Robert Wilonsky, Saturday Opinion<\/a>.<\/p>\nFifty homes on lots each the size of a tennis court. One look at the ground plan rendering for the proposed Crescent Estates development shows residences that are almost shoulder to shoulder with backyards that look more like dog runs than places for youngsters to play and families to socialize with one another. <\/p>\n
Fifty front yards that are devoid of any kind of lawn, forcing youngsters to play in the two lane streets in front of their homes.<\/p>\n
Opinion<\/p>\n
Get smart opinions on the topics North Texans care about.<\/p>\n
This project is a gut punch to all of us property owners who have spent decades paying our property taxes, tending to our lawns, updating our homes and working with our neighbors to create beautiful, admired and tranquil neighborhoods bordered by Betty Jane Lane, Royal Lane, Midway Road, Merrill Road, Coppedge Lane and Beutel Court.<\/p>\n
I suspect developer Mehrdad Moayedi isn\u2019t someone who puts the cart before the horse and would have blindly purchased the property hoping he would get the variances needed to build mass housing that doesn\u2019t address the needs of retirees (difficult and dangerous stairs to second and third floors) and youngsters given token backyard \u201cdog runs\u201d and a concrete front yards where they can\u2019t run and breathe free. <\/p>\n
People in apartment complexes live this way. The developer calls for patio homes. All I see are future tenements with little outdoor space to entertain and enjoy being outside.<\/p>\n
Thanks, Robert Wilonsky, for bringing our plight to the attention of the citizens of Dallas and everywhere The Dallas Morning News is read. <\/p>\n
Alfred J. Martinez, Dallas<\/p>\n
Neighborhood resident since 1959<\/p>\n
Mourning consumer protection <\/p>\n
Re: \u201cCanceling a subscription should be easier,\u201d by Michelle Singletary, Sunday Business column.<\/p>\n
Kudos to Michelle Singletary!<\/p>\n
Thanks for mentioning the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the only straightforward consumer protection that really existed for U.S. citizens as authentic defense from rabid corporations. The Trump administration, the Federal Trade Commission and the federal courts have neutralized (killed) it. <\/p>\n
Singletary\u2019s headline told us one problem. She also told us how corporations \u201cpushed\u201d (hidden) boundaries. And she even offered steps to take. <\/p>\n
She exposed us to corporations\u2019 \u201cnegative options\u201d and corporations\u2019 favorite fallback \u2014 \u201cadmits no liability\u201d\u2014 after they pay substantial fines subsequent to adjudicated misbehavior. <\/p>\n
My recommendation for Singletary is to please read Carmen Segarra\u2019s book, Noncompliant. <\/p>\n
Bravo, Singletary, and also to Dave Lieber and Robert Wilonsky for their recent columns.<\/p>\n
Clifton Nixon, Dallas<\/p>\n
Clear diplomatic path <\/p>\n
There are three sides to the peace negotiations between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine. First, the aggressor is seeking ultimate domination after his lawless invading and attacking a peaceful country.<\/p>\n
Second, the victim will settle for nothing other than the complete withdrawal of the attackers, and regain the ownership of the lands that were illegally seized.<\/p>\n
And the third pretends to work toward what will be at best a temporary ceasefire. He is poised to readily cave in with the aggressor\u2019s demands. He cares only about himself in his audacious dreams of being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n
The only acceptable solution is the second one and nothing less. It doesn\u2019t take much in the way of diplomacy to see that.<\/p>\n
Richard Street, Carrollton<\/p>\n
Giving it all away<\/p>\n
Vladimir Putin\u2019s smirk says it all. Yet again, he played \u201cThe Great Negotiator\u201d for a fool. President Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for a murderous dictator and treated him like a best friend.<\/p>\n
Trump held all the cards, yet gave Putin everything he wanted and received no concessions in return.<\/p>\n
Ukraine is the victim in this conflict, yet Trump sold it out, just as he sold out the United States. I can only hope that he is called to account for it.<\/p>\n
Mike Sullivan, Carrollton<\/p>\n
Defending property rights<\/p>\n
As a matter of interest, I looked into the agreements that define Ukraine\u2019s present status. Every binding treaty and agreement from 1954 through 2014 placed Crimea under Ukraine. No valid international treaty or agreement since has transferred it to Russia. In that sense, Ukraine holds a clean deed to Crimea. Not that this seems to matter to Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n
What I find puzzling is why President Donald Trump and before him, President Barack Obama in 2014, appeared so willing to cede it to Russia.<\/p>\n
I suspect that if a neighbor in Florida tried to seize a patch of Mar-a-Lago, Trump might suddenly discover a deeper passion for defending property rights.<\/p>\n
Gary Lee Parten, Richardson<\/p>\n
What about Paxton?<\/p>\n
The president is threatening to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for mortgage fraud because she claimed multiple houses as her primary residence in order to obtain a lower interest rate. Despite the fact that this is another blatant attempt to influence the Fed to the detriment of the financial markets, the request is actually legitimate and should be pursued.<\/p>\n
However, to avoid another absurd level of hypocrisy, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton should also be fired for the same exact fraud, as reported earlier by The Dallas Morning News.<\/a><\/p>\nBill Moss, Frisco<\/p>\n
Where the troops are<\/p>\n
Re: \u201cTrump: No U.S. Troops,\u201d Wednesday news story.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump says no U.S. troops will be sent to Ukraine. They\u2019re needed in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
David Matula, Dallas\/Lake Highlands<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gut punch to residents Re: \u201cIs 50 homes on 4 acres \u2018gentle\u2019 or \u2018incremental\u2019? Neighbors who survived a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":176326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,14841,2556,79,18880,7281,80,358,3187,273,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-176325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-city-hall","11":"tag-development","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-ken-paxton","14":"tag-letters-to-the-editor","15":"tag-politics","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-ukraine","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa","25":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115093682678455203","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}