tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post8335976332181719599..comments2024-02-13T18:15:00.083-05:00Comments on TRIADWATCH: Allen Johnson: "The mayor might want to step away from this"Triadwatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01470318773895235030noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-36451591442058645222012-02-17T22:04:24.743-05:002012-02-17T22:04:24.743-05:00“Downtown stakeholders are notorious for digging i...“Downtown stakeholders are notorious for digging in, whether it's on design guides for new buildings or safety rules for nightclubs or how much noise is appropriate when and where.<br /><br />This impasse should take no more than a couple meetings and a reasonable compromise from both sides to resolve.<br /><br />Now, who knows? Judging from past debates over downtown issues, it may take forever.<br /><br />Clearly, an 11 p.m. cutoff for amplified outdoor music makes no sense on weekends. Nor is it acceptable simply to leave things as they are.<br /><br />There is enough middle ground for all parties to reach an adult solution.” - Allen Johnson<br /><br /><br />What Mr. Johnson fails to point out is “why” we have competing “downtown stakeholders” with competing interests. “Why” can be traced back to the wizards of smart attracting two diametrically opposite economic sectors to the downtown area: entertainment and habitational. One makes noise, one wants serenity. A brilliant combination brought to you by the wizards of brilliance.<br /><br />Hence its not a case of competing downtown stakeholders, its nitwitery bringing together diametric opposites who are forced to compete via the stellar brilliance of the wizards of nitwitery. Following through logically, its not a noise ordinance, it’s a nitwitery ordinance.W.E. Heasleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368333904571061995noreply@blogger.com