Friday, March 16, 2012

A broken promise -

The property owners near the Mack Dobbs Point strip mall put considerable time and effort into trying to limit the sort of businesses that would be allowed to open on the then undeveloped property.

Community meetings were held and agreements were made with the owner of the parcel to be rezoned, the Kennesaw City Council was involved and made sure that the agreement was binding and incorporated into the minutes of the October 2004 Council meeting.

Subsequently all this was undone in September 2011 by another City Council agreeing to allow the sort of business to open that had already been banned.

Unfortunately this 2011 action negated the considerable community involvment of 2004 and showed the property owners of Summer Stream and other developments that they could not count on their elected officials to keep their word.

"It seems a shame," the Walrus said,
"To play them such a trick,
After we've brought them out so far,
And made them trot so quick!"