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REVIEW OF CHAMLIAN PROJECT WAS NECESSARY
Glendale News Press
March 6 2012
CA
In one fell swoop, the unnamed editor of the March 3 editorial "A
shining example of harebrained bureaucracy" insulted the Planning
Commission, the Design Review Board, the residents who live near
the Chamlian Armenian School, and indirectly Councilman Dave Weaver,
whom the editor commented has previously been known to be "typically
unsympathetic."
Perhaps even worse than characterizing these individuals as component
parts of a "harebrained bureaucracy" is calling into question "due
process" itself.
To assess and coalesce the needs and desires of all concerned parties
in a decision takes time. That there were many warranted concerns on
the part of the neighborhood, and a number of accumulated variances
to Glendale's zoning codes that needed to be analyzed, justifies the
thoroughness of the process. It would have been harebrained to rush
this through without thorough vetting.
Although I have not always agreed with the planning department or
commission, Design Review Board and City Council decisions, I have
the utmost respect for their qualifications and the professionalism
with which they approach their duties.
I would expect that any newspaper, other than those of the throwaway or
yellow variety, would be a little more perspicacious in its judgments.
Nancy Comeau Glendale
From: Baghdasarian
Glendale News Press
March 6 2012
CA
In one fell swoop, the unnamed editor of the March 3 editorial "A
shining example of harebrained bureaucracy" insulted the Planning
Commission, the Design Review Board, the residents who live near
the Chamlian Armenian School, and indirectly Councilman Dave Weaver,
whom the editor commented has previously been known to be "typically
unsympathetic."
Perhaps even worse than characterizing these individuals as component
parts of a "harebrained bureaucracy" is calling into question "due
process" itself.
To assess and coalesce the needs and desires of all concerned parties
in a decision takes time. That there were many warranted concerns on
the part of the neighborhood, and a number of accumulated variances
to Glendale's zoning codes that needed to be analyzed, justifies the
thoroughness of the process. It would have been harebrained to rush
this through without thorough vetting.
Although I have not always agreed with the planning department or
commission, Design Review Board and City Council decisions, I have
the utmost respect for their qualifications and the professionalism
with which they approach their duties.
I would expect that any newspaper, other than those of the throwaway or
yellow variety, would be a little more perspicacious in its judgments.
Nancy Comeau Glendale
From: Baghdasarian