tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37071292.post3396061515041883659..comments2022-03-15T08:55:07.731-05:00Comments on Carbondaley Dispatch: And the winner was . . .Parentheticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04397250058745076490noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37071292.post-80744912735756481302007-03-26T12:26:00.000-05:002007-03-26T12:26:00.000-05:00Cole did not say that there weren't any new housin...Cole did not say that there weren't any new housing developments yesterday. If he did, I didn't hear him say that, and obviously he knows it isn't true. And no one called him on it. I don't think anyone else heard that either.<BR/><BR/>It sounds like is this Anonymous Simonite is mad that Cole has proposed a better plan than his candidate? <BR/> <BR/>Now what is the real reason why these properties are in such a poor state? Her campaign manager (retired City Planner Tom Redmond) who was paid $70,000 a year to supervise the code department for over a decade and didn't do anything (apparently).<BR/><BR/>Can you appreciate the irony? I wonder why Mr. Redmond was so quick to order the Bank of Carbondale to "repair or demolish" the old Stage Company, and yet those old houses were neglected for so long. Just wondering.Parentheticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04397250058745076490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37071292.post-51416043563494428242007-03-26T09:05:00.000-05:002007-03-26T09:05:00.000-05:00What's the picture she's holding up?Those are pict...<B>What's the picture she's holding up?</B><BR/><BR/>Those are pictures of run down properties. She was making a point about the lack of code enforcement in town and asking why those houses have not been improved to meet code or demolished.<BR/><BR/>On this score, Cole pulled a "Bill Clinton." Sheila proposes a single new code inspector to be paid for by a $5 code inspection fee on property owners. At the last debate Cole opposed fees for code inspection, and at the debate yesterday he came out with a plan to hire 6 additional inspectors and charging $25 for the first inspection and $75 for the follow-up inspection if violations are found. <BR/><BR/>Pandering at its finest. Cole's had four years to do something about the sorry state of code enforcement in this town and he's done nothing. <BR/><BR/>He proposed a moratorium on multi unit apartment complexes and had the audacity to argue that no new apartment complexes had been built in Carbondale in the last three years, despite the presence of TWO new complexes on Grand across from Lewis School, both of which have gone up in the last year.<BR/><BR/>To think that he is serious about code violations and enforcement at this point is laughable. Why would he bite the hand that has fed him all this time? His base of support comes from the huge landlords in town. He's not going to do anything to anger those folks. If nothing else, he'll need their votes when he runs for state office in the not very distant future. <BR/><BR/>Even if Cole wins the Mayoral race, his long term interests aren't with Carbondale. Why people expect that he'll do what's best for this city in the long term puzzles me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37071292.post-41692462695626468022007-03-26T08:31:00.000-05:002007-03-26T08:31:00.000-05:00What's the picture she's holding up?What's the picture she's holding up?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37071292.post-53004674588419083032007-03-26T08:25:00.000-05:002007-03-26T08:25:00.000-05:00Cole came out on top. Clearly in command of his fa...Cole came out on top. Clearly in command of his facts and priorities. I may not put his sign in my yard, but I will vote for him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com