This comment was posted in response to an entry on another blog, specifically the question :
"Did you attend?" The question referred to the meeting held on November 7, 2010 at the Mill Valley Community Center, about the (then proposed) Evergreen sidewalk.
I did not attend. I've attended enough meetings like that to know them
for what they are, political performance art cynically presented in the
guise of democratic process for the purpose of patronizing the public
and silencing dissent. Marin Horizon School, Inc. wanted a three-story
monstrosity and Steve Kinsey made sure they got it before Homestead
Valley residents ever knew it had already been a done deal. Marin
Horizon School, Inc. wanted to increase its student body to 300.
"Meetings" were held, neighbors' objections were presented and Steve
Kinsey blithely ignored them; Horizon Corp. got its way.
Next, Horizon
Corp. wanted to lay down a half-mile-long sidewalk that wasn't even
on its property and Steve Kinsey made sure they got it before Evergreen
residents ever knew that like it or not, the sidewalk was coming. Marin
Horizon School, Inc. will now expand to the Miller Avenue location and,
like Steve Kinsey, Mill Valley's rubber-stamping Planning Commission
patronized dissenting local residents by inviting them to attend a
"meeting" where their objections could be heard — and then flat-out
ignored.
These "meetings" are a waste of time. Wealthy, politically
connected, and not the least bit ashamed to play the "kiddie card," the
Marin Horizon juggernaut gets what it wants, even if it is at the
expense of others.
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I attended, and I am glad I attended. What I regret is that it wasn't recorded on video. Why? Because if it had been, we would have been able to look at it and analyze it to see how it was that some very strong political forces worked together to waste so much taxpayer money on something so unnecessary and damaging to not only our semi rural environment and the sensitive creek habitat, but our community's "sense of place."
ReplyDeleteBut, now we have the concrete slab to remind us what happens when people don't pay attention.
And I just noticed the other day - someone wrote "Kinsey Sucks" into the slab! Wow - I don't think you could pay me enough to be a Supervisor.
That said, I understand more about why you feel the way you do - sorry you get hit with all that noise.
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