In a message dated 3/19/2007 8:58:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Should the ZBA decision favor the folks who come only to worship, or the folks who live in the location every day and would patronize the business? At 50th & Baltimore, the ZBA eventually allowed the brew pub. So, the question of residents vs. "far and near" worshipers also makes the situation more complex. Isn't this inconsistent with the objective expressed by UCD for Baltimore Avenue and elsewhere in UC of encouraging patronage by people from outside the area? And also of your own (Melani's) advocacy of a more welcoming state store to serve guests at the B&B next door to you (which I think you said you own but don't operate) and to accommodate people who patronize some of the local BYOB restaurants (which seems to infer a sizeable fraction who don't live here)? Or, perhaps from a broader perspective, how should we define the stakeholders in the area? a) Owner-occupants b) Rental property owners who also live in the area c) Rental property owners who don't live in the area but who have offices here d) Rental property owners who neither live nor have offices in the area but use local management companies e) Absentee Rental property owners f) People who own businesses in the area, own the property where the business is located, and live here g) People who own businesses in the area, don't own the property where the business is located, and live here h) People who own businesses in the area and don't live here i) Employees of businesses in the area who live here j) Employees of businesses in the area who don't live here k) Students who attend schools here and also live here l) Students who attend schools here and don't live here m) People who rent rooms or apartments here n) People who rent houses here o) People who are members of religious organizations who worship here and also live here p) People who are members of religious organizations who worship here but don't live here q) Ministers or other leaders of religious groups in the area who don't also live here r) Other I think the answer is "all of the above." Maybe you want to make a case that some of the above are more equal in terms of being stakeholders than others? Al Krigman Register your opposition to the NID via the Internet to Councilwoman Blackwell -- With some background: _www.iconworldwide.com/speakup_ (http://www.iconworldwide.com/speakup) Go directly to the form: _http://www.iconworldwide.com/speakup/nonid-01.html_ (http://www.iconworldwide.com/speakup/nonid-01.html) ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
