It's somewhat disgusting the way planning comities / local governments pander to Apple.
Reminds me of the recent Cupertino city council meeting. The 'officials' were practically gushing over Steve Jobs and showing off their iPad's - it was cringeworthy.
At least pretend you're a professional...
I guess you're from a large city because you don't seem to have an understanding of how local government works.
If they're like the small governments I'm familiar with, these people all have day-jobs. This means that they go to work, have a quick dinner, and then do THIS job from 7 PM - 10 PM. They definitely don't get paid an amount that makes this something to do 'for the money.'
So, given that, any extra discussion on subjects can be the difference between getting home at 10 PM vs. Midnight. (Which does happen sometimes.)
So IF you're in that situation and IF you've thought about the Pro's-and-cons of this store AND you know how everyone else will vote (and you will know) then what incentive do you have to talk about it more? Remember, they probably HAVE talked about it with each other. The public meeting is the time to hash out your differences. If no one disagrees what should they talk about to fill up the time? Should they make up an argument? Would that make you happy? Fictional theater?
The only reason to drag it out is to waste time. Wasting time pointlessly is more "professional" to you? What profession are YOU in?
Remember, anyone with an issue is free to raise it. If they don't have any it's dumb to just talk about nothing for no reason.
If you're used to big-city politics where your city council is a full-time job then ou might hold them to a different standard. But when they only work 10 hours a week it's dumb to want them to spend any of that time on things that they've already decided on ahead of time.
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