Comments on: Fencing Goes Up Around 315 West Ponce

By: Notgruntled

Notgruntled — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 17:01:31 +0000

Trader Joe’s : Decatur :: Moby Dick : Ahab

By: fifi

fifi — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 01:40:26 +0000

I guess the people who filed the suit got something they can live with. The rest of us now have no idea about the “maybe a few other things” that Mr Boykin mentioned. I have concerns that these “other things” in the settlement may not necessarily be in the best interest of the entire neighborhood .

I understand that confidentiality agreements are the way it works with this type of lawsuit, but it doesn’t feel right to me.The people who were involved in this lawsuit were very vocal during the public input process about the lack of transparency shown by the City. Then they hired lawyers and went behind closed doors to push their demands. What happened to the need for transparency?

By: Insider

Insider — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 18:14:03 +0000

+ 1, Scott, and please see my response to DHer above.

By: Insider

Insider — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 18:12:38 +0000

You are not correct. Per the terms of the settlement, however, (oops, Mr. Boykin!) you can’t be publicly corrected, and details cannot be elaborated on.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 17:30:48 +0000

Merit’s debatable, but it did provide leverage. What’s important is that people generally ended up with something they could live with so we can finally get on with it.