Practically Speaking

Honestly, Kyle, that was above and beyond your call of duty. I left at 8:30 and felt like I'd been stretched on the rack!

Why doesn't it surprise anyone? The plan commission never stands in the way of these half-baked ideas. When they don't pan out down the road, they just shrug their shoulders and hope for better next time.

We have a few half-baked ideas in this city that never panned out. Doesn't deter this group frame making the same mistakes over and over again. I think it's starting to cost this community in terms of prestige and viability to have so many projects go poorly.

Kyle's reply: Don't put me up for a Girl Scout badge just yet, the time stamp shows the time I posted, not the time I started writing. I think I was home by 10?

I would have liked to have stayed for part 2 on historic preservation.

"I would have liked to have stayed for part 2 on historic preservation."

Ald. Berg recently covered that one in his blog. Any attempt what-so-ever to thwart the pirates of progress will cost us big, through the nose or any other available orifice. Apparently Mr. Progresso's idea of history is "anything built last year"!

From what I'm hearing, city hall isn't too concerned about access and connectibility to the existing office park neighbor.  Wouldn't that be a a primary concern?  This is another example of poor planning with the original development in this area, specifically frontage roads and traffic flow. The Percheron Square developers should design the main access by way of Blue Mound Road, not past the elementary school and residential development on Calhoun Road. If Ald. Nelson and Ms. Donze had valid concerns about important issues, what is the hurry to approve a PDD? This is supposed to be a "centerpiece."  I'm still trying to figure out the odd traffic patterns at Fountain Square and Towne Center.

"I'm still trying to figure out the odd traffic patterns at Fountain Square and Towne Center."

Both of these emulate the Downtown City of Waukesha Paradigm.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that maze!  I've got to believe these developments are designed by people who don't drive in these developments!!!  

Santa's Elf,

I missed your point in discussing the historical perservation proposal.. I could not tell if you were for or against it.  Based on what I read in Ald. Berg's blog, it seems that the issue was placed on the 2035 Maste Plan Task Force to decide what is deemed a historical property and to decide whether the public wants this type of preservation.  The blog mentioned nothing about preservation cost to the taxpayer, so i don't understand the context of 'any attempt to thwart would cost us big'..  I could not tell who you were referring to as the  'pirates' and who was 'Mr. Progresso'.  Are both the council, are both the developers in the city, is one Ald. Berg for suggesting preservation? It seems most here (including you) like the idea of limiting development, so i would have thought you would be in favor of some type of preservation measures. Your response seems to say the opposite, but it is hard to tell unless one is familiar with your ambiguous code names.