“Towing” the line

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Posted by Nancy Oates on August 27, 2012

http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/08/27/towing-the-line-2/

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8 Comments

  1. DOM

     /  August 27, 2012

    “…potential lawsuits from neighbors-against-growth groups that have learned council caves at the threat of well-off residents threatening legal action.”

    Did I miss something? What’s this about?

  2. Nancy Oates

     /  August 27, 2012

    In the discussions about Charterwood, homeowners living around Eastwood Lake threatened to sue if runoff from Charterwood clogged the lake. And a group of property owners adjacent to Charterwood brought a lawyer to explain why the applicant had to wait a year to bring the application back and implied a lawsuit would follow if Charterwood were approved that night. Matt Czajkowski, who had previously voted for Charterwood, voted against it that night. May have been a connection.

  3. Fred Black

     /  August 27, 2012

    On Chapelboro (http://chapelboro.com/Penny-Rich-Talks-Cell-Ban-Towing-Appeals/14063298), Penny Rich is quoted as saying: “Some really good questions were asked,” she says. “I think we all pretty much understood the attorney’s notes to us. At the end of the day everyone agreed to appeal the towing ordinance ruling, and it was a 6-3 vote on appealing the cell phone ban.”

    Indicates to me that there were two votes, not one.

  4. DOM

     /  August 27, 2012

    “And a group of property owners adjacent to Charterwood brought a lawyer to explain why the applicant had to wait a year to bring the application back and implied a lawsuit would follow if Charterwood were approved that night. Matt Czajkowski, who had previously voted for Charterwood, voted against it that night.”

    Sounds like the animals are now running the zoo.

  5. Matt Czajkowski

     /  August 27, 2012

    There were two votes. One to appeal the decision on the Towing ordinance and the other regarding the cell phone ordinance. The vote to appeal the towing ordinance decision was unanimous.

  6. Del Snow

     /  September 5, 2012

    I obviously have to get into the unfortunate habit of correcting Nancy’s misstatements.

    For the record: Eastwood Lake neighborhoors NEVER threatened to sue. Mayor Kleinschmidt brought up a lawsuit as a recourse that they would be entitiled to.

    I have no intention of engaging in another nasty discussion on this site. I merely want to recommend that facts be checked before they are stated and disseminated.

  7. Gene Pease

     /  September 6, 2012

    Also for the record, I sat through the numerous meetings regarding this development and although the lawyer representing some of the neighbors didn’t specifically threatened to sue, she certainly implied it.

  8. Jeremy Schopper

     /  December 10, 2016

    “…potential lawsuits from neighbors-against-growth groups that have learned council caves at the threat of well-off residents threatening legal action.”

    Did I miss something? What’s this about?