STAFF SNEAK? Public hearing notice leaves out eminent domain threat
“An eminent domain threat that has loomed large in the debate about how to widen Providence Road has been left out of a public hearing notice that provides otherwise complete details about three road-improvement options.
The notice also lists the options out of numerical order, with the most controversial first, the previously rescinded Option IX. The moves remind of other subtle — and not-so-subtle — senior city administrator attempts to manipulate the hearing process.
Against opposition from Columbia public works director John Glascock and a group of Grasslands residents, Columbia City Council members on April 15 rescinded Option IX — a two-phase, nearly $7 million road-widening project that includes demolition of eight historic homes on Providence, across from the University of Missouri. “
The Columbia Heart Beat 16 May 2013.