Ok, what's your point? The East Bay is a box in every sense, and the Gunflint Gals are bellicose.
It is the issues that matter. A friend of Grand Marais, whether true or truer, would deal with them. Yet nowhere , not on the hallowed pages of this blog, nor anywhere in the traditional local press, nor in any other public forum, including before the city council, have any reasonable or persuasive arguments been presented by the Gunflint Gal's or their shills (and they are shills by any definition) in support of the favor they seek.
So, Truer Friend, step up and speak out, Why should their request be granted?
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Dear Truer Friend,
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A "box in every sense", the "Gunflint Gals are 'belicose'" and "(and they are shills by any definition)", wow, do I sense some other issues here? It IS the issue that matters and it appears to me that the issue is: how do you correct the problem? sure you can look at the cause, and sure, you can point fingers but in the end you have to figure out what the best answer is and that means setting aside your prejudices and coming up with practical solutions. No, I don't have one to proffer here, but given a little cool time I'm sure we can all come up with an acceptable and reasonable solution.
fastjerry,
Fair enough. It is there. What do you do about it?
For starters:
1) You don't reward bad behaviour.
2) You don't license a handicap ramp that doesn't meet the legal requirements of a handicap ramp.
3) You don't allow a structure that makes the city's own sidewalk non-compliant in terms of meeting the requirements of the ADA.
4) You do make sure that everyone is treated equally and with fairness and respect.
In the case of the ramp, it requires a variance. Variances are required by statue to meet certain requirements one of whihc is the demonstration of a real hardship on the party seeking that variance.
Where is the hardship?
Considering the above I think the fairest thing is to have them tear out the ramp and, if they do indeed want a new one, have them pull a permit and build it to standards and do so on their own property.
fastjerry, what is wrong with that?
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