Comments on: Wetlands, birds, and wildlife vanishing quickly in Ohio http://www.gloriaferris.net/2006/01/wetlands-birds-and-wildlife-vanishing-quickly-in-ohio/ one woman’s view from a place by the zoo in the city Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:26:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Gloria Ferris http://www.gloriaferris.net/2006/01/wetlands-birds-and-wildlife-vanishing-quickly-in-ohio/#comment-42 Gloria Ferris Sat, 21 Jan 2006 17:27:44 +0000 http://www.gloriaferris.net/?p=43#comment-42 Scott: How sad. The very things that made our towns and areas of Ohio desirable to our ancestors are being ripped apart in the name of "progress". We as Ohioans need to stop, take a deep breath, and decide for ourselves what we want in our future. Citzens of a state have more at stake than developers who move in for the quick buck, make it, and move on to the next "underutlized area". We should be looking at development in the light of a much longer time frame that what is used now. Thanks for visiting. Good luck, to you and Lorain. Scott:

How sad. The very things that made our towns and areas of Ohio desirable to our ancestors are being ripped apart in the name of “progress”. We as Ohioans need to stop, take a deep breath, and decide for ourselves what we want in our future. Citzens of a state have more at stake than developers who move in for the quick buck, make it, and move on to the next “underutlized area”. We should be looking at development in the light of a much longer time frame that what is used now.

Thanks for visiting. Good luck, to you and Lorain.

]]> By: scott http://www.gloriaferris.net/2006/01/wetlands-birds-and-wildlife-vanishing-quickly-in-ohio/#comment-41 scott Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:16:51 +0000 http://www.gloriaferris.net/?p=43#comment-41 Hi Gloria, timely, timely post. We here in Lorain have been fighting and will continue to fight the same things. Recently, we had 63 acres - 63 acres of wooded and wet lands declared "blighted" because they were "underutilized". We tried to fight the rezoning for development via a petition drive - got more than enough signatures to force a referendum vote - only to have the Lorain law director, say in an opinion, that the rezoning was unnecessary - thereby making the petitions useless. This plot of land is currently being clear-cut, even though an injunction hearing was held yesterday, so that we can have another Home Depot and an IHOP... A 200 year old "Public Square" park in Downtown Lorain, has been added to a recent bight study for TIF funding - the developer wants to build retirement condos on it. He has told us publicly, "there is NOTHING you can do to stop this". I hope MBI fairs better. In Lorain, Ohio money is the only thing that talks. Hi Gloria,
timely, timely post. We here in Lorain have been fighting and will continue to fight the same things. Recently, we had 63 acres - 63 acres of wooded and wet lands declared “blighted” because they were “underutilized”.

We tried to fight the rezoning for development via a petition drive - got more than enough signatures to force a referendum vote - only to have the Lorain law director, say in an opinion, that the rezoning was unnecessary - thereby making the petitions useless. This plot of land is currently being clear-cut, even though an injunction hearing was held yesterday, so that we can have another Home Depot and an IHOP…

A 200 year old “Public Square” park in Downtown Lorain, has been added to a recent bight study for TIF funding - the developer wants to build retirement condos on it. He has told us publicly, “there is NOTHING you can do to stop this”.

I hope MBI fairs better. In Lorain, Ohio money is the only thing that talks.

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