Signing the Carroll Gardens Petition/Protect Our Homes does NOT:
-ONLY protect the homes of the people immediately surrounding the 360 Smith Street site.
- say that we are anti-development.
-Single out an individual developer, architect or proposed structure.
Signing the Carroll Gardens Petition/Protect Our Homes IS:
- a SHOUT to our public officials that we who live here, own property
here and ARE THE VERY PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SO ATTRACTIVE
TO THESE "DEVELOPERS", will NOT accept an "as of right" attitude when
it comes to changing our neighborhood, the quality of our lives or the
value of our homes.
- a unique and perhaps the only way WE, THE
PEOPLE, of Carroll Gardens can regain a position which allows us to
speak for ourselves.
Signing the Carroll Gardens Petition/Protect Our Homes SAYS:
-Yes, we have a community board, but the phrase 'AS OF RIGHT'
eliminates that board from the equation. Our own community board can
say ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about a project that falls under the "as of
right" rule.
-We don't like that---we want the ruling
changed---we don't want to wait the many YEARS our officials say it
takes to accomplish that---we do NOT want to be victimized by the
infectious greed that is permeating and undermining our quality of life.
-We want to PAUSE the erection of any structure or the change to any
existing structure that is scheduled to be built taller than fifty feet
high---PERIOD
-We then want our public officials to present to
us in the same mass manner they communicate with us when they are
running for office, ALL OF THE REZONING andLANDMARKING OPTIONS, not just the ones they like.
-We want a MAJORITY RULE VOTE, neighborhood wide, and we want the results of that vote ENACTED IMMEDIATELY.
-We WILL support the public officials who meet our demands NOW---we will NOT SUPPORT those who do not.
