tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post6290782624464362985..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Fate of the GatewayLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-10286763203792247092011-07-01T08:49:21.578-04:002011-07-01T08:49:21.578-04:00Anon 4:28 Where the heck have you been living! So ...Anon 4:28 Where the heck have you been living! So all the businesses that have had permits delayed for no reason, and there's allot of them, are all caused by tradesman and business owners. Why is it just Amherst they won't work? It is a well known fact Amherst is not business freindly and unless things change always will be. Don't try and cover it up with "crossing the T's and dotting the I's". This situation has a long history and it covers many contractors and business owners not just one or two disgruntled hack nail bangers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-64417324743511627942011-06-30T19:56:33.455-04:002011-06-30T19:56:33.455-04:00Amherst is known to be unfriendly to businesses tr...Amherst is known to be unfriendly to businesses trying to open. Ask anyone who has opened a business here in the past 5 years. You will hear horror stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-39684422304813499582011-06-30T16:28:11.871-04:002011-06-30T16:28:11.871-04:00If not wanting to do your work according to the di...If not wanting to do your work according to the dictates of the state building code(s) means you don't want to work in Amherst, so be it. I've never known Bonnie to be unwilling to work with a tradesman as long as the tradesman was willing to do the work properly. Most stores that don't open in a "timely manner" have only the owner's failure to cross all the t's and dot all the i's that he/she has been told about weel in advance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-7383280068306824252011-06-30T16:03:18.326-04:002011-06-30T16:03:18.326-04:00I have several friends that won't do any work ...I have several friends that won't do any work in Amherst just for that reason. I sounds like she let her personal opinions get in the way of good business. I'm sure many business people will be happy to see her go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-71261773451975042462011-06-30T11:13:12.325-04:002011-06-30T11:13:12.325-04:00Hopefully, Bonnie Weeks's retirement will end ...Hopefully, Bonnie Weeks's retirement will end the disasterous inspection process that has cost businesses so much while she dithered and delayed projects for little reason. Perhaps Amherst's reputation as a town that is impossible to open a store in a timely manner will finally change. There are electricians that refuse to work in Amherst. Now maybe they'll come back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com