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I can't agree with Mr. Lohman any more and his sentiment was basically the
genesis behind me starting this thread.
Mr. Abbott can claim he brokered a deal on the Boulevard project but the
fact is that the developers talked with hundreds of people about this
project both at neighborhood meetings and in private (including, for sake of
disclosure, myself). I have a feeling that the overwhelming sentiment from
those discussions was that the project needed to be contained only to the
building and, if possible, that additional parking was needed.
I find it extremely doubtful that it was Mr. Abbott's insight that finally
made the developers come up with their revised plan. For him to puff up his
role in this project, especially after pouring fuel on the flame of the
opposition, makes me concerned about what kind of Councilmember he would be.
Dean E. Carlson
East Harriet, Ward 10
Paul Lohman writes:
>
>
>> Apparently congratulations are in order to Greg Abbott
>> for brokering a deal on the 53rd and Lyndale project.
>> I don't know if Nikki traveled from Linden Hills to
>> attend the lunch meetings and saw all of the
>> communications involved in this brokering of a deal,
>> but apparently she did because she is able to tell us
>> that "Everything Greg tells us is TRUE.
>
> If there indeed is a "deal," (and it remains to be seen if there is) then
> it can only be fair to say that MANY people were involved in brokering it.
> Lets start with the neighbors who began meetings with LWP back in May and
> continued throughout June and July; and then the hundreds of people who
> have made their voices heard in the meetings at Annunciation (August) and
> the Lynnhurst Community Center (September); and the numerous people who
> have written and called the Lynnhurst Neighborhood Association with their
> thoughts; and the business owners who have made their concerns known; and
> editorials and articles in the Southwest Journal and Strib; and Barret
> Lane and his staff who have encouraged a process in which all people have
> had a voice.
>
> Many of these people have invested countless hours of their time in
> meetings, phone calls and emails -- whose concerns from the very beginning
> were 1) the size of the project, 2) parking issues, and 3) condemnation of
> properties. So if there indeed is a deal, then lets give credit to ALL
> of the people who invested in this process. This has been a community
> effort with all parties coming together to find a solution (if one has
> actually been found). In all of this no one person stands taller than any
> other and to claim such to my mind is an unfortunate discounting of the
> efforts and participation of the community at large.
>
> Paul Lohman
> President, Lynnhurst Neighborhood Association
>
> Paul Lohman
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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