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Dead around here. Then I remembered, it's kind of sort of a holiday. When I was a kid in Southwest Louisiana, we always went to school on Good Friday. And, count on it, we ate fish sticks in deference to prevailing religious custom. (Don't jump to any conclusions, Peter Banko. I like fish sticks.)

But, to finish up with a bit of news:

Huh? Mena? Capitol Zoning District?

The zoning district, by law, governs development in areas around the Capitol and Governor's Mansion to preserve their historic character. It functions as a planning commission, more or less.

Fences? The proposed law grows out of a case that went to court over the Commission's denial of a variance for a 48-inch fence requested by Patrick Cowan for his historic house on Scott Street. Cowan lost. Then came the legislation. Cowan got blamed for Bell's bill. So blamed, in fact, that many believe he was defeated in a recent race for president of the Downtown Little Rock Neighborhood Association on account of the legislation. Some people like the existing limitation, apparently, or at least they prefer a process by which the Commission, and neighbors, are in charge of a waiver from the minimum height. Boyd Maher, director of the commission, explains the rule by saying that fences historically were low and ornamental in Little Rock. Maher spoke against the bill when it came up in committee. He said he believed it was preferable to deal with disagreements on existing rules by a review and a change through the usual rulemaking process. If the rule needs changing, he said, it should arise in the neighborhood and be supported there.

Mena? I wouldn't presume to speak for Bell. But I have confirmed that a key force behind the measure is one Gabe Holmstrom, chief of staff to House Speaker Davy Carter. He confirms his involvement, if not direct responsibility. Holmstrom lives in the neighborhood. He's friends with Cowan. He's remodeled apartments on Scott Street and is renovating a house on Louisiana Street as a personal residence. He applied for and received permit for a fence at his house. But he was unhappy to learn he'd need commission approval for the 48-inch fence he wanted to keep his dogs safely penned. Rather than simply apply for a waiver and make his case, he chose instead to attend a commission meeting and lecture the commission about the rule. He said it would discourage people who "looked like" him from making investments in the neighborhood. Some black members of the commission took that badly. I'll buy Holmstrom's explanation that he spoke poorly and meant only to say that overly stringent rules would discourage investment in a neighborhood that needs it. He bought his own house out of foreclosure, he said.

Whatever. Don't start feeling sorry for a high legislative staffer. Swinging a big stick around is efficacious. Squeaky legislative big wheels get greased. Rules can be changed. The Commission voted last night to initiate a review of whether the rule should be changed to a 48-inch limit. Maher said this didn't constitute a recommendation by the staff to make a change. It does give neighbors a public hearing process to see if sentiment favors a change. The final decision will be up to the Commission, which is appointed by various public officials.

Meanwhile, the legislature is keeping the pressure on. An unidentified member of the House has put a hold on the operating appropriation for the Capitol Zoning District Commission. Though approved by the Senate, the appropriations bill was bucked back to Joint Budget Committee, where it rests. But .... a rule change process can't be completed before the legislature is due to end. At least 30 days are required to take public comments, then a commission meeting would have to be scheduled.

Can we agree that a Mena Republican legislator's bill to dictate an eight-inch change in fence heights in a few hundred acres of Little Rock, with the encouragement of the Republican House speaker's chief of staff (a former Democratic Party official), is somewhere short of good government?

* OIL PIPELINE SPILL NEAR MAYFLOWER: Fox 16 provides the photo above of the aftermath of an oil spill from a pipeline break near Mayflower in the Northwood subdivision, which has been evacuated as a precaution against fires. Call U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin. He'll tell you it's silly for people to worry about potential damage from oil pipelines. Early reports from Fox 16 say an Exxon interstate pipeline near Lake Conway ruptured. Traffic was bollixed up near the I-40 exit from Mayflower around 5 p.m.

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Beginning Monday, April 1, crews will mobilize equipment in the filled lakebed area of the Ashland waterfront between the Ashland Marina and Kreher Park to prepare for the demolition of the Citys former wastewater treatment plant.

Following a plan approved by the Environmental Protection Agency and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, crews will install security fencing around the building and begin demolition, which may take 2-3 weeks.

