We haven’t found the smoking gun yet, but it sure as hell looks like ExxonMobil was involved in a massive hacking operation to silence their critics (including me).
The Wall Street Journal tells the wild story in this bombshell of a piece.
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All I know is they're not coming to my neighborhood! We're already completely packed in here*
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Policymakers, having left America unprepared for what’s next, now face brutal choices about which communities to save — often at exorbitant costs — and which to sacrifice.
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Policymakers, having left America unprepared for what’s next, now face brutal choices about which communities to save — often at exorbitant costs — and which to sacrifice.
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also i showed this thread to my date and they said it was very cool and sexy of me 😤😤😤
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I've got to go, but i'll spare you the calculations for Beth Maries and Chestnut: They have 0 off street parking. Incredibly illegal to build nowadays.
Is Downtown the iconic part of town? Our cultural identity? Yes.
But is it illegal to build nowadays? Incredibly.
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Anyways, i'm seeing around 25,000 sqft of space, which means they would need... 20,600 sqft of parking space. Assuming 100% of their paved area is parking (i don't think it is), they're still 8,000 sqft short
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The magic of parking minimums is that we know exactly what every single business everywhere in the city needs, and miraculously, it is all the same. Look at this hard, scientific evidence that we probably based our code on (marvel at that regression!)
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Another random flip of the page and we find hotels. Again two observations, neither close to the regression line. In fact despite being very different in size, the hotels have the same amount of parking occupancy. And yet--two decimal places of prediction.
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Dennis' farm store: this is a new type of business. Let's go check the code! (and we can use the current code this time! Restaurants/bars are the only thing that use occupancy)
All retail sales - all types - all of it - everywhere in the city- is the same - 1 per 350 sqft
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(at least under our last revision. again, to check current code, i'd need to call every place and ask their fire marshall occupancy limit, and i really don't feel like making a bunch of small businesses worried about compliance. The new code is typically higher though)
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Moving on, Mi Ranchito. Mi Ranchito is hard because it has only a few marked parking spots, and it's lot is awkwardly sized. They only need 11 parking spots, so i'll say you could build it, but you'd need to modify the layout.
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And friends. Fera's has only 6 parking spots. Incredibly illegal to build or convert nowadays.
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But, that's the cowards way out, let's evaluate parking: Fera's has 4500 sqft of interior space, and 200 sqft of porch. I'll ignore the porch because I don't think it's actually used for diners. So it needs 25 parking spaces.
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The second business our first commentor mentioned is Fera's. Feras is in a single family house, which means today it would be zoned residential, so an easy answer is: "No, you couldn't convert that house to a business now. not easily, at least"
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Denton CAD tells me Mr. Frosties has 2704 sqft of interior space, and 300 sqft of open porch. It also has 4176 sq ft of paving.
Using quick maths, that's 15 required parking spaces.
At an average of 288 sqft for a parking spot...
Mr Frosties' is (barely) not legal to build!
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Ok, i'm gonna go with the old code for restaurants and bars, which was 1 parking space for every 200 sq ft of interior space and 300 for every sq ft of exterior space. The new code, which is based on occupancy, can require up to 4 times more than that. But anyways
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I'm basing this solely off parking minimums, because everything else is super hard to judge without being there...
... and I just realized im gonna have to call every restaurant and ask their fire code occupancies, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE BASE PARKING MINIMUMS OFF OF
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The first comment is a lot on it's own, but let's get digging:
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I have a date in about 45 minutes.
The city's facebook asked people to celebrate local small businesses. Until I gotta go, let's see how many businesses mentioned would be illegal to build today.
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I know the owner and this one rule is the reason he can’t open this business. It’s complete nonsense.
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German Sierra bought this building in 2020 to open a neighborhood coffee shop in Dallas and still hasn't been able to open because of a regulation requiring he have 18 parking spots, regardless of location, clientele, or local support.
Parking mandates kill small businesses.
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it's very cool how DISD is like 50% a project of local realtors to increase property values and demand for local residences
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Planning Dept:
"A variety in housing style & price is very important."
Property Owner:
"Can I build a townhouse? A tiny house? Duplex? Fourplex? Sixplex? Can I build an apartment in my backyard?"
Planning Dept:
"No. No. No. No. No. No."
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haters will say there's no way you can pee now and then take a drug test 15 minutes later. don't listen to them
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Car-dependent places have a way of making you feel like a terrible parent when your child does normal age-appropriate things like moving unpredictably or falling over.
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all sides have this tendency, but especially right wingers, to latch onto rhetoric over facts.
"More guns means more safety" is, for many values of "safety" an emperically testable assertion. but they have no interest in reading any of the facts
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famed left-wing hotbed Lewisville ISD has been working with this organization for years.
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shout-out to whoever did the "the US government refuses to plant male trees and now you have allergies" psy-op because I really wouldn't've believed you could convince folks who should know better that tree arent hermaphroditic.
but boy howdy did he
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"Guests with mobility issues may want to consider not attending" is a wild thing to read, UNT.
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So you’re telling me that my mom shouldn’t attend my graduate level graduation all because UNT was too lazy to provide shuttles/handicap parking alternatives????
It’s not like I’ve paid for 6 years of tuition at this point that could’ve easily gone toward shuttles…
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WHEN DID "WE'VE LOST DANCING" BECOME A TIKTOK TRENDING SONG? ITS ABOUT CLUBS BEING CLOSED AND THEYRE BACK NOW WHAT
sorry, needed to get that out. still shook from the Denton county Republicans coming out swinging on "don't provide healthcare to poor kids"
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ok that was that. and to clarify, that image is my notes for my public comment. I make it into complete sentences when actually commenting.
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Denton ISD wants to add a health clinic for kids, partneringwith an established Lewisville based charity and the Denton County Republicans are stirring themselves into a frenzy that it will be a planned Parenthood scheme to support immigrants. Remember to vote in local elections.
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"I am extremely against the medical addition to the school." Perfectly rational statement.
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The folks that brought you endless excuses for every white man's mass shooting are bringing you the demand that every trans person pontificate one heinous act.
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Charlie Stinson, a candidate for school board, shouts out the district website as being an excellent information source for everything going on in the district.
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another comment is concerned about the selection process for a new braswell head athletics director. He is upset that the school didn't do more to reach out to parents about the hiring process.
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Next comment praises the school board for their commitment to providing excellent schools and services.
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Alright, more comments on the school's plan to provide a clinic for schoolchildren who need it. They still mad.
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Dr Alexander calls IB a great opportunity and a way that DISD provides choice for parents
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