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Let’s Build an Even Bigger Jack in the Box in North Park
Further, since a lot of the protests are about the crosswalk in front of JIB, the city COULD drastically improve that. Right now, it looks like they're leaving it "as is", with a tree growing out of the middle of it. Now, I'm not a frequent customer of JIB, but I would imagine their drive-thru is vital to their business. So in essence, what the neighbors REALLY want is for the restaurant to go away, despite all the niceties of "We like you, Jack, just not your drive-thru." Maybe they could put a Starbucks drive-thru there?! Now, THAT would be awesome! Then the drunks from Bluefoot could cross the street and get some good strong coffee before heading out into the neighborhood to do all their nefarious deeds. One person did respond to me about the North Parker, and said that while "the neighbors" do not like the project, they are not protesting, because the builder has filed every single permit and followed every single code. I was also crucified for calling this a "NIMBY" attitude. Forgive me. If it isn't, what is?!— August 20, 2013 10:45 a.m.
Hooters workers’ case rages in San Diego court; media mum
Laugh all you want to. More businesses need to put the same signs up and refuse business to Mr. Filner. (I refuse to call him Mayor). First of all, if he treats women in his workplace this way, how would he treat someone who is "waiting" on him? And secondly, "money talks". We as a community need to get together PUBLICLY and make sure this man is persona non grata everywhere he tries to show his face.— August 15, 2013 3:08 p.m.
City Attorney and Lawyers from Jack in the Box say Mayor Filner's objections to North Park restaurant rebuild a ploy to divert attention from harassment scandal
What is the point of a trial date on September 13? That restaurant will be open and operating by then. What do these people expect will happen? Jack in the Box will demolish their brand new restaurant and turn it into a park?!— August 15, 2013 3:04 p.m.
Lawsuit filed against City of San Diego for allowing fast-food chain Jack in the Box to remodel North Park restaurant
Yankeedoodle: I was 11 years old in 1961, the year this restaurant was built. Now, I suppose there may be a FEW people who bought a house in that immediate neighborhood before 1961, maybe a young couple in their early 20's, who are still living there? But to say that is a mandate of the families who are most up in arms over this - I've read the articles, seen the pictures, and I'd bet these families are probably 10-20 years younger than I am right now. That argument, sorry to say, just does not fly. I'd have to see a lot of proof that these are old folks who are out on the corner, protesting, or these are old folks who have hired a law firm to represent their interests. Honestly, I can't even feel sorry for people who knowingly bought homes in the immediate vicinity of a fast-food restaurant, a bar, and a disintegrating building (which was the case where the condo complex is now being built). What, were they hoping JIB would quietly go away, and that parcel of land would become a green park for their children to play in? C'mon...let's get real. And seriously, where's the uproar about the Bluefoot Bar across the street? I'd be more upset about that, drunks in my yard, urinating and vomiting at 2:00 AM, than I would be about someone ordering tacos at 10:00 PM.— August 15, 2013 9:13 a.m.
Lawsuit filed against City of San Diego for allowing fast-food chain Jack in the Box to remodel North Park restaurant
Just my opinion...but if these neighbors don't want to live near the Jack in the Box, let 'em move. Didn't they all buy their homes with the full knowledge the restaurant was already there? Why don't they complain about the HUGE condominium complex going up across the street? Or the bar that's already there? Oh, yeah....what's it called? NIMBY!— August 14, 2013 5:33 p.m.
Let’s Build an Even Bigger Jack in the Box in North Park
I find this a fascinating argument. I wonder just how many people still own homes in that small radius that were there in 1961 when Jack-in-the-Box built their original restaurant? Probably not many. We've bought and sold many homes in our lifetime, and it just seems that it should have been pretty obvious that this restaurant was there, that there was the subsequent traffic, odors, trucks, etc., that would naturally be a part of that reality. I can't second-guess the residents who are up in arms over this (re)building, but I also can't sympathize too much for them. If you didn't want to live near a Jack-in-the-Box, you shouldn't have purchased a home there. And personally - if I lived near that intersection, I'd be a whole lot more upset about the ramifications of the bar that is across the street at the corner of Upas and 30th. I mean, aren't there drunks at all hours of the night, cigarette odors, and probably people upchucking their beers in your yards? That would upset me more than someone wanting a taco at 10:00 PM. And while we're considering the pros and cons of this particular intersection, has anyone protested the large condominium project being built on the opposite corner? Do you have any idea where parking is going to be, how many restaurants and/or stores will be in that building? Any protests about that? I've noticed they certainly were willing to attach a large "Do the Right Thing, Jack" banner on their fence!— August 5, 2013 8:40 p.m.