M1EK, your assumption is that WM and the developer would have cut a deal with us if we had taken a different tack. That assumption is inaccurate. May I respectfully remind you that I sat in those meetings, and anything you know about it is second-hand at best. They made it clear from the beginning that they were only willing to tinker at the margins. Doing things in a more urban manner was always going to involve more change than they were willing to make. The developer told us in one-on-one meetings - this is what we are doing, we've already made plans and spent money. It is a fiction, this notion that real changes were ever on the table. Even the minor changes they supposedly agreed to are not part of their final approved site plan, except for the slight size reduction. I know you think we're a bunch of idiots, but you are being naive if you think they ever had any intention of making a deal with us. They would have had to view us as a real threat before they would consider a deal, and they didnt.
WM/Lincoln willingness to deal
M1EK, your assumption is that WM and the developer would have cut a deal with us if we had taken a different tack. That assumption is inaccurate. May I respectfully remind you that I sat in those meetings, and anything you know about it is second-hand at best. They made it clear from the beginning that they were only willing to tinker at the margins. Doing things in a more urban manner was always going to involve more change than they were willing to make. The developer told us in one-on-one meetings - this is what we are doing, we've already made plans and spent money. It is a fiction, this notion that real changes were ever on the table. Even the minor changes they supposedly agreed to are not part of their final approved site plan, except for the slight size reduction. I know you think we're a bunch of idiots, but you are being naive if you think they ever had any intention of making a deal with us. They would have had to view us as a real threat before they would consider a deal, and they didnt.