Karen1968a

Karen1968a t1_iwqq36c wrote

Well it would appear that the answer to your question is, literally everything that’s happened over the last 5-10 years. You can absolutely argue the merits of things like Polar Park, but they got it done. The minority group is incapable of getting things done because they are incapable of working together, they are agenda driven not result’s driven. Now, I see a story in the T&G today about rooming houses, that seems to have widespread support on the council. Let’s see how it plays out

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Karen1968a t1_iwq3mru wrote

So, I appreciate your input. Ask yourself a question. Have those 3 councilors been effective? Have they been able to work with the rest of the council to improve the CITY, or have they been focused solely a pushing agendas that serve their interests and their interests alone. Politics is getting things done, they can’t.

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Karen1968a t1_iwo4akc wrote

That’s the beauty of this. Batista is now beholden to the old school councilors, while the progressives left him hanging out to dry. They screwed the guy who was their perfect candidate, and ended up on the losing end of yet another 8-3 vote. I’m not sure who the puppet master was here, but well played!

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Karen1968a t1_iwlsu08 wrote

It was never ever this bad. It’s literally 15 minutes from cvs to 290 almost every afternoon. Now, is it safer for pedestrians, I don’t know, it might well be, but it does seem to me that all of those cars trucks and buses stuck in traffic are going to increase pollution. Heywood street into Kelly square is the same, traffic nightmare, but that was the goal, slow everything down for pedestrians.

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Karen1968a t1_iwexkfw wrote

Reply to comment by ganduvo in Maddie's closing by Mentalcasemama

100%. You probably don’t have time to go out to eat before a weekday game. You couldn’t go to these restaurants after a game, they were closing or closed. Is that Covid? Staffing? I don’t know. Ballpark probably didn’t help, but it’s like 70 days a year, it’s not the primary reason

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