master builder wrote on November 01, 2008 04:55 PM: Will Joe save your Neighborhood?
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Pieter J. Krommenhoek wrote on July 16, 2008 04:46 PM: ....Paradise Rd could be in better shape
for the conventioneers who walk to the trade shows. The sidewalks should be wider in order to accomodate wheel-chairs, pedestrians, utility poles
as well as bus stops. I have majored in Georgraphy, part of that was urban
georgraphy, and I do not think there are many planners on the Planning Board who are true to their profession.
Convention Centers in Europe are not in
the city centers. There is an easier mix of residential and commercial (hotel) zoning there. I am concerned about the space, across from the new
police station on Siera Vista. Are we going to see replacement low income housing there? I realize that the State
is also being lobbied. I mentioned the
complaint I made about the construction
traffic going on on Paradise Rd. When will this stop? If implosions go on to
make room for new construction we will never see an end to this traffic mess.
Many trucks, 18-wheelers +, are driving over the curb at Paradise and Sahara going east. There does not seem to be an end to all the billboards going up.
I could go on and on but I would like to invite you when canvassing for the
next election. Come and see how we live
and I bet you would not want us to give that up either. You lost the cause for the other golf course (on DI) as well as the residents of Turnberry who could not stop the blocking of their view of the Strip. We cannot afford to lose all of our battles or there will be chaos. Please let us know what your
plans are and keep us informed about other goings on. Sincerely,

Pieter J. Krommenhoek
LTC, SF, USAR (ret.)
Las Palmas Apts.

Pieter J. Krommenhoek wrote on July 16, 2008 04:18 PM: Dear Ms. Giunchingugliani:
Thank you very much for inviting me to comment. I realize that some of the deaths are preventable but, as stated,
we cannot totally erase these accidents.
I live in the Las Palmas apartment complex and consider myself, and co-tenants, lucky that we have a reprieve from having our beautiful surroundings torn down for another big construction project. However, as long as the present owner acts like a holding company we have to live in fear of being moved. When is it enough? All of that negative anticipation because
there are a few who believe in unlimited growth? The economic benefit is just so lob-sided that we are sacrifing too much and the end is not in sight. We can see it on Sierra Vista. The new police station is fine
because there is a need for it. But there is threat for residents of the
"residential area" from the Convention Center as well. Our zoning has been changed [I wish it could be reversed].
I know that the Convention Center is a cash cow for the county but something needs to be done about all that expansion. It is only because Mardi Gras refused to sell that we still can live here. Steve changed an affluent
living area into an industrial site behind an ugly wall. When he starts building on the golf course it will get worse. I complained about the dirt and
heavy trucks and was told that the State had taken over that responsibili-ty. Maybe that has changed but it does make one think there are high level pay-offs taking place. Many people who live here do work on the Strip and walk to work.........