November 8th, 2009
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Author: The Goldwater Institute was crowing earlier this week about winning a legal victory against the city of Tucson on behalf of developer Michael Goodman, the mini-dorm developer who, in the words of Goldwater press release, “buys run-down properties in the downtown area and near the University of Arizona, and replaces them with new housing that meets or exceeds zoning requirements and building standards.”
Meanwhile: Kathleen Williamson tell us what it’s like to live in Feldman’s Neighborhood, where the mini-dorms have the highest concentration. Some excerpts from her report:
Tonight about 11 pm the epicenter at Feldman’s started sounding like a surround sound stadium of drunks. I took the dog for a walk to see if I could observe what and where things were happening (need to get that video camera!). There parties on 4th and elm and one starting on 4th and adams, the same house I videoed a few weeks ago and which should have been redtagged a dozen times this semester alone. Two guys on the corner of 4th and lee were cursing loudly and one got rid of his empty beer bottle by simply hurling it to the east about 30′. There was a girl, barely dressed, over whom they were fighting. A truck with a bed full of loud party kids came down 4th and called out to “Woody” the blonde tshirt guy swearing on lee to join the party. The truck pulled into the garage at the 4th/Adams party house and deposited its load of drunk revelers. The truck headed back up lee. Some people were in the alley toward 3rd avenue. I thought they might be heading toward this party but could not make that out.
In the meantime the familiar sound of police sirens were headed toward Feldman’s. A fire truck/emt truck came up 4th and turned left on lee. I walked along in my invisible with dog on leash old lady way. I got to the area where goodman’s offices are. The emgcy vehicle was pulling out and repositioning itself into the alley west of 3rd betw lee and adams. I walked into the area. There was a small mob of drunk jocks and one woman dressed like a whorish barbie doll. She lived in the apt behind goodmans rental offices, I believe she said 462 e lee to officers later. I don’t know who these girls are who dress like this while in the company of a dozen drunk young vile men. Anyway, there was a young man obviously seriously injured laying in the alley dirt. He seemed paralyzed.The emts had to put him on a gurney and take most of his clothes off to align him. He was also very drunk and
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