After UWM Lawsuit Loss, City Could Rewrite Historic Preservation Ordinance
Change would be a safeguard on state-owned buildings.
Change would be a safeguard on state-owned buildings. Back to the full article.
Change would be a safeguard on state-owned buildings.
Change would be a safeguard on state-owned buildings. Back to the full article.
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UWM decision to destroy this historic building while the legal system weighed opposing arguments is a common strategy employed by self interested institutions to determine outcomes regardless of court rulings. It seems obvious that after a very brief process of “sifting and winnowing” the University Administration said: “Screw them! Full speed ahead!”
It is time for the city to stop bending over to support money’d NIMBY’s. That is all this is about.
That’s the takeaway here? That the city needs more power, and not that the existing rules are out of touch with what citizens need and want?