Whole Foods denied
The Burbank City Council finally, wholly rejected a proposal to develop a Whole Food Market in a parcel at the Rancho equestrian district. It was a night full of last-minute twists and turns like this letter and this deny "without prejudice" suggestion from the proponent. The council didn't come to a decision until just after midnight this morning.
Developer Tom Davies and consultant Michael Hastings played a good game, exploiting techicalities in the system I didn't know existed; so did the opponents, whose crowning moment I thought was when they came to a council meeting wearing buttons that read "Whole Fraud."
Either way, now I can catch up on my sleep Tuesday nights, and the Rancho posse can ride off into the sunset, at least until the next developer dare to push a controversial project in their hood.