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Post by Anonymous on Aug 6, 2014 7:32:34 GMT -6
I haven't talked to one person so far that supports this guy. Everyone I've talked to face to face so far all remember his past in this town, and all would like to catch him in an alley and beat the cr@p out of him, or hope someone else will. That's an awful (and scary) thing to say. I'd be rethinking who you are hanging out/talking with Rocket.
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Post by dog on Aug 6, 2014 8:00:05 GMT -6
I haven't talked to one person so far that supports this guy. Everyone I've talked to face to face so far all remember his past in this town, and all would like to catch him in an alley and beat the cr@p out of him, or hope someone else will. That is one thing streatorites do . They never forget about a persons past. I don't support city manager form of gov't. This town's size is estimated at 3miles long by 2 miles wide. Way too small to be needing a city manager form of gov't. Those 4 council members and one mayor were elected to do a job. That is to run the whole city themselves.Not a city manager. City manager form of gov't is wasting tax dollars paying one man to do all the work while the other elected 5 sit doing nothing and getting paid to do NOTHING at the expense of taxpayers. I'd agree, you should rethink who you hang out with. What did this guy do in the past that warranted an a$$ whipping anyway? In another post you said that taxes would double or triple within 6months to a year of him being hired. How is this legally possible? So if you went back to a government without a city manager, what would you pay them, and how many hours a week would you expect them to work for that pay?
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Post by lavinv on Aug 6, 2014 8:36:53 GMT -6
Its a fact of life, some people go to extremes when they think they were screwed over. There may be, and there probably is more to the story, but it could also be this guy is slightly out of balance, mentally. Keep reading dog. be sure to catch the comments to the articles and forum posts. It seems that there were a lot of people who think they were screwed over. Are they all slightly out of balance, mentally? BTW, what is the population of the City minus Lavasa Corp. employees? When were investor/residents informed that they had no rights? Where are the comments from the citizens subjects raving about the community that Mr. Wrighton built? There are some interesting blogs about Lavasa. There are NO permanent residents as of now or there may be a handful. It is like a weekend place where people come, enjoy and return, otherwise it is a dead place. Lavasa is the first PRIVATE City of the country and it is for the first time in India that a special law named Special Planning Authority (SPA) has been implemented and many are discovering how powerful and brazen SPA is. SPA gives full powers to the City including CONTROL to land, road, water, electricity, sewerage, building, private security, everything else etc. Anyone who does not agree with the City Management can have any of these and more at stake.. The Police personnel operate from the building constructed by the city, eat in the canteen run by Lavasa, move around in vehicles provided by Lavasa and... In a private city and people have invested hard earned money and SPA powers could dispossess them any minute without due process of law, residents and Investors are scared. No one is allowed to question anything. Anyone who does so would be risking quite a lot as many are discovering. After investing it is like devil and deep sea. Rights??? what are they?? Scot Wrighton blatantly used his authority and now finds himself in Courts. Apart from the listed cases, there are more cases that has been filed and the latest one is contesting if he can flee the country!!!
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Post by dog on Aug 6, 2014 8:58:03 GMT -6
Keep reading dog. be sure to catch the comments to the articles and forum posts. It seems that there were a lot of people who think they were screwed over. Are they all slightly out of balance, mentally? BTW, what is the population of the City minus Lavasa Corp. employees? When were investor/residents informed that they had no rights? Where are the comments from the citizens subjects raving about the community that Mr. Wrighton built? There are some interesting blogs about Lavasa. There are NO permanent residents as of now or there may be a handful. It is like a weekend place where people come, enjoy and return, otherwise it is a dead place. Lavasa is the first PRIVATE City of the country and it is for the first time in India that a special law named Special Planning Authority (SPA) has been implemented and many are discovering how powerful and brazen SPA is. SPA gives full powers to the City including CONTROL to land, road, water, electricity, sewerage, building, private security, everything else etc. Anyone who does not agree with the City Management can have any of these and more at stake.. The Police personnel operate from the building constructed by the city, eat in the canteen run by Lavasa, move around in vehicles provided by Lavasa and... In a private city and people have invested hard earned money and SPA powers could dispossess them any minute without due process of law, residents and Investors are scared. No one is allowed to question anything. Anyone who does so would be risking quite a lot as many are discovering. After investing it is like devil and deep sea. Rights??? what are they?? Scot Wrighton blatantly used his authority and now finds himself in Courts. Apart from the listed cases, there are more cases that has been filed and the latest one is contesting if he can flee the country!!! I have a couple of questions if you don't mind. Who created the SPA, was it the elected government or this private company? Were the provisions in place before the investors invested in the project? Has the private company violated the SPA? Are these court charges criminal or civil in nature? Is Wrighton the sole defendant in these charges or are there others? If there are others, how many are there, and who are they?
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Post by toshiko on Aug 6, 2014 9:06:36 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 9:51:20 GMT -6
I dont give a rats butt about the good old boy bs on here.Would like to know if the council vetted him enough to know about this before they hired him though..There are a couple council members on here how about giving us the straight scoop.....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 10:24:20 GMT -6
Well it seems the feds are worried about a new mole releasing secrets.. Seems we have one of our own providing facts we may have never been aware of....So do we welcome or shoot the messenger???
