Comments on: Huron & Division

By: Libby Hunter

Libby Hunter — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:18:20 +0000

TJ – My question to you in #9 was referring to your statement about an individual council member in
#6. Would still be very interested in understanding what you were talking about, and if you have checked his voting record. Thanks in advance.

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:51:35 +0000

The historic district would have been the most elegant and satisfactory solution to that. Too bad the Council Party opposed it. Now the Planning Commission appears to have diluted the R4C citizen committee recommendations against lot consolidation, setting the way in place for another travesty like that.

By: TJ

TJ — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:24:45 +0000

My point is that by dragging their feet and making it so *@#$ hard for the original project to proceed, we ended up with the boring (some would say ugly) City Place.

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:54:04 +0000

I should clarify that Anglin was absent (out of town) when the vote that you cite was taken. Note that it would have lost even had he been present.

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:51:52 +0000

Re (8) I’m talking about a vote that was taken on December 15, 2008. I think you are talking about one a couple of years later. There were only 3 votes in favor of the 2008 measure, Anglin, Briere and Teall. Hohnke voted with most of the Council party against the historic district study committee. His early support of the neighborhood might have made a difference. A committee was then established later, which he supported, considerably after the project had been under discussion.

Mike was always unequivocally supportive of the neighborhood on this issue.

By: Libby Hunter

Libby Hunter — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:20:45 +0000

TJ – I’d be very interested in an explanation of your comment.
Have you actually checked Anglin’s voting record on this?

By: Dave Askins

Dave Askins — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:07:33 +0000

Re: [7] " ... Carsten Hohnke voted it down" There were a lot of votes in the history of City Place and several different votes taken the night of the historic district, with reconsiderations and the like. I'm not sure which vote you mean, Vivienne, but Hohnke voted for the establishment of the historic district:

Outcome: The vote on the historic district was 4-6. Voting against it were: Stephen Rapundalo, Margie Teall, Sandi Smith, Tony Derezinski, Marcia Higgins, and Christopher Taylor. Voting for it were: Sabra Briere, Carsten Hohnke, John Hieftje, and Stephen Kunselman. [link]

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:03:09 +0000

I hope that (6) is not implying that Mike Anglin is somehow responsible for City Place. He attempted to get a historic district designation very early in his term of service for the 5th Avenue area and Carsten Hohnke voted it down. Mike was always in support of the neighborhood on that issue.

By: TJ

TJ — Sun, 19 May 2013 02:51:17 +0000

re [1] and [2]: Anglin already has his monument: City Place.

By: Dave Askins

Dave Askins — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:29:53 +0000

Follow up to [4]

And Petersen has confirmed her yes vote.