Issues with our City Government aren't just restricted to the "Trash Ordinance." 

The method-of-operation covers other areas, including Zoning.

This section covers presentations made at theTremont Rezoning section of the BZAP Meeting on March 24, as well as the Council meetings on April 28 and May 5.

Click below for excerpts from the May 12 meeting, in which the ordinance was passed 5-2 (Ciolota and Steen opposing).

April 28, 2008.  A forum in which a resident must do the work that City staff should have done in order for Council to have valid information.


April 28, 2008.  A forum in which a speaker has an undisclosed business relationship with the applicant. Click on the image at left to see the presentation.


April 28, 2008.  A forum in which 9 of the 12 speaker slips have been filled out by one person. Click on the image at left to see the speaker slips.


April 28, 2008.  A forum in which residents themselves need to educate Council on the real financial state of the city.


April 28, 2008.  A forum in which residents must paint a picture to show Council how their actions and attitudes are perceived.


April 28, 2008.  A forum in which residents themselves must educate Council on the ethics of distributive justice. 

April 14, 2008.  A forum in which a resident must remind Council and staff of codified commitments they adopted a mere 6 years ago.


April 14, 2008. A forum that restricts time.


April 14, 2008.  A forum in which you are told to "wind it up."


April 14, 2008.  A forum designed to intimidate and make residents nervous.


April 14, 2008.  A forum in which you receive staff recommendations on the afternoon of the business day before the hearing, and you can not ask staff questions at the meeting.


A  forum in which a physical therapist from Dublin is given the same amount of time as a resident who lives next to the property up for rezoning.

March 24, 2008.  A forum where more time is spent on a lightbulb than on major, city- and life-changing decisions. (BZAP Meeting ...Note: This is about 7 minutes long.)



There's more ... stay tuned!