Saturday, January 3, 2009

WILL RODGER KOOPMAN READ THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DRAFT?

Probably not. Who says that? Why Rodger Koopman itself.

"Please telll me where in my week I have time to read through 500 pages of details"

The Comprehensive Plan Draft runs about 460 pages. So much for Koopman taking an active part in reviewing a critical document that Raleigh has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars developing and that will guide growth for years to come.

Actually, it might be a blessing in disguise.

Wake Community wonders, in light of Koopman's statements, if he has even bothered to read the current one.

Wake Community also wonders if Koopman will even show up at the City Council meeting to vote on it.

Koopman best exemplifies a failed Raleigh City Council that has been more agressive at putting horns on homebuilders and garbage disposals and spending millions on plush projects for Fayetteville Street rather than addressing a dramatic upswing in violent crime in Raleigh.

Neglecting crime? It's all part of Mayor Meeker and Rodger Koopman's "unlivable streets" initiative.