plumber2 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 A project being financed by a local trial lawyer was canceled after a year of endless hassle by the City of Friendswood staffers. Local lawyer and developer of the project, Tony Buzbee, wrote a scathing letter to the mayor and council telling them why he pulled the plug. After a year of purchasing $20 million dollars worth of properties along Main St. (FM 518) for his development, the city staff kept jerking him around, causing him to change his plans several times and make major concessions to various department planners. He finnally gave up and removed all of his signs and equipment. It seems the last straw was the city's denial to let his sales staff use a temporary job trailer for offices while work progressed. It must be nice to be wealthy enough to make a decision like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Friendswood=dumb. Why wouldn't they let him continue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njvisitor Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Hah! Friendswood must feel bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 It must be nice to be wealthy enough to make a decision like that.Decisions such as these are not made on the basis of wealth, but its loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Only phonies and posers live in Friendswood anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 A project being financed by a local trial lawyer was canceled after a year of endless hassle by the City of Friendswood staffers. Local lawyer and developer of the project, Tony Buzbee, wrote a scathing letter to the mayor and council telling them why he pulled the plug. After a year of purchasing $20 million dollars worth of properties along Main St. (FM 518) for his development, the city staff kept jerking him around, causing him to change his plans several times and make major concessions to various department planners. He finnally gave up and removed all of his signs and equipment. It seems the last straw was the city's denial to let his sales staff use a temporary job trailer for offices while work progressed. It must be nice to be wealthy enough to make a decision like that. i don't think the City was jerking him around at all. i think he expected to get a free pass since he had so much money. he thought he was above the rules and figured he didn't have to follow them like everyone else. Anyway it seems they have played it off as a lack of communication between the parties and are trying to mend the fences. a fwood poser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 a fwood poser I was being facetious last night when I posted that. I do know some very nice people who live there, but I unfortunately know just as many who are polar opposites and they just seem to be attracted to the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 i don't think the City was jerking him around at all. i think he expected to get a free pass since he had so much money. he thought he was above the rules and figured he didn't have to follow them like everyone else. Anyway it seems they have played it off as a lack of communication between the parties and are trying to mend the fences.a fwood poser Sounds to me more like the City took him for granted just as many Cities, especially wealthy ones, are prone to do. Greatness is not a birthright. It is not without cost, nor without risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Are The Woodlands, Sugar Land, and Kingwood the only three successful town centers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Come to Bryan Texas and build it. Bryan will let anyone build what they want to and how they want to with no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Are The Woodlands, Sugar Land, and Kingwood the only three successful town centers?Cinco Ranch sort of has one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Are The Woodlands, Sugar Land, and Kingwood the only three successful town centers?It depends on how large a community has to be to be considered a "town" that it might have a "center", as well as whether the "center" is necessarily central to the "town" or whether it fits other criteria such as architectural style or layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brerrabbit Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Friendswood has a long history of being very protective of their little community. If you notice there are virtually no big box retailers in Friendswwod. The city government is very against such a thing. Also look at the school district sometime. Long ago they decided to stay a 4-A school and have gerimandered their district boundries to make sure they stay that way. A significant portion of the new homes in Friendswood are zoned to Clear Creek schools with the majority of them attending Clear Brook High school. Also as I understand it the redevelopment of the town center was not planned to be a Sugarland/Woodlands type design but rather an Old Town type revitalization with more resturants and small retail operations. It was on the same line as the proposed Old Town Pearland redevelopment not along the lines of the Pearland Town Center development taking place at 288 and 518. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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