[Durham INC] Oops: Baker. Not Byker. Herald-Sun on billboards today: inspections, delays, threats to return

[Kelly Jarrett, DISC]

Message to self: Drink coffee before reading papers. That's Baker quoted 
below, not Byker. Hey, Patrick--don't give them any ideas!

Kelly Jarrett wrote:
> So the Herald-Sun confirms that Fairway & Byker will request to 
> postpone the public hearing on billboards at the Monday BOCC meeting.
>
> More interesting: like The Terminator, Byker promises "they'll be 
> back" with the same request for another council. So fasten your 
> seatbelts, its going to be a bumpy night.
>
> FROM TODAY'S HERALD SUN: 
> <http://heraldsun.com/view/full_story/9020082/article-City-turns-to-billboards-inspection?instance=homesecondleft> 
> Both the city and county say rezoning decisions that go against an 
> applicant have to stand for at least a year before they'll accept a 
> new request, unless sponsors modify it significantly or circumstances 
> change. 
>
> But City Attorney Patrick Baker said it's not possible to keep 
> legislative requests off the agenda indefinitely.
>
> "You know how democracy works, and sometimes you ask over and over and 
> over again," Baker said. "You really can't prevent it from coming back 
> again, particularly to another council."
>
> Read more: The Herald-Sun - City turns to billboards inspection 
> <http://heraldsun.com/view/full_story/9020082/article-City-turns-to-billboards-inspection?instance=homesecondleft#ixzz0vpEB01EP> 
>
>
> Kelly
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Dr. Kelly Jarrett
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Duke Islamic Studies Center
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Duke University
Durham, NC 27708

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