Typical. Parks and density are bad. Bone headed development that perpetuates sprawl, parking lots and wide roads is good. You'd think a conservative would be in favor of less government spending on concrete and asphalt.
“The jerb gertin’ist Murr e’er” just wants sales tax of any and all sorts as well as job growth even though it’s more entry level wage jobs.
I see nothing wrong with setting the sort of standards other areas have no problem setting to minimize the dreck of development. Developers can respect that or they can develop elsewhere. Tulsa has desirable demographics, it’s not like we need to bend over backwards to get an REI, Trader Joe’s, or Costco here without putting up with crappy big box dreck or giving away millions in hand-outs to attract them.
It’s taken Wal-Mart years to get into Pagosa Springs, Colorado because they could not submit a design that would please the local zoning board. It’s finally happening. It seems to me mixed emotions on WM finally showing up there. On the one hand, there are some conveniences people won’t have to drive to Durango for now or order on line, but there is still a sense that some sort of sacred line has been crossed by allowing Wal-Mart into the community.