Those Rosy, Heartwarming Stories About The Rezoning? Take 'Em With A Grain Of Salt.

Yeah, I gotta tell you Councilwoman Goodman, this whole Oakwood Golf Course to Big Box rezoning scheme sounds way too familiar, and with lousy results to date:

"4th Warder"

"News and Notes for Residents of South Euclid's Ward 4 from Councilwoman Jane Goodman."

"Monday, July 27, 2009"

"Cedar Center - More than just a few new stores"

"Tonight at Council meeting we will, I hope, pass a measure giving Mayor Welo the go-ahead to sign the development agreement with Coral Co., finally setting in motion the redevelopment phase of the project. That will start the clock on getting preliminary site plans for where buildings and sewers and power and water and such will go. Then come the design plans, and the planning commission review period and architectural review board and public hearings (which require advance notification times) and in the meantime the site gets decontaminated and readied for building.

"It's really exciting, not just because we'll have neat new restaurants and retail, greenspace and such, but because of what this development will do to make the whole southeast corner of our city a magnet for new residents looking to be part of a revitalized neighborhood and city, and a reason for longtime residents to stay."

http://4thwarder.blogspot.com/

Did I call the Cedar Center catastrophe a 'debacle'? Well that's my word for it. Here's South Euclid Mayoral candidate Robert Schoenewald describing it in detail. Caution! Not for the faint of heart!:

http://southeuclidoversight.blogspot.com/2011/10/schoenewald-analyzes-ce...

Funny thing, candidate Schoenewald supports the Big Box rezoning, too!

Not this time, guys. Vote NO on South Euclid Issue 96!