On Treehuggers and Taxpayers

08/01/2011

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Don Corrigan, editor and columnist at the Webster-Kirkwood Times, recently wrote a column about the Maryland Pointe development proposed in Maryland Heights' Howard Bend.  Why should he care?

Well, as he so eloquently points out, the fate of Creve Coeur Park is of great interest and concern to people around the region.  Afterall, it is the number-one visited park in St. Louis County. 

Meanwhile, Maryland Pointe developers are making a case that their project will be a regional draw.   Indeed, the park is part of that draw.  But you can't base your business plan on attracting regional customers, then turn around and say those regional residents have no right to to sign a petition expressing their disapproval of the development.  Either they matter or they don't.

The fact is, more than 3,400 people from around the region have signed the petition to oppose this development.  Have you?
 


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Thomas Mosher
08/01/2011 20:14

For years we watch the people of Bridgeton fight Lambert Field over the building of the runways. We were told that it was for the betterment of the region. So they destroyed a beautiful subdivision and all those people were uprooted from their homes. What for? For runways that are rarely used and not needed. What did the region get? A loss of population and tax revenue. Where did most of it go? Mainly to St. Charles County. Northwest Plaza that use to bring in millions worth of sales taxes for the area. Now sits empty and a properity that use to be worth Hundreds of millions of dollars. Was put up for sale with a starting bid of 1.25 million dollars?
So now Maryland Heights wants to develop the river bottom for more retail space. Do we need another Wal-Mart and Walgreens? The question now. Is this what is best for the city of Maryland Heights. What is best for the people of Maryland Heights? Or is this what is best for the pocket books of the city council members. With all the blighted retail space in the region. It is not what is best for the region.
People come to the park for the beauty and the enjoyment of the park. That is why I have been coming to the park for almost 50 years. Like the other people who visit the park. I am not there to shop. Even though I do not live in Maryland Heights. I do spend a lot of time in Maryland Heights. I go to Westport for dining and entertainment. I eat lunch in Maryland Heights 2 to 3 times a week as do my co-workers and I do shop in Maryland Heights.
That being said, if the Maryland Heights City council ignores the will of their residents and that of the people of the region who have signed the petition to stop this development. Then they do not deserve the right to serve the people who elected them.
After 30 years of customer service. If there is one thing I have learned. If you do the right thing and make customer happy they will tell 3 people about it. But if you do not provide the service your customer expect. They will tell 12 people about. When that happens your business will not survive. The Maryland Heights city council needs to understand. We are your customers. Do what is the people have told you they want. No Retail Development

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