Residents Focus on Walgreens, Commission Appointments at Council Meeting
Meeting heavy with public comment.
Most of last night’s Village Council meeting was spent on public comments, long before the council even got to the active agenda or first reads. Resident after resident came to the podium to voice their disapproval of the proposed Walgreens at the northwest corner of 63rd Street and Woodward Avenue, though the issue had been tabled until the April 3 meeting at the petitioner’s request. A couple residents pulled in the comprehensive plan, saying Walgreens didn’t fit in with it. “I would expect nothing other than a denial,” when the Walgreens issue finally comes up for a vote, one woman said. Two petitions circulating the neighborhood have garnered 470 and 193 signatures. Mayor Martin Tully responded only a few times to the comments, but did…
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Patty
4:37 pm on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
"Ron Burgandy" ( how original), I take offense to your comment that those that signed our petition are not informed of what they are signing. I have spent days going door to door to over 200 homes. I spend anywhere from 5 -15 minutes talking to the homeowner about this important matter, they are presented the petition to read and then they sign. I would like to know the names of the "many … more ›