Aruffin07

Ah that’s my mistake on who Dino is. I thought the quieter guy owned the car wash. The only opposition I saw at the meeting was from Dino and primarily the guy sitting beside him (I thought he owned the building that OJs is in but I could be wrong). His biggest complaints are that he thinks Stewart Spinks is getting preferred treatment because his property on 123 was originally going to be rezoned to RDV but in the new proposal it’s not, concern about reduced property values, and a lack of trust in the city that they will stand by what they are saying. The city repeatedly told this guy that all existing businesses can continue to operate as is as long as they don’t close for more than 6 months or make a capital upgrade of 50% or more of the property value. He kept responding that the city was lying. Tough to move forward if you’re just going to say that everything someone says is a lie. There may have been some in the room who are opposed and stayed quiet, but it seemed like the vast majority were in favor.

https://greenvillejournal.com/2018/12/12/123067/ the Greenville Journal has published (in my opinion) a very skewed article on this topic. The property owner featured here was very vocal and disruptive at the most recent community meeting on the rezoning. He took the tactic of saying that all of the city responses to his questions were lies and has found a friend in the Journal who seemingly did not bother to get supporting documentation for any of Dino’s claims. I hope all of you in support of this zoning proposal will write to the journal and attend the meeting at 4 pm on 12/20.