the protests of the entire neighborhood. Isaacson's statement, "A pharmacy and a bank, this is not a new concept, folks. This is the kind of development that Greensboro has seen and embraced for many years," comes from someone not living in the world of the ordinary citizen.
Most people who have had their home areas rezoned have not welcomed these intrusions, but have had them rammed down their throats. It's unfortunate that the zoning regulations are just about worthless and that the City Council has so little backbone when it comes to saying no to developers.
How about respecting and abiding by the zoning guidelines and regulations? Now that would be "embracing" a concept.
Kent Tager
Greensboro
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Kent, the reason City Councils and County Boards do not have backbone to enforce the regulations in place and always cave into anything a developer wants is called GREED! You see when a developer comes in with a plan everyone at the table see's the same thing, DOLLAR SIGNS in the form of more tax money and higher evaluations of the other homes around the new , which means higher taxes for those folks, in this case you, as well.
You last request for "embracing a concept" from these folks is like a frog wishing for wings so it don't bump it's lil butt every time it hops.
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May 3, 2006 2:01 PM