Comments for Poboy purveyor prevails in rezone turf war at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 21 out of 20 comments http://www.theind.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:45:47 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1608 To me, it seems this IS a personal issue with Murphree and Olde Tyme Grocery. If the whole argument was never against Olde Tyme Grocery to begin with, how come now that Olde Tyme won, do we have comments such as, "Murphree has lost my business, and I hope others will boycott too". That sure is a good thing to hope for. It all seems a little contradictory to me, Elmhurst. Glad y'all are all on the page side on this one. - Poor-Boy Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:13:35 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1600 Ahh, but don't forget, they'll be known as "Freedom Frogs" L.M.A.O. Wait, maybe I just hit on something, a new diet solution for all the fast food eaters, just keep L.Y.A.O. daily. Now, if I could just market that. Who's the best local huckster in town that can sell anything? - fastfooder Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:15:20 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1590 And I hear they are working on a new finger food, Northern beaver in a blanket, with pimento spread and hot dip sauce. But that's just a rumor. - Phil Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:24:50 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1589 And don't forget to order the french frogs. - Phil Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:15:53 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1572 McWallyKing is coming out with the nutria burger, light, low colesterol, veggie fed nutrias, save the swamps and your health at the same time. - Phil Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:07:23 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1570 just had a delicious half&half. need more trees. - Phil Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:18:47 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1533 Sounds scrum-dilly-icious. - Walter Pierce Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:23:35 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1525 Yeah, Walter, McWallyKing has the $1 Cat Meat Burger. It's not bad. - The end is near Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:09:55 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1516 McWallyKing? - Walter Pierce, Managing Editor Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:05:02 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1513 Not living in Lafayette, and eaten at Old Tyme many tymes, I've had trouble parking there. If it is parking, and already used as parking, what is the deal. Neighborhood businesses should be allowed on a case by case basis. Now, if a McWallyKing burger joint wanted to level the neighborhood for a cheesymeaty burger stand, I would say no, it's not a neighborhood business. The variance granted should revert to residential should the Old Tyme location be sold to another with change in commercial intent. If the location is sold to a successor, who intends anything other than a sandwich shop, it reverts to residential. Old Tyme needs to plant some live oak trees around the property. Meanwhile, I'm off to get my half&half po-boy. - Phil Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:56:36 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1488 Great writing by Walter is the only bright spot in this mess. I'm glad someone is writing for literate people. It's a shame when our representatives forget that our neighborhoods provide the strength of the community. When the "small town" feel of a city goes, it never returns. Lafayette is special; let's keep it that way. Sam Dore lost my vote. If he won't protect someone else's neighborhood, how can I trust him to protect mine? Theriot, Shelvin, Bertrand, you earned my respect. Can one of you move to District 6? - p.con Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:50:58 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1487 As a resident of Elmhurst Park, as a proponent of sensitive urban planning and the walkability of cities, as a believer in the integrity of neighborhoods and their design for people, not vehicles - I am deeply disturbed and appalled by this vote! Lafayette is a city with beautiful pockets segmented by ugly pockmarks of strip malls, badly designed parking lots and lack of green space. Throughout my life I have lived in or traveled to cities that adopted an urban master plan. As a direct result, these cities were able to change their destiny, attract educated, creative professionals, become tourist destinations and prosper. With the LinC master plan in place and given the rich cultural fabric of our region, I had high hopes that over the next decade Lafayette would seize its opportunity to become the Austin or Portland of the South. The decision of this Council marks a sad day for our neighborhood but perhaps more importantly reflects a 'business-as-usual' attitude towards urban planning. I am fearful that my hopes for this Council and for the urban future of Lafayette may have been misplaced. While - as one of the posts recognizes - Carencro has begun to adopt LiNC and its sensitive land use plan, Lafayette seems to be content to miss opportunities time and again. If indeed we are the self-declared Jewel of Louisiana - when