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Dramatic_Ad_6560 t1_ja08qfz wrote

Reply to comment by MCLand in Dentist by BataMahn3

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Dramatic_Ad_6560 t1_j9zpdg0 wrote

It doesn't matter if it was one comment or 17. If the intended audience is stating how the interruption is impeding their ability to communicate freely, which you can see from the students' response in the article, then yes, it's interfering and it is a problem.

Her job is not to attend events and call out things she disagrees with. It's also not her job to call out decisions on her own; that's why there's an entire board. Her role in this situation would be to address it at a board meeting, where the entire board is able to communicate about it. The board has legislative authority over the district; they do not have the authority to disturb educational sessions at an off-site event. She had no right to interrupt the session, regardless of her position on the board.

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Dramatic_Ad_6560 t1_j9zltf5 wrote

It was for students. It wasn't for school board members or for general members of the community to talk. Thomas-Tate asked a question. Based on the article, Mohammadkhani took issue with the activity and the response from the speaker saying that "most of the room raised their hands" when it was only "part" of the room. Her comment, as it currently reads and based on response from the students, sounds like she was trying to undermine the session and discount the experiences those students may have had. This event is not a debate, nor was it for anyone other than the students, which means, by definition, it was absolutely an interruption. Her job is to advocate for students, not run interference on any discussion that she disagrees with.

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Dramatic_Ad_6560 t1_j6aente wrote

Honestly I have the same mindset a lot of the time lol. I feel like the ads for the project were disingenuous and went for the negative, i.e. "Springfield needs this development or else" mentality as opposed to "The growth of Galloway will benefit the city of Springfield in x, y, z ways." Their use of influential people from around the city as another bargaining chip was also weird. These tactics come off really shady and made me feel like I wasn't getting all of the truth, and like I mentioned in another comment, they neglected the people who actually live and work there, and I really dislike that longtime residents are being bulldozed for the sake of developers that won't care about Springfield in 10 years.

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Dramatic_Ad_6560 t1_j67fn28 wrote

Imo, developers seem to keep making themselves the victim in these situations... i.e. expanding more into an already overcrowded Galloway, or adding additional traffic and sending a middle finger to the entire neighborhood of University Heights. They bulldoze (literally and metaphorically) over the wishes of the people who can make or break their development and are affected most by them, and then they cry foul when people don't support these proposals.

There are so many areas that would benefit from development in Springfield, but they only swarm to places that are already overdeveloped. National/Sunshine has already had multiple storefronts sit vacant since the buildings were constructed; why is putting more of the same there going to be beneficial for anyone? Why do we need more apartments and more traffic in one of the messiest intersections in town? The additions near 65/south of Chestnut seem to be doing well and there is space to grow there, but many developers are still only looking at spaces that aren't practical. I understand concerns about the NIMBY mindset, but I don't see that to be an issue in the controversial development proposals recently; I think their concerns are extremely valid and the developers should've addressed them before doing anything else.

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Dramatic_Ad_6560 t1_ixlan0j wrote

As others had mentioned, it was condemned and had been so for a while. As of a couple months ago, there wasn't a real plan as to what will replace it being shared but the owner hasn't ever shown interest in selling. I'm surprised he finally got it torn down.

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