The zoning board is a complete farce. It's all about approving businesses that have connections and disapproving ones that don't, and the justifications given are nothing but transparent pretext.
"Questions about how much additional traffic and parking demand" the gym would bring to the area? Really? And the supermarket won't create this issue? Do you want to put something there that nobody will want to go to? Did you forget that Davis Square has T access?
And weren't these the same people questioning whether the gym could bring in enough customers to even stay in business? And they're worried that it will create too much traffic at the same time?
This is embarrassing for the city of Somerville. I wish we had a real choice when elections come around.
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Date: 2014-11-06 05:11 pm (UTC)"Questions about how much additional traffic and parking demand" the gym would bring to the area? Really? And the supermarket won't create this issue? Do you want to put something there that nobody will want to go to? Did you forget that Davis Square has T access?
And weren't these the same people questioning whether the gym could bring in enough customers to even stay in business? And they're worried that it will create too much traffic at the same time?
This is embarrassing for the city of Somerville. I wish we had a real choice when elections come around.