The Red Oak Record has some interesting backgrounds on the "newcomers" who just took their seats as new appointees to city boards and commissions. If there was a red flag to alert the coming Red Oak citizenry of future authoritarian Midlothian-like policies and Plano-style standards, the Red Oak Record published it, and The Ellis County Observer examined it. Hence:
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The Ellis County Observer Planning & Zoning Board Analysis:
--- Seagoville Police Dept. Chief Pat Stallings (appointed to the Planning & Zoning Commission); this appointment, as well as Stallings' residency in Red Oak, surely had absolutely nothing to do with recent talk of DeSoto, Midlothian, Cedar Hill police officers joining a regional task force did it? Something along the lines of a SWAT-type of rapid-reaction force team? No, surely not.
---Phillip Sikes, City of Dallas "assistant building official." He's been in the city for 10 years and his experience, the Record reported, "in dealing with land use issues that he feels will be helpful to the city." My translation: "I'm an authoritarian, and I will seek ways for residents to ask the city for more permission before doing anything with their land, property and homes."
--- Larry Eon, resident of Red Oak for four years; former school board trustee in Bethel Temple Schools in Ohio; he said he wanted to see Red Oak developed in a "professional manner." Translation: Plano Jr.
The Ellis County Observer Buildings and Standards Commission Analysis:
--- Felecia Warner, city of Waxahachie health and housing inspector; nothing spells bureaucracy quite like "health and housing inspector." Translation: Waxahachie's liberal policies will be enacted little-by-little into Red Oak; Warner, who looks like a nice lady, has worked for Waxahachie for 10 years. That's exactly the right ingredient to push a liberal, anti-property rights bent on a board such as the B&S.
Of course, I could be wrong in my analysis and translations, but now, the burden of proof isn't on me anymore...we shall see how the vote records hold up weighed against property rights and personal liberty. I consent to agreeing to the ideal that people who move to incorporated cities want their lives to be controlled in some sort of way. But, this prooves without a shadow of a doubt in my opinion that these additions to Red Oak will further the encroachment of Plano/Frisco/Allen/Waxahachie-like standards and trends.
This is another reason why they removed Chris from the P&Z board: they want "more professionals" to go along w/ Barry "control, Control, CONTROL" Maners' idea of "protecting" Red Oak from her businesses.
ResponderEliminarFelicia Warner sounds like a nice enough gal, but she was the one who approached red Oak City Council on behalf of Habitat for Humanity -- I don't mind the City asking PRIVATE businesses and organizations to help out HfH, but the city itself needs to stay out of the charity business. I noticed NOBODY on City Council ever spoke out against that requested Minority set-aside issue awhile back -- remember that?
They are now trying to pass a window sign ordinance that will limit how much window space a business can legally cover -- although they would be ok to BRICK the entire window, they dare not be allowed to use it for ADVERTISING. It doesn't atter that plenty of upscale shopping areas like the Galleria and Uptown Village in Cedar Hill appear to let THEIR businesses utilize 100% of their window space. And don't forget "more restrictive" Waxahachie who lets plenty of businesses utilize 100% of THEIR window space [walked by the full mural at the Pet Store today, in fact].
Businesses need a Red Oak Business Association that will fight for property rights: the Chamber of Commerce is doing diddly squat as far as I know. I guess we'll see Monday night at the P&Z meeting....... If more businesses started showing up and speaking out, Red Oak is still small enough that a handful of businesses could probably make a big enough stink to raise some eyebrows and sway some votes.
and don't kid yourself: not everyone who moves to a city wants/desires the control: most times it is simply a matter of finances. When we were looking for a place to buy, we had 5 main criteria:
1. it had to be within 40 *easy* minutes of Love Field [job requirement],
2. it had to have at least one acre and
3. at least one climbable tree, and
4. it had to be under 150K.
5. and it had to be in a fairly livable condition-- we didn't anticipate much time or resources to do a lot of fixing up....
In the entire Metroplex, we found a handful of places that met this criteria, and our lone problem with our current place is that it was inside the city limits. We decided to go ahead and do our part to voice our concerns and do what we could to make the ordinances as in line w/ liberty as we could by speaking out as often as we could. And we will continue to do that. :)
make no mistake-- the current round of appointments is right in line w/ your Hugley-Hargrove-Goodwyn Vision. I know now that it was a mistake to support their candidacies and will consider any endorsement by them to be questionable as far as protecting liberties is concerned.
I thought you idiots were saying it was a fact that Goodwyn and Hargrove were going on P&Z, looks like another lie from professional liars. And I think its great that the P&Z will have highly knowledgebable members, as opposed to nearly illiterate rednecks involved in a fight to the death with their neighbors. The latter will most certianly serve the people much better.
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