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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Nov 18, 2013 13:29:46 GMT -6
It always boils down to Aquaponics.
No matter what the thread is about. Take bat. Beat dead horse. Repeat and repeat and re.............. We need a "like one million freaking times" button on this forum. I find it strange, this man hates Streator so much, to the point of trying to ruin people's reputations, yet he still lives here. And even stranger....people who have lived here their entire lives, back him up. I guess MOST of the people LOVE seeing this guy flood the forum with what HE wants to talk about it. (And that is, we are all backwards, drunk, inbred rednecks) I guess a select few are able to see through this guy's bullcrap. It's ALL about Aquaponics. And the city council didn't give him the answer HE wanted, so we are ALL evil creatures who can do nothing right. Actually to me it is really more about the over-serving and its negative effects. I think it was my complaining to the city and asking them to clean these things up that created their vindictive attitude and prompted the extreme restriction on Aquaponics. Obviously they do not intend to do anything to curb these negative activities that hurt other businesses here. Either way, it is just wrong that our city would give a restriction that goes against our laws and keeps business out and limits uses for our empty, decaying buildings. I have posted on a lot of threads and did not even mention Aquaponics. However I will bring it up as an example whenever I can and obviously there are other people that like to talk about it as well. I never said that I hate Streator. As a matter of fact, I have said many times that there are a lot of things about Streator that I love. I talk about the problems that I see to try to change them and make Streator even better. I never said that anyone was backwards or an inbred redneck, or that everyone is a drunk. I also did not say that anyone was an evil creature. I noticed that you didn't post any quotes of my saying those anything like that. Just because you tried to justify the fighting which I pointed out is against our laws and hurt your feelings, is no reason to make these things up. Since you think this forum is not moderated, you are free to flood it with all the reasons that you think blue collar workers beating each other up and urinating in our streets is good for our community, along with the ways you think the extreme restriction on Aquaponics is justified by our laws (if you can find any). There are a lot of good people in Streator that don't deserve the bad conditions that our city leaders have left us with. Decreasing population and property values is a result of what they have been doing for a long time. It wasn't the council that gave me the answer. It isn't about anyone giving me an answer that I didn't like, it is about the city giving me an answer that goes against our laws. There is no sense in even having laws if they are not going to be followed, and I will keep pointing it out so that other people see that we need new leaders that will follow them.
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Post by Anonymous on Nov 18, 2013 13:40:41 GMT -6
You are Me and I am YOU. If MEMORY SERVES ME. Jules and Her Merry Maids we're the ONES THAT ACCUSED ME OF BEING YOU as well as SEVERAL OTHERS on here. I wonder WHO I'll be NEXT? You can't be referring to me because I know Jude personally. I never once thought she was you. It really doesn't matter who you are in "real life". I'll pray that you get over whatever hurt feelings you must be experiencing to lash out in the negative ways in which you do against Jules. Have a great day!
