We suggest to you that what the applicant is proposing would increase adjoining property values. You have better, more attractive units landscaped as you can require in a conditional use permit. This will attract better tenants than are currently there.

She's a human being, of course she wants to make a profit. That's not evil, that's the American dream. And this is an opportunity for the laborer, or the young couple, to have a home; a starter place to live at a reasonable rate. You're being mighty restrictive on the young and the poor if you don't allow them some place to live comfortably.

As I understand it, what (the requested zoning change) means is that you've got to have 10,000-square-feet of land for every residence that will go on this property.

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This last year was simply ideal circumstances. Commercial real estate values generally held, interest rates are compelling and the [loan] maturity cycle is growing.

On the critical issues of job creation, homeland security and national security, and who shares our values, they have adopted positions that may help them win their party's nomination, but will be rejected by the broader electorate next November.