We Love Avondale Attempts to Ruin Christmas Event

[Steve]

MEGATRON - I'd like to know your source on the fact that MM was denied an opportunity to speak at a RAP board meeting, and that WLA was invited to speak. If you'd rather PM me, that's fine.

I ask this because as most people know, I'm on the RAP board, as well as the MJ board. For obvious reasons, I've kept out of the discussion on this subject. Further, I'm certainly not speaking here as part of the RAP board, but as a private citizen.

If you'd like to discuss further, please don't hesitate to write back or PM me.

[peestandingup]

I will not patronize any restaurant or store on this road anymore...ever. I have been going to many of them it's versions for 30+ years, but now I'm done. But I will go to MM if they make it. There are other places in Jax for overpriced toys, horrible service, small undercooked portions, bad wait staff attitudes and $8 yogurt.

I mostly agree with you. Overrated, overpriced snootiness is really not my bag. If its quality, then thats one thing. But most of it is not. It's the "pay us cause we're in Avondale" tax. Meh. Pass. All I can do is laugh at the people who think that eating at The Brick & getting an overpriced haircut somehow makes them part of the Jacksonville elite. Hell, maybe it does. Who cares.

Although I haven't seen a toy store in town better than the Green Alligator if you're looking for high quality, non-mass produced Chinese shit.

[Happyvalley]

Elite people deserve their own enclave...let's give it to them.
After some time goes by and no one buy their goods...well...you know the rest.

King Street and Five Points is for "the people", Avondale for the "gentry."
Charles of Navarre must business in Avondale.

[Intuition Ale Works]

MEGATRON - I'd like to know your source on the fact that MM was denied an opportunity to speak at a RAP board meeting, and that WLA was invited to speak. If you'd rather PM me, that's fine.

I ask this because as most people know, I'm on the RAP board, as well as the MJ board. For obvious reasons, I've kept out of the discussion on this subject. Further, I'm certainly not speaking here as part of the RAP board, but as a private citizen.

If you'd like to discuss further, please don't hesitate to write back or PM me.

Steve-

As a RAP boardmember, would you say that Mellow Mushroom and We Love Avondale have been treated equally?

When the RAP board voted to appeal the Planning Commission ruling were there any dissenting votes?


From an outsider looking in, RAP has been against MM coming into Avondale since day one. We Love Avondale did the dirty work for RAP.

[MEGATRON]

MEGATRON - I'd like to know your source on the fact that MM was denied an opportunity to speak at a RAP board meeting, and that WLA was invited to speak. If you'd rather PM me, that's fine.

I ask this because as most people know, I'm on the RAP board, as well as the MJ board. For obvious reasons, I've kept out of the discussion on this subject. Further, I'm certainly not speaking here as part of the RAP board, but as a private citizen.

If you'd like to discuss further, please don't hesitate to write back or PM me.

Steve, did the MM owner or his counsel allowed to address the board?  Did WLA members address the board?

[wsansewjs]

From comprehending all of the information, haysays, and crazy s*** about RAP and WLA, I can safely assume that these organizations are some secret society where all members would wear black hoods and speak in anonymous way.


WLA

Why there are few stupid human beings who would stoop so low to this level to do something such blashphemy? I am completely at lost, disoriented, and baffled by this entire bloody fiasco.

It is one of those things that you can try to help, but it is not working or it is moving beyond your control or influence that you become "helpless" and an uneasy twist of a knot in your stomach.

More to come...

-Josh
Return from hiatus on MJ

[buckethead]

MEGATRON - I'd like to know your source on the fact that MM was denied an opportunity to speak at a RAP board meeting, and that WLA was invited to speak. If you'd rather PM me, that's fine.

I ask this because as most people know, I'm on the RAP board, as well as the MJ board. For obvious reasons, I've kept out of the discussion on this subject. Further, I'm certainly not speaking here as part of the RAP board, but as a private citizen.

If you'd like to discuss further, please don't hesitate to write back or PM me.

Steve, did the MM owner or his counsel allowed to address the board?  Did WLA members address the board?

In fairness 'did not' ≠ 'could not'.

I am far enough removed from Avondale that my interest is purely one of principle. If one party was granted an opportunity to address the RAP board, while an opposing party was refused such permission, that is telling, but if this is your contention, please include more than just an accusation.

[MEGATRON]

MEGATRON - I'd like to know your source on the fact that MM was denied an opportunity to speak at a RAP board meeting, and that WLA was invited to speak. If you'd rather PM me, that's fine.

I ask this because as most people know, I'm on the RAP board, as well as the MJ board. For obvious reasons, I've kept out of the discussion on this subject. Further, I'm certainly not speaking here as part of the RAP board, but as a private citizen.

If you'd like to discuss further, please don't hesitate to write back or PM me.

Steve, did the MM owner or his counsel allowed to address the board?  Did WLA members address the board?

In fairness 'did not' ≠ 'could not'.

I am far enough removed from Avondale that my interest is purely one of principle. If one party was granted an opportunity to address the RAP board, while an opposing party was refused such permission, that is telling, but if this is your contention, please include more than just an accusation.

Of course, they are different things.  But might as well get the facts correct first, right?  My understanding is that the RAP board heard from many WLA members, but their agenda was too full to hear from MM.  Maybe what I heard was wrong.  But, based on my personal experiences, it would not surprise me.

[John P]

Not everyone is going to agree on everything. Respect peoples positions, go through the channels available, and move on to the next issue.

[mhgc2]

I live in Murray Hill and I suppose the snobs of avondale just can't stand the thought of the great unwashed spending their hard earned money at MM. I think the actions of WLA are appalling and reprehensible. I will not spend a dime in any business in the shoppes of avondale unless MM is allowed to open. I think we should build a wall around avondale and let them be their own little city and charge them to enter Jacksonville for any reason. Bunch of elitist hypocrites.

[mbwright]

I guess they are afraid of the shoppes becoming merely shops of Avondale...

I hope that MM continues their fight.  To think that ABT just happened to show up is insane.  It's like code enforcement coming to see the little shed in you backyard that nobody but your neighbor could see. 

This has reached a whole new low that I did not think was possible.

[kln1323]

Link is for "Boycott Avondale" Facebook page


https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/109846072516516/

Give them a Taste of their own Medicine

[JeffreyS]

I would love for MM to win the fight and be a great addition to the shoppes. I do not have an interest after that of seeing the other spaces fail. I support the idea of not gentrifying the area. I just believe MM will fit into the area vibe even though they are a chain.

[Pinky]

I would love for MM to win the fight and be a great addition to the shoppes. I do not have an interest after that of seeing the other spaces fail. I support the idea of not gentrifying the area. I just believe MM will fit into the area vibe even though they are a chain.

They're not a "chain", like McDonalds or KFC or something; each is individually (locally) owned, individually designed and decorated, and beyond a basic core pizza formula have individually determined menus.  It seems like you buy "the brand" primarily.  Each is unique.

(The gas station would have been REALLY unique.  Way to shit all over "vision", COJ/RAP/WLA; This is why we can't have nice things.)

[Timkin]

Very sad state of affairs.   

Like Pinky's idea of Valentino putting a dongs and bongs shop in .  Stellar.   They would really shit a brick then