Now, if people want peronal comment for city commisionesr, that is just fine, wheather it is a developer or a enviromental activist. However, I don't think that it is a done deal before the public comment. Since a good proportion of Lawrence businesses are members, this is no idle threat. Usually, new buisnesses have the sense to join the local Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independant Business so that they will have someone lobbying nationally, and to meet fellow buisnesses locally. Since the Chamber is controlled by large corporations, bankers and developers, it promotes a philosophy that the almighty dollar is the ultimate good.
Profits are to be made at the expense of employees, consumers and the community at large.
Of course in the Chamber's system, profits go into the pockets of a few shareholders, many of whom live out of state. If new highways and developments ruin the environment and ambience, so what, as long as they can make money, big money. He's a socialist. Also, what large corporations are in Lawrence. The current City Commission is the most reactionary since 1978 and is completely dominated by Chamber supporters.