This is just another case where the city is ambushing the property of the surrounding area for the profit of the rich developer. This property could be developed to a standard that would protect the integrity of the area; the City of Springfield, refuse's. If you drive north from Republic Rd, on Lone Pine, you will notice a jog in the road that was developed with the use of a median that does not meet any design standard for the road classification. There is a very dangerously narrow lane left that is buffered on the right with a makeshift spillway. This meets no design standard in the USA, today. The parking lot allowed along the road is not proper development for this road classification. It's dangerous. This developer in named O'Reilly, so I am told. Why would the city do this for this developer?

The next development north is an apartment house developed by the Coryell's, who claim many thousands of apartments owned in Springfield. Between these two developments is Allen St. This was always called a private street by the city. This street should have been brought up to code by the developers of these two properties. The city cut these two developers a deal and required no code. Why? Is money a problem for these two. This street is always one of the streets planned for connection from the rest of the city to the property to the East. Not meeting code means that your taxes will someday be used to make this street meet code. Coryell, put his building on hold because of the financial crises of '08-9. O'Reilly, came in in the mid 2000's. The only place in town that was blighted and therefore worthy of tax breaks was downtown. All of a sudden with the O'Reilly, name here the City of Springfield, wants to make this area a blighted area, and give O'Reilly, and Coryell a deal for no tax on the already planned development . You pay taxes, I pay taxes, not the Oreilly's and Coryell's. Why?

The City of Springfield has for 30 years refused to make large developers meet city standards that all of the rest of us meet. Just one professional in the Administration of the City should be enough to stop this. It does not happen. Vote no on the continued improper development in Gallaway and, the ambushing of established citizen investments in homes for developer profit. Gene Walker