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Robin Palm, AICP
@bourbonplanner.bsky.social
Urban planner for Mt Pleasant, WI American Planning Association WI SE Rep Washington Heights Neighborhood Association Board Member Opinions are my own & not those of any office or organization. Formerly: twitter.com/BourbonPlanner
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Wife certainly has a feature where phone shocks you to answer it. 10% reserve battery just for this feature

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Man, what blows my mind is that I had an 18:30 5k in high school… and I thought I sucked.

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This ruling is thinner than the paper it’s printed on. VA’s tree placement law? Improper notice? Judge cannot be serious. If I was the plaintiff’s I’d rather co-appeal as a decision on these grounds cannot be defended.

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A lot of cities hit the 1990 homicide numbers, but way below everything else.

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“META, you dont understand! I want to research *literal* vast tracts of land!”

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This judge seriously went "yeah, this doesn't comply Virginia tree planting and placement standards, whole thing has gotta go" Apparently they drug a judge outta retirement who had forgotten about severability clauses.

The ruling

In a ruling read aloud from the bench, Schell referenced testimony from witnesses about possible wastewater backups and overflows that might result from the strain additional housing could place on stormwater and sewage infrastructure.

Although a county expert testified that Arlington does, in fact, have sufficient infrastructure to support anticipated growth, the judge found “no evidence presented that the county considered likely overflows” and other localized impacts.

“It appears from the evidence that no consideration was given to the effect of additional sewage,” he said.

On a more procedural note, the judge found that a County Board resolution to advertise “contains no statement that the County Board is resolving to amend the zoning ordinance.” He also found that the Board’s ordinance “unlawfully delegated legislative responsibility” to county staff.

Finally, the judge found that EHO zoning fails to comply with tree planting and placement standards in the Virginia
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Circuit Court Judge side with Plaintiffs (shown here in Lucille Bluth cosplay) striking down Arlington, VA's missing middle zoning law I can't find the actual decision online, but the judge's reasoning seems... incredibly suspect at best. I'd appeal. www.arlnow.com/2024/09/27/b...

BREAKING: Judge overturns Missing Middle zoning changes | ARLnow.com
BREAKING: Judge overturns Missing Middle zoning changes | ARLnow.com

A circuit court judge has overturned Arlington's Missing Middle zoning changes. Judge David Schell ruled against the county on four counts this morning (Friday), finding that the county failed to adeq...

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Continual reminder that the heart of almost every political scandal involving corruption & graft is real estate development + the labyrinth of red tape surrounding it. Turkey wouldn't need to funnel millions into Adams' campaign if it could get approved based on clear performance based standards

6. In September 2021, the Turkish Official told ERIC ADAMS, the defendant, that it was his tum to repay the Turkish Official, by pressuring the New York City Fire Department ("FDNY") to facilitate the opening of a new Turkish consular building-a 36-story skyscraper without a fae inspection, in time for a high-profile visit by Turkey's president. At the time, the building would have failed an FDNY inspection. In exchange for free travel and other travel related bribes in 2021 and 2022 arranged by the Turkish Official, ADAMS did as instructed. Because of ADAMS's pressure on the FDNY, the FDNY official responsible for the FDNY's assessment of the skyscraper's fire safety was told that he would lose his job if he failed to acquiesce, and, after ADAMS intervened, the skyscraper opened as requested by the Turkish Official.
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Threads for me is like, 90% thirst traps and engagement bait posts. Like, my actual instagram feed is fine, but if I ever hit the search option, my phone starts playing R&B slow jams.

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Robin Palm, AICP
@bourbonplanner.bsky.social
Urban planner for Mt Pleasant, WI American Planning Association WI SE Rep Washington Heights Neighborhood Association Board Member Opinions are my own & not those of any office or organization. Formerly: twitter.com/BourbonPlanner
80 followers219 following42 posts