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Post by dog on Aug 6, 2014 10:34:10 GMT -6
Well it seems the feds are worried about a new mole releasing secrets.. Seems we have one of our own providing facts we may have never been aware of....So do we welcome or shoot the messenger??? As long as they are facts, I say we welcome the messenger.
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Post by northsider on Aug 6, 2014 10:46:26 GMT -6
I say bring on the fish!
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Post by dog on Aug 6, 2014 10:56:50 GMT -6
Let's get a little perspective here. How many of you have visited a foreign country. I mean a really different country with different cultures, religions, etc? It's a different world and things operate with different expectations, different paces. A common gesture or word you make may be, to them, an insult or offense. Mr. Wrighton went to India. I am sure it was extremely tempting to 'build a city' from a fresh sheet of paper. An exotic land and maybe a bundle of money, who would not be tempted? This project evidently is the very first of it's kind. It has NEVER been done before in India. People and investors may have had different expectations going in than what materialized. Also, I am sure there are monied interests that would like to see the venture fail. They could mount a campaign of disinformation and rumors scaring investors or potential residents. It sounds like the project has a few bumps in the road. Wouldn't it be easy to blame a top level employee? Maybe a foreigner that is unfamiliar with local customs, laws, procedures. Throw THAT guy under the bus. I am not saying that is what happened. I am just suggesting you give the guy the benefit of the doubt. None of us have any idea what happened there......Scott may even be shaking his head wondering himself.......who knows......
Here is some interesting reading about the subject:
cityoflavasa.blogspot.com/2013/06/beware-special-planning-authorityspa-in.html
From reading this, it looks like the people of India are deeply divided on this practice and they have a lot bigger fish to fry than Wrighton. It appears that the Indian Government is the ones they should be after. I guess I would like to see some facts where Wrighton acted outside of the law and/or in contradiction to his bosses wishes, and not performing the job he was hired to do.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Aug 6, 2014 11:35:38 GMT -6
I think people in India eat alot if seafood so I'm guessing the new manager is pro-fish. We can only hope! Soon we will be violence free, pizz free, and up to our eyeballs in tourist seeking fish, oh happy days are here at last!!!!! Go ahead and make a joke out of it. Just like our ever decreasing population and property values and the condition of our City are also funny parts of the same joke. Ha, ha, ha, isn't it all very funny. Look at what Streator has turned into. A major lack of business, vacant decaying buildings everywhere, some of the highest taxes and lowest amount of service around, decreasing citizenry and wealth. Ha, ha ha. It is a funny joke the City leaders are playing on the people of Streator. Ha, ha, ha.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Aug 6, 2014 11:49:15 GMT -6
Its a fact of life, some people go to extremes when they think they were screwed over. There may be, and there probably is more to the story, but it could also be this guy is slightly out of balance, mentally. I I recognize those symptoms. It used to be called sour grapes. When was that, before the civil rights movement? I think that any more when large investments and the lack of civil rights are concerned, it is considered much more than just sour grapes.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Aug 6, 2014 13:40:40 GMT -6
He had orders to follow from his bosses. I thought that Mr. Wrighton was taking credit for building the new city, and that his experience and international business relationships were part of the selling point of bringing back a retread. It seems like you are making it out as if he was just someone's puppet doing their dirty work and is not responsible for what Lavasa has become under his leadership. If the international business relationships are mostly all negative shouldn't we get the details, regardless of whether they are a result of him following orders?
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Aug 6, 2014 13:40:51 GMT -6
The problems are not a joke Kyle, but your CONSTANT whining about it is what he is poking fun at. All you do is complain about the same 5 or 6 things constantly. It seems you are now taking aim at new Council Members and the new City Manager before he is even here........take 2 or 3 steps back and look at yourself and your campaign Kyle. Do you really think fights, or drinking, or public urination even cracks the top 10 of problems in Streator? Do you really think your campaign is rallying residents to your cause? You may have some valid points Kyle, but your rhetoric has completely alienated most people that would ever listen to you. If our City leaders at least tried to address the problems, instead of attacking me for talking about them, maybe you wouldn't have to keep hearing about it. Yes, I do think that these problems are in the top ten, because it does keep people away and hurts business here. No, not rallying to my cause, but yes, I do think that many residents will try to become informed and vote accordingly next year.
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Post by dog on Aug 6, 2014 13:42:46 GMT -6
I I recognize those symptoms. It used to be called sour grapes. When was that, before the civil rights movement? I think that any more when large investments and the lack of civil rights are concerned, it is considered much more than just sour grapes. If you read the link I provided at the top of this page, it talks about how these rights are diminished. People who choose to move there are made aware of that, and sign a contract accepting that fact. "The structure of the Special Planning Authority is necessarily disenfranchising as the governing body is selected on behalf of the local people by LCL. The citizens also cannot participate in government by standing for elections. The loss of political rights is indicative of a thinning down of citizenship to the extent that the individuals are moving away from the empowered role of citizens and toward the rather archaic role of subjects. This relationship is explicitly described in the contract between Lavasa and its residents."
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