A few weeks ago, I wrote that I was pleased to see the evolution of Mayor Holaday's position on the waterfront after she was quoted as uttering the following at an NRA meeting.
Mayor Donna Holaday, attending as an observer, said that the days are over when residents of the city are opposed to any kind of development on the waterfront.
"This is a different community than it was 10 years ago; residents and boards in the city are ready to work together," Holaday said.
"Many people were initially against paid parking, but we worked together, and now, we have a system that is in operation."
But our waterfront-loving counterpart, the Masked Preservationist, hinted in a recent post that Holaday has suggested she was misquoted. He promised details later.
Yet I read in Monday's Daily News City Hall Notebook that some behind the scene-ing was going on to develop a plan.
On another issue, the development of the NRA's land adjacent to the waterfront will likely generate its requisite amount of controlled fury.It seems like any consensus plan would call for some development on the waterfront. Otherwise, that wouldn't be much of a consensus.
Mayor Donna Holaday has been working on her own consensus plan, meeting with numerous commissions and private interests to develop a scenario that all stakeholders can accept.
So what's the real deal. Can't wait to find out.
p.s. I do agree with MP on one regard. In fact he beat me to the punch with his post. I like the tone Dyke Hendrickson has taken with City Hall Notebook. It might not sit well with those within City Hall, but that's not really the point.
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