Comments on: Enforcement of Landscape Ordinance Comes at a Bad Time

By: Cairns Bobcat Hire

Cairns Bobcat Hire — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:15:49 +0000

It’s crazy and completely unfair how hard small business owners are getting hit by city councils. These cost should be contributed to at least partially by the city. I recently had to pay $6000 to reconstruct a fence around my shed.

Tony.

By: Alice

Alice — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:05:40 +0000

What do wrought iron fencing, trees and shrubs have to do with property cleanliness? What gives Dictator Daley and his zoning commission the right to tell you that you must put fencing around your property and you must plant trees (numerous trees), they even tell you what kind of trees to plant. When the mayor is in front of the news cameras he is acting so concerned about the people, and he is saying how people are losing their jobs and their homes and they can’t afford to pay all the tax increases and everything else that is being thrown at them. But when the cameras are not there he is demanding that the struggling businesses obey the landscape ordinance or they will be closed down. Where are they supposed to get the thousands upon thousands of dollars to comply? Where are they supposed to get the thousands of dollars for the deposit that the city wants to hold? Would you let the city hold your money? Do you think you would ever see it again? Soon all the small businesses(the backbone of the city) will be gone. Is that the only thing that will make the mayor happy? You used to be proud to say you were from Chicago, but that has changed. The city is giving up and everyone has Dictator Daley to thank for that.

By: Tim Randall

Tim Randall — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:12:47 +0000

Let the debate start now!

By: Galewood

Galewood — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:03:26 +0000

While it’s unfortunate timing for the enforcement of this ordinance perhaps the owners of these businesses need to recognized they are parts of a community. As such they need to make their properties community assets instead of community eyesores.

By: Michael P. Scott

Michael P. Scott — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:13:52 +0000

It is such nonsense that has caused me to give Da Mare duh name, “Mayor Flowerpot.” Chicago has become a city of pretty flowers on Michigan Avenue and a rusted infrastructure. When an El bridge collapses because of fist sized rust holes and hundreds are killed and wounded, maybe then Chicagoans will come to realize that infrastructure comes first. Flowers and “beans” and parks come AFTER the hard (and truly expensive) work has been done.

First Dicky must retire, resign, decide not to run.