Did anyone attend the CRUNCH! neighborhood meeting?

[keithn.livejournal.com]

If anyone here attended this meeting, could you report on it?

I have a feeling that there is coordinated opposition to CRUNCH! given the wording of the Davis Action Group e-mail regarding this meeting, and the fact that Alderman Gewirtz chose to attend this meeting instead of the BiBim meeting.

Given the drama involving what is now "Rock N' Fitness," I was hoping CRUNCH! might be able to serve as a viable alternative, especially since I have little faith that "Rock N' Fitness" will survive more than a year.

From what I gathered, the opposition centered around the fact that the gym will have no parking, there are already "enough" gyms in the area, and the belief that the business isn't viable because membership goals are too high.

Comments

[keithn.livejournal.com]

That last line makes it sound like 1. you are making a straw man argument, since nobody is arguing for an "untrammeled free market" (I even listed a bunch of instances where the government clearly should be acting) and 2. you are trying to invoke Citizens United for an emotional appeal when it has nothing to do with the matter at hand. A dollar is a dollar, and renting/leasing and buying/selling are done in dollars. Nobody is saying here that wealthier businesses should get preferential treatment from the government. The point is that everyone should get equal treatment, which I'm sure is what you mean anyway.

[ron_newman]

The distinction I'm trying to make is that the business where the most dollars would be spent is not necessarily the same as the business that most local residents would patronize.