Comments on: Round One of Building Demolition Hearings

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 03:18:39 +0000

It’s a garage, right? Maybe there are Studebaker Hawks.

By: Jim Rees

Jim Rees — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:42:44 +0000

We’re being overly generous giving Liles another 60 days. For them to play innocent and pretend they didn’t know there was a problem is absurd.

Dan, I assumed they were talking about Henery Hawk from Looney Tunes.

By: Dan Ezekiel

Dan Ezekiel — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:22:44 +0000

Re: “The garage has apparently become a home to chicken hawks, which roost in the open roof.”

I don’t doubt this was said at a meeting, but there is no bird called a chicken hawk.

From Wikipedia: “In the United States, a Chickenhawk or Chicken Hawk is an unofficial designation for three species of North American hawks: the Cooper’s Hawk, the Sharp-shinned Hawk and the Red-tailed Hawk. The term Chicken Hawk, however, is inappropriate. Although Cooper’s and Sharp-shinned Hawks may attack other birds, chickens do not make up a significant part of their diet; Red-tailed Hawks have varied diets, but may opportunistically hunt free-range poultry.”

I don’t picture any of these species “roosting” in a dilapidated garage. Does anyone have accurate info about what birds these are?

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:06:12 +0000

That is the former Golden Chef restaurant. I recall a news story about a year ago that Tim Horton’s was considering locating there, but there was never a followup. Thanks for the detailed reporting. It would be great to see this once again become a supplier of usable services.

By: RICK STEVENS

RICK STEVENS — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:21:26 +0000

Reading Liles talk about the eye sore / disaster on Maple is so much like what I’ve heard from so many absentee landlords who ignore properties and then wake up Rip Van Winkle style when someone / a government entity has decided enough is enough.

The ‘what’, ‘why’, etc. as if they have been taking care of their property diligently and now are being subjected to such terrible government power.

Nope – you were just an absentee landlord who has owned an eyesore / health hazard for years and did nothing about it.

Shame on you.