Jaguars to Develop Shipyards?

[pierre]

^And the DDRB didn't enforce the standards.

partially true....from what I recall, DDRB fought hard to get the developer to improve the design....keep in mind there was political pressure since the Mayor REALLY wanted the project...in fact, the other night he claimed that 220 Riverside and Fresh Market were his projects.

Yes, absolutely. I didn't mean that as a slight against DDRB, just pointing out we do have standards though we often don't stick to them. In this case, largely because the mayor was pushing them not to.

Seems to be the norm among city leadership.

[tufsu1]

^And the DDRB didn't enforce the standards.

partially true....from what I recall, DDRB fought hard to get the developer to improve the design....keep in mind there was political pressure since the Mayor REALLY wanted the project...in fact, the other night he claimed that 220 Riverside and Fresh Market were his projects.

And therein lies the problem. We are one of the few cities where developers tell our leadership how they will do things instead of vice versa.

actually it happens in a lot more cities than you might think