"McMurrain said his goal is to make the development the best commercial site in the entire city."

Isn't this the same guy who said Hooters and QuickTrip? McMurrain is a bully and the city council is lacking common sense.

The sooner we reject McMurrain and he loses his options on the land, the better off we will be.

Levitt and Sons has stopped all work in its developments as it attempts to renegotiate its massive debt.

"Levitt and Sons, like many other homebuilders, is navigating a challenging homebuilding market," said Michael Freitag, spokesman for Levitt Corp., Levitt and Sons' parent company. "We are working around-the-clock to address those challenges and resolve issues associated with our communities and the homebuilding environment in general."

Check out these websites:

http://www.levittandsonshome.org/

http://www.levittandsonshome.org/GuestBookFrameset.htm

Yes...They have filed for bankruptcy!

Maybe we need to do a better job of properly investigating all developers before we decide to sell our streets to them!

From what I've read here and the comments I've heard, they are standing firm on this plan. I'm not against the roads being sold per say, but if that is done, the conditions should be placed on DEED record that NO BIG BOX to be built or ever even applied for on this parcel.

The road was there when he purchased this land, correct? Why did he purchase land he knew would not be suitable for his development plans? Sounds to me like just one more example of a bully developer making a stupid land investment and them crying to city council to make exceptions so he can build is dream project…a big box!

Suppose we sell the road, council approve plans for Whole Foods (big box) and McBully convinces Whole Foods to move in. Then down the road (no pun intended) Whole Foods goes belly up, can’t make a go at it here in PTC. Now, PTC is stuck with an empty big box that Kohl’s, Goodwill or any other big box could move into.

Those in attendance at last nights meeting heard McBully in action. When the Mayor asked him to come back to them with a “conceptual plan” he said, I’ll do it under one condition. Who the h _ _ _ is he to tell the Council his conditions? What an arrogant piece of work.

It’s time we simply stood up and said NO. Period, end of discussion. He knew what he was buying when he bought the land. He knew the restrictions, so deal with it.

Bottom line is, Doug pulled this same crap across the street and was successful. So, in his mind, I’ll do the same thing across the street. PTC Council will eventually cave in to me and I will win, just like I did across the street.

By the way, is Tim Lydell part owner? What’s his deal?

But he has nothing to show that he has Whole Foods. Years ago, I had looked at the Whole Foods site to see if we could get one in town. At the time the site mentioned that the location had to be on or very near a large thoroughfare with I can't remember the number but a VERY large traffic amount. They base the locations also on economic and education levels, and the nearby businesses.

Based on just the premise of through traffic, I don't think we qualify, nor do I want to qualify if my memory serves me, it's like 200,000 people passing by. Yikes! I don't want that much traffic in my town!

If McMurran showed proof of interest from Trader Joe's I would be more amendable to this. I still think it's a ploy to get what he wants.