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07.15.06 -- Article: Ban on historic district ratified, council president's response: 'you didn't do anything.'
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Council responds to voter initiated charter amendment
Town Council President Joe Phillips said at the town council meeting that he only had one statement about the petition amendment special election the town held Tuesday.
He began by quoting the entry from this blog titled, “Why July 11 is a very, very important day.”
“I will take just a statement that I guess was written in the blog that says, ‘If you do nothing this week, make sure you take time to get out and make your voice heard’ and that’s what you accomplished by passing the amendment to the charter two nights ago here to ban expansion of the historic district,” Phillips said. “You didn’t do anything.”
Phillips added he thought the election was so unimportant that he did not even vote. His comment met a stunned and silent group of town residents and council members.
But 166 of the town’s 361 (numbers as of January) registered voters did show up. The amendment passed by a landslide of 148 votes for yes and 18 voted for no, approving a ban on expansion.
The charter amendment offered the residents a method for banning expansion of the historic district. While council members in the past have said they did not plan to expand the district, they did pass a new historic ordinance in June that offered methods of increasing the historic designated areas, under protest of many residents who were present at that meeting.
Council member Jim Strange asked if there was anyone in the crowd who questioned the election totals. No one did. But Bill Glass asked the council to reconsider before they passed the voted referendum. He said the amendment was illegal.
Strange motioned to ratify the amendment and the council ratified it unanimously. Attorney Scott Walker said the charter would next be sent to
posted by Cher @ 4:28 PM,
11 Comments:
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At July 17, 2006 11:05 PM ,
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"You didn't do anything." I don't understand the council president addressing audience members with this level of disrespect.
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At July 17, 2006 11:12 PM ,
Cher said...
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Anonymous, I don't understand it either. But I thought it was an important part of the meeting to show readers. Especially since there was a great deal of stress in this meeting put on treating each other respectfully.
I hope that some readers can download the audio files and listen themselves to tone and interactions I couldn't do justice to in this blog. Thanks for reading, -Cher -
At July 18, 2006 9:42 AM ,
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Let's ask Lee Winters to be on
Town Council, she has a heart
for the people along with wisdom.
Let's see if she will run for one
of the upcoming positions. Also,
Mr. Crenshaw and Jim Walkup would
be a excellent choices for the
positions. What we don't need
bull headed individuals who can't handle power in it's simplist format. -
At July 18, 2006 9:57 AM ,
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Out little town does not need a
CRA. Oooops, I forgot, we were not
supposed to talk about the entire
side effects of having a CRA. We
were supposed to just believe the
Gov. would give McIntosh a myriad
of monies to help beautify our
town without the negative perks
as well. The list of negatives
outways the list of positives.
The members of our community can
read the entire Community
Redevelopment Stats from the
State of Florida and all the
powers that come along with the
program.
Now, lets talk about the heavy
burden the Historic Board would
like to place upon the buildings
within our historic district.
For example, the new list of
do's and don'ts. We can no
longer place a shingled roof on
historic buildings within the
historic district. Does anyone
know the true cost of a metal
roof these days? Not only are we
told what kind of roof we may
use,we are now burdened with the
COLOR of our new roofs. Say what,
is this the days of Hitler all
over again? -
At July 18, 2006 10:00 AM ,
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Way to go Cher for allowing the
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At July 18, 2006 12:40 PM ,
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You are wrong yes you can put a shingled roof on in the historic district
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At July 18, 2006 2:27 PM ,
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The Baptist Church needs a new roof. Guess what, the Historic Board wants an expensive "metal/tin" roof. No way! Let's get this message to the Historic Board, "Beauty and history does not mean abuse of power and cookie cutter town roofs!"
If one desires class, take a good look at Madison, Georgia. They have an entire down town area with mostly old, stately homes with a vibrant down-town shopping area!
The entire historic corridor has a variety of shingled and metal roofs all blended into one little community. The key word here is "blended" not matchy matchy! Take note Historic Committee. You can have a vibrant town without all the power play rules...that you have tried to impose on the community of McIntosh! We, the people, as a community shall proceed with all legal avenues to see that our homes are kept as "our homes." We, as a community, shall be heard as one voice, we shall not back down, nor have our colors run. We came here for the quiet enjoyment of our homes and that we shall seek. We shall look out for our neighbors and be called united. -
At July 18, 2006 2:55 PM ,
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This is exactly why a handful of people in town dislike this blog.....it has people talking.
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At July 18, 2006 3:57 PM ,
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I think that talking is very important to resolving important issues, also hopefully to set the record straight and get rid of some of the "he said she said". This is a nice way to have a community forum. McIntosh needs concrete goals!!
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At July 19, 2006 7:58 AM ,
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The handful of people who dislike the blog are the ones causing the trouble! Keep up yhe good work Cher.
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At July 19, 2006 7:59 AM ,
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If the Church wants a shingle roof they should fight it im sure that the people who care will back the Church up.
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I'm Cher From McIntosh, FL I'm a graduate student at the University of Florida working on a master's degree in Mass Communication. While I was finishing my undergrad degree in journalism last year, I reported on McIntosh, Fla. for an in-depth reporting class. I figured that the reporting and the public record files should go somewhere people can access them. Reporters don't report to keep the information they find to themselves. Some of that reporting is included here in a forum that allows response. McIntosh suffers because with no news coverage, the local government and the rumor mill have too much potential to run rampant over residents. I moved to McIntosh in the fall of 1999. My profile
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