And one drawback of face-to-face meetings is preference falsification. I think spirited online discussions often allows people to really debate the heart of an issue. And to me, process is not the solution to a problem here. Process is the problem.

I don't want delays for endless community meetings and studies over something so trivial. I don't want what you call "due diligence." I want the pizza place. Let it open and succeed or fail. The worst that happens if you open this pizza place without a all the things you are asking for is... what, exactly?

We are getting to the point where nobody is going to be able to open anything in Davis Square due to having to hire lawyers, representatives, set up endless community meetings, pay for endless meaningless studies, apply for license after license, wait months on end, and appeal decisions repeatedly. Only people with deep pockets will be able to do it.

I'm sure you are a nice guy and mean well, but I really think you enjoy process for it's own sake.