[RP TownTalk] Cafritz Vote

[Melissa Avery]

The town government is handled like a privet club




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 From: Jonathan W. Ebbeler <jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com>
To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org 
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 12:45 PM
Subject: [RP TownTalk] Cafritz Vote
 

Melissa-
 
Can I ask a very basic question here?  I am really struggling to understand your point of view and why you have concluded what you have.  I say this in all sincerity because from several people’s postings it appears that at a very basic level some feel disenfranchised.  I think it is fair to understand how and why that happened and if anything can be done to address this.
 
What do you feel the Council should have done that it did not in terms of asking for public opinion? 
 
What public opinion, facts etc. do you believe the Council should have considered but did not?
 
Jonathan
 
 
 
 
 
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Melissa Avery m.avery at rocketmail.com 
Wed Jul 11 16:12:59 UTC 2012
 
 
Very true, But the public was either not allowed to speak or when they spoke they were told thank you for your opinion, and then the council would vote unanimously as they seemed to have agreed upon before the meeting.  no considering any public opinion, facts or any thing  that was contrary to there will.
I in fact was told, It's going to happen , so just accept it.
This happens on all issues with this current town council. The asking for input from citizens is a  formality that is in the town charter, there for must be followed. weighing that input is never taken into consideration by the council if it differs from the Mayor and town councils will.
The Cafritz development should have been a referendum, something the entire town voted on, not something the town council made decisions about behind closed doors.
 
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