Putting aside the merits of the proposed development (which may well be a good project set in the wrong location), it seems to me that the way this has been handled over the last few months goes a long way toward explaining why the "quality development" many people claim to want goes elsewhere. It seems to be just too much of a hassle, too expensive (in terms of executive effort, county fees, legal staff costs, and sometimes outright bribes), and too uncertain a process to get any large project approved, whatever its merits.
13 Apr 2012
- RethinkCP WaPost: Pr. George's County Delays Decision on Whole Foods Development: goo.gl/kQ79v
- marylandmoment Prince George’s delays decision on Whole Foods development: Supporters of the plan to bring a mixed-use developm... wapo.st/IPZPvG
- RethinkCP County District Council Recessed Hearings for Cafritz Development until April 30th: patch.com/A-szwS via
@RiverdalePatch - ABC7News Is Whole Foods coming to Prince George’s County? wj.la/HDCKfO
- RiverdalePatch The District Council quickly continued its Cafritz hearing to Monday, April 30 at 10 a.m.: patch.com/A-szwS
- RiverdalePatch The District Council resumed its Cafritz hearing Friday before immediately recessing to Monday, April 30 at 10 a.m.
- ben_giles MT @DCExaminerLocal: Hearing on P.G. Whole Foods project called a 'fiasco' after residents couldn't testify bit.ly/HAEPgZ
- Cafritz Development Circus (incomplete summary of April 11 hearing, with comment) is.gd/LinXuo
- nsmcgill Laywers’ standoff delays decision on $226M #RiverdalePark center plan: is.gd/NyXW8t by Jeffrey Lyles
- ben_giles PG Councilwoman calls Whole Foods hearing "a fiasco" after residents wait hours and never get to testify. bit.ly/HL4l1G
- Cafritz Development Circus (incomplete summary of April 11 hearing, with comment) is.gd/LinXuo
- RethinkCP A Deeper Look into the Cafritz Consensus Conditions: tinyurl.com/6sba62r via @RiverdalePatch
- live_green_tips Live Updates: After Procedural Turmoil, Cafritz Hearing is Recessed: County Attorney M. Andree Green rebuts seve... bit.ly/IHCI9t
- RethinkCP Huge legal confusion @ District Council #CafritzHrg. Recessing until Friday and will then recess again to date TBD.
- RiverdalePatch Cafritz hearing is recessed to Friday with the intention of delaying proceedings to a later date (TBD): patch.com/A-svYS
- RiverdalePatch Debate continues over whether and how to continue Wednesday's Cafritz hearing: patch.com/A-svYS
- RiverdalePatch Cafritz District Council hearing will be recessed to Friday, says chair Andrea Harrison: patch.com/A-svYS
- RiverdalePatch A Friday Cafritz hearing seems all but certain given the huge amount of testimony and cross-examination yet to come: patch.com/A-svYS
- RiverdalePatch Motion to remand the Cafritz case fails, 3-6. Hearing will resume after lunch: patch.com/A-svYS
- RiverdalePatch Council Chair Andrea Harrison motions to remand the Cafritz case to the Planning Board: patch.com/A-svYS
- TomDernoga Screwed up PG development stems from years of MNCPPC "anything goes" policies. Citizen opponents learning "PG Way" the hard way
- TomDernoga #CafritzHrg MNCPPC staff "orienting" county council by aggressively advocating for the Cafritz development.
- RiverdalePatch Cafritz hearing resumes after morning procedural disputes: patch.com/A-svYS
- ben_giles RT @TomDernoga: More lawyers here at County Council zoning case on Cafritz than at a PGC Bar meeting
- PGD9Politico RT @TomDernoga: More lawyers here at County Council zoning case on Cafritz than at a PGC Bar meeting
- RiverdalePatch: Councilman Will Campos: 'I can't believe that they keystone-copped this' patch.com/A-svYS
- RiverdalePatch Motion to remand the Cafritz case fails, 3-6. Hearing will resume after lunch: patch.com/A-svYS
- RiverdalePatch Council Chair Andrea Harrison motions to remand the Cafritz case to the Planning Board: patch.com/A-svYS
- TomDernoga More lawyers here at County Council zoning case on Cafritz than at a PGC Bar meeting
- RiverdalePatch Councilman Will Campos: 'I can't believe that they keystone-copped this' patch.com/A-svYS
- RiverdalePatch People's counsel: District Council can either remand Cafritz case to Planning Board or dismiss entirely patch.com/A-svYS
- RiverdalePatch People's counsel: District Council can either remand Cafritz case to Planning Board or dismiss entirely patch.com/A-svYS
- RiverdalePatch The planning board's Feb. 2 Cafritz hearing—including its vote—may be invalid, according to people's counsel: patch.com/A-svYS
- RiverdalePatch The planning board's Feb. 2 Cafritz hearing—including its vote—may be invalid, according to people's counsel: patch.com/A-svYS
- RiverdalePatch People's counsel: inappropriate for Planning Board to limit scope of testimony on 2nd day, but can be remedied today patch.com/A-svYS
- CollegePrkPatch Follow live updates from the Cafritz hearing: tinyurl.com/dy9e9ln #Development #Route1 #CollegePark
- uhnoneemus Major hearing going on for proposed Cafritz property in Riverdale. The county's 1st WholeFoods could be in my backyard. ow.ly/adeco
- TomDernoga New County attorney makes an appearance at the District Council hearing on Cafritz.
- RethinkCP Patch's live updates on #Cafritz heading @ District Council riverdalepark.patch.com/articles/live-…
- RiverdalePatch Cafritz attorney Chip Reed calls opposing attorney's citation of zoning law "statutory disembowelment" patch.com/A-svYS
- CollegePrkPatch Follow live updates from the Cafritz hearing: tinyurl.com/dy9e9ln #Development #Route1 #CollegePark
- TomDernoga At County Council hearing on Cafritz development project. Looks like PGC will have several major zoning battles this year.
- RiverdalePatch The District Council hearing on the Cafritz rezoning proposal is under way in Upper Marlboro: patch.com/A-svYS
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