Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Civics Mitchell Estate

The owners of the Mitchell aestatr were asking the planning department & city council to change the official plans & allow a high rise development on the land where the estate of the late Colonel Mitchell.  The request is rejected by Halifax's planning department staff

3* question is not properly formated, making it impossible to answer

They organized a meeting.
City council was asked to change the official plans.
Started a grassroots organization
Attempts to negotiate / buy the mansion
A petition drive
Letter writing campaign
3,000 pamphlets

Citizen's response:  the citizen felt upset & thought it was unfair.  She continues to say that their needs to be balance & assessment in the system.
Developer response: He gets angry when citizens think they their opinions should always be the final decisions
Council member's response: He feels if someone buys a property he/she is entitled to do something with it

The city did aplrive in the end.  A protest followed to recommend the change be rejected.

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