will we begin to protect our setting? How very disappointing! PS: I DO love Old Thyme Po-Boys - I actually frequently WALK to the store to pick one up. Ho many places in Lafayette can you do that? - Gerd Wuestemann Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:52:44 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1479 One should consider the context sensitive land use plan adopted in Carencro. I wonder if it would have identified these uses of land in conflict with each other, (not having a minimum separation or other sufficient landscaping requirements.) If so, this would have made the use of a parking lot impossible. Instead, the arbitrary nature of property zoning in our city, where properties are classified in an ad-hoc manner, roughly associated with compatibility and proximity to large traffic arteries, leaves results such as this to be made by the council, time and time again. Is there not enough metered street parking along St. Mary and Brook Street for customers? IN any event, private parking lots need to be discouraged in this town, particularly in the historic pre 1950's core, and that holds true for use by employees, owners, and students as well. Parking lots are not in harmony with traditional city planning techniques. End of story. - Jason D. Faulk Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:01:19 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1476 The "Thanks Acadiana" sign had been up for probably a week. I drove by last week and saw it along with a banner donated to Olde Tyme from Acadiana Bottling. These are thanking Acadiana for voting Olde Tyme Grocery Best Poorboy, Best Sandwich, and Best Deli, in the Times of Acadiana Reader's Poll. Also, I'm in agreement with the previous comment, this article does seem just the slightest bit biased. The Times of Acadiana is obviously the better paper, and obviously has competent journalists and editors. Guess Murphree and his "Peanut gang" had a little of Charlie Brown's magic in them...I think I'll go get a shrimp poorboy now. - Poor-Boy Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:47:31 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1468 How about a 150,000ft buffer zone on the south side. So Murphee can sell Po-Boys in Vermilion Bay. - Ms. Anna Log Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:15:42 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1466 Wonder when the promised 10ft buffer zone will be installed??? And how about the "Thanks Acadiana" displayed at Olde Tyme two days BEFORE the council meeting? Hmmm. He has lost my business. - kaarenwp Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:42:46 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1465 Last night the Lafayette city council voted to rezone a residential lot in the historic Elmhurst Park neighborhood to make it commercial. Apparently the city's own professionals in the planning and zoning department have no authority. The council sent a clear message that an overwhelming majority of the homeowners in the Elmhurst Park neighborhood have no authority. Historic neighborhoods in Lafayette have no value to the city council. Long term plans and agreements with the city and the residents of Lafayette can be violated at the will of the city council, in favor of one man and his business. So much for city planning in Lafayette. So much for participatory democracy. - Dunreath Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:07:27 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1461 Read this piece before I saw who wrote. Surprise (not really) it was Walter (love your take on it). Nevertheless, Murphree has lost my business, and I hope others will boycott too. As to the council, may the "Po-Boy Six" (those who voter for) choke on their free lunch from Olde Tyme. - The end is near Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:16:59 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1460 It should be noted that this was never about Olde Tyme Grocery. This was always about Mr. Murphree's illegal parking lot in a residential area. The city wasn't courageous in their vote. The city went against their agreement from a 1994 policy that downzoned the tiny historical neighborhood of Elmhurst Park. This was done to prevent more commercialization from happening. Mr. Murphree was part of that fight, along with the residents of Elmhurst. He has been fully aware that he has been parking students ILLEGALLY in the neighborhood. Facts are, this should have never been an issue for the neighborhood. They were told they would be protected in the future and 15 years later... commercialization has once again creeped into Elmhurst Park. This was bad politics.... shame on the city for not standing by their initial agreement with that neighborhood. - botanifer19 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:02:47 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4591#comment-1458 I am truly surprised the council had the courage to approve this and truly thankful they did. This establishment, truth be told, is a good neighbor and I believe their intent is to stay that way. The neighborhood is such a nice one, a historic one, but I believe its been years and years since it could be called a quiet one. It isn't a shock that UL would back out.... The residents deserve to be respected and I believe the establishment will do that. - Myrick6 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:02:44 +0100