Tonight was the night.
Barron Park Plumbing Supply’s landlord had signed an agreement with the developer that if Geier’s plan got approved, the building would be sold to him.
And you know it would be bulldozed.
There’s a small halal grocer in that little group of businesses; the owner complained that Geier had fenced off the end of her one-way parking strip’s egress. Three days it stood, and three days her customers did not come. It seems clear that he hoped to push her into bankruptcy so he could have that lot, too.
Note the German translation of his name: vulture.
So, now that it was out of the planning commission, Mountain View City Council was considering the issue of whether the monstrous proposed redevelopment should be built.
I love that one councilwoman said, There’s supposed to be a public benefit and the only benefit I see here is to the developer.
Others piled on and the project, at least in its current form, was shelved. Round two to Milk Pail, and kudos to all the council members who stood up for those small businesses and owners on that corner and for the residents as well.
(p.s. A non-sequitur because I want to record the date: this afternoon, while I was stopped at a light, a peregrine falcon flew overhead and then swooped down close, giving me a good view, and away. Wow!)