Love how people don't want facts, only the emotional triggers.

You should re read the whole story. Your remark demonstrates your clear ignorance of the facts.

I love the Reddit hypocrites.

"they're within the law to do this"

Then on homeless camps - "they should let the trespassing people live wherever they want."

well said

apartments take dog dna and fine people who don't clean up after their dogs

It sounds like they are going to have some smaller, more affordable apartments. Not sure why this is so terrible. The woman who was using her child having autism as a reason to not do the project was especially sad and seems desperate. People claiming it will bring down their property values? Gotta be kidding me - when does new housing on the north side, or almost anywhere, adversely effect home values?

Yeah!

This is true. Springfield has been terrible to deal with from a city interface standpoint. They purchased some garbage software, so bad you would hope someone was bribed to buy it. Things used to be a lot easier. You could walk into the building department and walk out with a permit 30 minutes later. Not any more. The permitting process took me 10 days or so last time.

Regarding the hostility towards developers - why would anyone want to live on the corner of sunshine and national? What kind of fool would let their child play in the front yard there? What is it 80k cars daily combined on those 2 roads? Not exactly the spot where someone is going to chose to live.

Op, expect continued hostility. This is a place where non liberal dissent is downvoted until it disappears.

As Springfield's development will continue to stall, others will certainly look elsewhere FIRST and not to Springfield. This trend has been in place for 5-10 years already..

We do need more afforable (apartments) housing, but just admit it you're a nimby

Read this fast. The reddit crowd always downvotes this plain, clear truth. Some homeless don't want a home.

the guy looks like a hustler

>Bullying remains alive, well, and tolerated at the school

this is an excellent point. If your child was assaulted at this school, the school will never tell you it happened.

It is a terrible school. DO NOT Send your child there, unless they have low character and are bullies that will yell and fight their way without restraint.

We have kids there now. There used to be an old lady running the school who was senile (Duncan). She allowed a lot of bullying to go on under her watch. There still is a lot of it going on now. I PERSONALLY know of at least 7 children who have left the school because they were bullied in the last 4 years. I'm certain there are many more. In many of these cases, I have spoken to their parents and been told stories about how they brought their concerns to the school leadership multiple times. Little to no action was taken. The bullying continued on. I can speak to the character of most of the kids that left the school - they were all good, intelligent, non trouble causing respectful kids. These are the type of kids being run out of the school, under the watch and tacit approval of the schools leadership. I was even in the nurse's office once and overhead a disgusting story. There was an overweight child who went there frequently. When they asked him why, he told them he was constantly picked on because of his weight. The only place this didn't happen was at the nurse's office when his classmates weren't around him.

Often, there is violence from one student to another that goes with little or no punishment. Last year, a child choked another child 3 or 4 years younger for no reason and the school allowed him to go on a field trip the following day. I think his punishment was a one day suspension.

Academic achievement there seems to be a fraud too. Lots of kids are way behind in my kids grades and they school pulls them along, even when they have massive educational deficits.

There's a lot of Stepford parents there. They won't dare speak honestly about how disappointed they are in the school and their child's experience. They just simply smile and say it's going great! Don't be fooled by them.

There are some upsides to the school and not every child thinks they're the centre of the world, but while there are some good and bad kids, there's poor leadership, which allows bad behaviour to get way out of hand. There is little to no punishment for bullying and assault there. We have seen it with our kids and heard first hand stories many times from other parents.

Teachers - some are good, some mediocre and a few are rotten. One of them left last year thank god.