Comments on: Decatur Budget: Goals For the Coming Fiscal Year – Part 2

By: So Many Books...So Little Time

So Many Books...So Little Time — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:16:10 +0000

I applaud you for recognizing and admitting this. I’m not as long-termed as you are (15 years) but I completely understand your feelings.

There have been a great many positive changes to the city in that time but, like you, I am less enthusiastic about other things I’m seeing. But that’s the nature of change and I sometimes have to remind myself to move past my emotional reactions to that change.

Oh, those Arlene Dean homes. Sigh.

By: nelliebelle1197

nelliebelle1197 — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:20:02 +0000

And I will shock you by saying I know I am being reactive and overreacting. Change is hard.I am reacting from emotion and not logic. That is my fault.

By: The Walrus

The Walrus — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:34:04 +0000

Yeah, my comment should have been under Marty’s….

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:16:37 +0000

Except that I was defending conservative principles in action, so I don’t know how ideologically jabby it was.

By: The Walrus

The Walrus — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:02:57 +0000

I don’t think he has a problem with the zoning change, just the reasoning behind it. But hey, why dig below the surface when there exists an opportunity to take a jab at conservatives!

By: DEM

DEM — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:57:38 +0000

“it’s just people exercising their freedom to be who they are”

And that’s exactly what rankles Decatur’s sizeable population of latent authoritarians.

By: TeeRuss

TeeRuss — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:52:32 +0000

Can you give me an example of the values that these newcomers are trying to impose on the community? I’m talking about polices or ordinances that these newcomers are trying to push on the community, because outside of that it’s just people exercising their freedom to be who they are.

By: nelliebelle1197

nelliebelle1197 — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:30:08 +0000

The reason the town is changing is because it is attracting people who want to impose their values on the community that is already here. How do you handle that? Those people have no more right to do that. And of course the community can say how much house is too much. It is called a building code. You don’t buy in John’s Creek if the house sizes and values don’t reflect your own unless you are willing to tolerate the house sizes and values that are already there. Why is Decatur any different?