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Locals Oppose Jewish Developments

Posted by: Judy Chang

18 December 2008 - 5:00am

Around already-overdeveloped parts of Los Angeles, large developments planned by Chabad and other Jewish organizations have been facing some strong local opposition.

"Lorrie Stone, a Pico Boulevard neighborhood spokeswoman who lives near the latest proposed Chabad project, thinks enough is enough.

'It's like, give us a break, there's no public transportation here, there's no parking here, and now you just keep making it worse,' Stone said. 'None of us are opposed to Chabad . . . Chabad is a wonderful organization; they do unbelievable things. They just can't do it all right here.'"

"City planners are reviewing the project. But Stone and other neighborhood representatives have voiced strong opposition to the development, which they say would threaten their quality of life.

'Maybe all of us who live on the Westside are feeling the same thing,' Stone said. 'We don't want just uncontrolled growth. We understand it has to grow; we understand things have to be developed but just not completely uncontrolled. And that's exactly what every single one of these fights is about.'"

Full Story: Growth puts pressure on L.A. Jewish communities
Source: Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2008
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The usual NIMBY scam

Submitted by Michael Lewyn on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 06:27.

Here's how it works:

1. Oppose infill development because there's not enough transit.

2. Oppose transit because area not dense enough for transit- overlooking, of course, the fact that the only reason its not dense enough is that you in step 1, you prevented it from becoming dense enough!

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