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Nov 18, 2013 13:43:21 GMT -6
Don't be putting words in my mouth now. I know that I have said that there should be equal enforcement of our laws. Restaurants having an open dumpster is against our laws, littering is against our laws, but then again so is over-serving but they are able to keep doing that too. I certainly did not say that our current laws should be able to be ignored by a select few. Whose property is this mess really on? I have said that the industrial zoning restriction that are city put on Aquaponics and goes against our laws is wrong and should not have been given. I have also said that we have some very poorly written laws that should be changed. For example, restricting businesses from legally participating in a yearly sidewalk sale or displaying anything outside without a special use permit just seems bad for business. On the other hand, a restriction keeping a restaurant from having an open, over-flowing dumpster with food scraps and another pile of trash next to it, in our downtown creating blight and a possible breeding grounds for all kinds of things, should be in place. I may have said that people should be able to do what they want with their property that is within our laws, such as having laying hens in a commercial district, or painting to make it look better and express an opinion. I have also said that we don't need the talked about new restrictions on businesses. I have been careful of what I wish for, maybe you should be careful of what you claim people have said. So, you're all for restrictions as long as they don't affect you. I am happy that you are having a hard time comprehending my stance on restrictions, it gives me a chance to elaborate again. In my opinion, restrictions should only be to prevent negative effects on our community. I support many of the ones that we have now, but there aren't many that do not affect me somehow. Restrictions on over-serving, fighting, and urinating in public would have a positive effect on me if they were enforced, but they are not. The restriction that should keep people from creating blight and unsanitary conditions with their trash affects me too, but I do support it, because it is supposed to prevent this type of negative impact on our community Restrictions on hens in commercial districts would not directly affect me since I have grandfathered hens. However I am still against it because I think that trying to push through a restriction on them sends a message to businesses like Tractor Supply Company that we do not want them here. That affects me. The design restrictions being talked about were for all of Streator, but were only for new construction, so if passed, they would not stop me from painting any color I wanted. However, I am still against it because if a company like AutoZone or even a small independent business is not allowed to brand their building to have people recognize them, they may not be able to do as well. That would affect me. Businesses already have a hard time being successful here . With our per capita retail sales figures being so low, if the added restrictions makes anyone decide not to build, that also affects me. Because I don't see the negative effect of allowing sidewalk sales that made the city restrict businesses from participating without a special use permit, I do not support it. I do not support any restriction that goes against our laws, regardless of who it stops from opening a business here. Because it devalues structures like the Murray building and decreases the chance of an occupant, I do not support the restriction on the existence of signs just because the buildings are not currently occupied. It is not about how the restrictions affect me, it is about which ones are good for our community. I am only voicing just one insignificant person's opinion, so why worry so much about it? It's not like our city leaders listen to me anyway.
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Post by rukidding (towns local troll) on Nov 18, 2013 13:48:10 GMT -6
If MEMORY SERVES ME. Jules and Her Merry Maids we're the ONES THAT ACCUSED ME OF BEING YOU as well as SEVERAL OTHERS on here. I wonder WHO I'll be NEXT? You can't be referring to me because I know Jude personally. I never once thought she was you. It really doesn't matter who you are in "real life". I'll pray that you get over whatever hurt feelings you must be experiencing to lash out in the negative ways in which you do against Jules. Have a great day!
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Nov 18, 2013 20:48:25 GMT -6
To me, he's like a little kid that doesn't get his way. He figures if he just throws his fit long enough to his "parents", they'll cave in. Exactly, jules. And like a kid would do, he chooses to do this stuff on an unmoderated forum, where he knows he can get away with it and we can't get away from his fit. There are no "parents" here and he knows it. Speaking out about our city going against our laws with their restriction that stopped a potential business, limiting the use for many of the vacant and decaying buildings here, is what you consider throwing a fit like a little kid? I see it as a citizen wanting better for his community. Whose kids do this on unmoderated forums, yours? Why can't you get away from it? To the left of the post there is a name, mine is "myself", the picture below it is of a nice brightly painted building, those would be your clues to skip to the next post.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Nov 18, 2013 21:03:24 GMT -6
Chicago news had some reports about chicken coops. I was wondering if your chickens flew off the roof in the storm. Sorry to not answer sooner, I was down close to Washington during the storm and didn't have internet until this afternoon. I'm home and just catching up now. Our ladies are just fine, my family brought them inside just to be on the safe side. They are more than just egg and fertilizer producers to us, they are our pets as well. I'll just have to be slick about it when I replace one with a more fertile version and I'll have to make dinner that night. Their outside house held up just fine too. All's good here, thanks for asking.
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Post by ~MnM~ on Nov 24, 2013 21:26:44 GMT -6
I wonder why: My few laying hens that they threw a fit about haven't created near as much of a mess. KYLE I'd like to know where that is located at, I would gladly go raid their dumpster to get boxes...I am always in need of smaller boxes for shipping!!! THANKS to BLUESTAR for continually yearly saving boxes, bubble wrap, peanuts for me!!!! If anyone knows of any stores that I can go pick this up from then please do let me know, I will gladly go and get it! I already have employees from Streator Drugs call me, and we do raid through Don's Furniture's dumpster......... hell I'm not beyond dumpster diving............... lol. M
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