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Posted on December 14 at 4:43 p.m.

I am sick of this. This is a CITY. If you want to do with your life is look at trees, move to California and watch 'em burn. The publisher could not have said it any better than in his December 3 "Beware of the year-end actions" article. If you have a problem with dense development in Baton Rouge, then

"MOVE TO NEW ORLEANS. MANY OF THEIR STREETS ARE VERY QUIET WITH NO ONE AROUND TO BOTHER YOU"

I'll second that. You don't need to apologize to the holier than thou "Dots" out there, either. These are the same whining NIMBYS who want to "restore" New Orleans to all of it's so called glory. After God sent hurricanes to clean out that city, they whined to restore crumbling New Orleans shotgun shacks because they're "historic". Now they want to call Southdowns shacks historic. Ridiculous. If anybody deserves to be shot, it's the beaten horse of preservation. People, this is a new century with new building concepts. Progressive planners and builders like JT Spinosa will drag you pea brains, kicking and screaming out of your 100 year old shotgun houses. They will hopefully raze them (like they SHOULD have done with every damaged house in the cesspool that is and was New Orleans) and they will revitalize this community. If Wampold and Spinosa move into the New Orleans market, they'll bring a whole new breed of people with them, and they'll be appreciated. I see a family who has the foresight to purchase 50 some odd houses is being brought to judgment now too. I hope they buy enough houses in Southdowns to expand into commercial themselves. Smart Growth and gentrification are not a four letter words, people. It creates revenue, also not a four letter word. If you have a problem with Rouzan not blending in with your ugly Southside shack, then PACK YOU BAG AND MOVE! You won't be missed. Your shack will be gone in another 10 years too, and it'll be a lot easier to fix that sewer system once it's flat land.

On What now?

Posted on December 14 at 4:43 p.m.

What now? 30 days of "blue ribbon bullsht", that's what. These "blue ribbon" panelists don't really know where, what or why they stand. I hear from the Fourm circle that Southside Civic Association president Kisling was always for TND development, but caved after being annoyed by the pressure of thousands of born-against resident calls. He was voted in as president pretty recently. If more proponents of smart growth would have spoken up, Kisling and the ssca might be representing proponents. The Woodchase Association president has a laundry list of questions that she won't get answered. The answers to those questions belong to the person who OWNS that property, and to the PROFESSIONALS who are planning for it. Just like Mickey Skyring said, this panel cannot dictate to this developer. You people can't dictate to Skyring either. Tommy Spinosa will not break. As far as bending, I wouldn't worry. He won't compromise anything. He already has the council votes, people. This is a waste of Tommy's time and money. All you fools will come to beg to buy into Rouzan and that wasted money will only be reflected in increased sales costs. I can't wait to hear what these "blue-ribbon" morons think they have to contribute over the next month. The only thing they are qualified to discuss is how they feel about the appearance of Rouzan. Who cares if Rouzan doesn't blend with surrounding architecture. Southside architecture is old and ugly, and Woodchase is boring.

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