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Old 08-24-2017, 03:28 PM
 
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Is this not a decision that the community should be able to make for itself?

If not the community, then who should get to make the decision?
OK, I'll play.

"I can't stand the jet noise from the international airport 2 miles away from me."

"No, you can't dig that subway line down the main drag of my district."

"I'll turn a road that has been a main arterial for 100 years into a street where my kids can kick a soccer ball around out in the street."

Local control of destiny has its limits when you are part of a major metro.
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Old 08-24-2017, 03:42 PM
 
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Sure and every neighborhood should be able to block freeway off ramps on their own without considering it serves the entire region. Not the 800 block alone or even the one city council district alone
Then who should get to make the decision?
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Old 08-24-2017, 03:43 PM
 
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OK, I'll play.

"I can't stand the jet noise from the international airport 2 miles away from me."

"No, you can't dig that subway line down the main drag of my district."

"I'll turn a road that has been a main arterial for 100 years into a street where my kids can kick a soccer ball around out in the street."

Local control of destiny has its limits when you are part of a major metro.
Then who should get to make the decision?
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