The Yelm City Council won't let people mention Wal-Mart or big-box stores, and have pronounced a moratorium on moratoriums, all of which to me is utterly bizarre:
Yelm's city attorney, Brent Dille, said council members were fed up with requests that the city impose a moratorium on the large stores. But he also said they don't want to appear biased if an appeal of Wal-Mart's application comes before the council.The reasoning is straight-forward, however:This isn't the first time the council has silenced the masses.
In April, it unanimously approved a motion banning the word "moratorium." That was in response to citizen requests that the council enact a moratorium on big box stores so the city's staff could review the city's decade-old zoning.
"You can understand if you're barraged for two months at meetings - the same people saying the same thing."[H/T: Fark]
Posted by Kevin on June, 23 2005 at 11:35 PM
