Comments on: Kyle Williams’ Concession Note

By: So Happy

So Happy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:57:14 +0000

Four or five years ago (or was it three years ago?) the City of Decatur spent a lot of time and money on public meetings regarding the challenges and positives of zoning changes. With this public input, the City of Decatur & our voted commission developed and approved zoning laws that met the needs of the citizens to expand their homes but where sensitive to the infrastructure limitations of our City. By infrastructure limitations – sewer, schools, police, roads, etc. IMO Kyle Williams showed his disagreement with these laws through actions on the zoning board of appeals, through his words regarding zoning prior to the campaign and through his words during his campaign (zoning laws are antiquated). Was he ignoring zoning laws that the citizenry helped to develop? Is that what I want from my commissioner?

The supporters both inside and outside of the City of Decatur appeared to be folks that would benefit from zoning law changes that would not necessarily benefit the citizens as a whole. I don’t know if that is the case or not, but coupled with my first concern, I was worried.

Responsible development is key to making a small town great. This is not about historic districting or McMansions or undeveloped property in both districts we all wish would be developed, this is about 20,000 individuals living in a City sized four square miles. You make this happen by always putting citizens interest first on every decision made. I for one believe that Patti Garrett understands. It is something I find that Floyd & Boykin get too. IMO that was one of the real issues in the campaign.

By: Oak Oldtimer

Oak Oldtimer — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:30:19 +0000

It also would have been nice if Kyle had actually called Patti that night to concede the race, which is the appropriate thing to do and all candidates know to do it (every other Decatur candidate did). But he never did…and still hasn’t to my knowledge. I was with her that night and know she didn’t get a call from him. She’d kill me for exposing this because she’s a classy lady, but it just goes to show that Kyle has been a very sore loser. I hope he will live up to his promise..”Patti and I were friends before the election and I plan to be a friend of hers after the election.”

By: cubalibre

cubalibre — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:15:37 +0000

Heh! Won’t happen. We both love cupcakes too much.

By: cubalibre

cubalibre — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:14:47 +0000

1,000 pardons, mon frere!!! The neglect to address my failure to appear bearing limes & rum was but a mere oversight, and not intentional…alas, the Saturday afternoon of the CHS festival, I was supervising Mr. Libre whilst he was on the roof sweeping off the accumulation of leaves. And yes, afterwards, we did retire to our patio to enjoy a shilled adult beverage, albeit not my namesake drink…

By: "Naaman" Gibbets

"Naaman" Gibbets — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:35:59 +0000

Reading these threads is absolutely hilarious. In true Decatur Reverse fashion, the citizens here have gotten the whole political mud-slinging, smearing, and attacking thing backwards: you are supposed to do this sort of thing BEFORE the election. But thanks all for the amusement anyway, and cheers to Nader and Zappa for another great election season.