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By Claudia Garcia/cgarcia@aliceechonews.com

Camacho Demolition is currently clearing out the buildings of the old Dubose campus.

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The demolition for Dubose is expected to begin at the beginning of the week.

Posted: Friday, March 29, 2013 2:32 pm | Updated: 5:23 pm, Fri Mar 29, 2013.

Old Dubose demolition to start soon By Claudia Garcia cgarcia@aliceechonews.com Alice Echo-News Journal

The demolition of the old Dubose Intermediate campus is underway.

Workers from Camacho Demolition are working on clearing construction debris such as hauling rubble, cinder blocks, insulation and ceiling tiles to the landfill. Project manager Ray Brown said he has a meeting with the company on Monday to discuss the actual demolition and the precautions they need to take such as dust and traffic control.

Brown said the actual demolition will take about three weeks to complete and will begin at the beginning of the week. Once the old campus has been demolished, Teal Company will begin paving the area and turning it into a parking lot and bus drop off area for the new campus. Teal is the same company that was in charge of the New Dubose project.

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CLIFTON A building on the Nutley side of the Roche campus it shares with Clifton has been draped in green tarp and tagged for demolition, but those in the region will not have to worry about a massive implosion because the building is coming down one piece at a time.

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Roche has wrapped one of its buildings in green tarp as part of the demolition process. The building will be taken down piece by piece and the tarp is a way of keeping dust and other health hazards contained to the property as it comes down.

Roche announced in July 2012 that the company would be vacating its 127-acre Kingsland Avenue property by the end of 2015 and, while various operations have phased out between then and now, Roche spokesperson Darien Wilson said this is the first big step in moving onward.

"[The building] housed corporate functions years ago," said Wilson. "Now it's old and in disrepair. We mostly consolidated those functions a while ago into the main high-rise with the logo on it. The demolition of this building has been scheduled for some time."

The green tarp and the word 'demolition' raised red flags from people in the area who thought the building might create a ruckus by being imploded, but Wilson explained the demolition process will actually occur over time as structural pieces are taken down piece by piece.

The primary reason for having to drape the building in green tarp is for environmental concerns, Wilson said, explaining it is a way of keeping dust and other health hazards contained to the property as it comes down.

Wilson said that after the building comes down, Roche officials have been discussing the idea of putting a park where the structure once stood so as not to have an empty void on the property.

Because of its condition, this is the only building on the property currently scheduled for demolition, said Wilson, adding Roche is taking extra care of the other, newer buildings in case the new property owner wishes to use them.

"Right now this year," said Wilson when asked what the next move is for Roche, "we're transitioning many functions to other areas of the globe. All that should be done by the end of the year, along with doing environmental remediation on the site. We have also been looking for a site planner to work with Roche and with Nutley and Clifton."

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In what may be the final act of a grass-roots effort to save St. Patrick's Church in Watervliet, acting State Supreme Court Justice Kimberly A. O'Connor Thursday denied a preliminary injunction to stop demolition of the 124-year-old structure.

Two weeks ago O'Connor heard oral arguments in Albany between lawyers for Citizens for St. Patrick's and Nigro Cos. on whether demolition work already begun at the 3.5 acre site should be halted while preservationists try to get the plans reviewed by the Watervliet Zoning Board of Appeals.

Citizens for St. Patrick's was attempting to halt the razing of the church by Nigro Cos. to clear the 19th Street site for construction of a 40,200-square-foot Price Chopper Supermarket and two smaller commercial buildings.

The group was contesting the City Council's rezoning of the property to allow the project as well as the demolition permits.

In Thursday's ruling, O'Connor noted that the citizens group did not act in a timely manner with their litigation regarding the City Council's rezoning.

"During this time period (Price Chopper) has expended substantial sums of money on asbestos abatement and demolition activities," O'Connor's ruling said.

The justice also noted the citizens delayed commencing legal action another 25 days following their securing of copies of the demolition permits through the state Freedom of Information Law.

Rosemary Nichols, attorney for the grass-roots group, had argued the organization has standing, their court action was timely and that the city ZBA must review Building Inspector Mark Gilchrist's issuance of the permits.

Nichols did not immediately return calls for comment Thursday on whether the group will seek to appeal to a higher court.

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