So its the city's fault that this guy has gone through at least 3 floods?
Is it West Des Moines' fault that Valley Junction hasn't had flooding problems since 1993? I believe so.
So its the city's fault that this guy has gone through at least 3 floods?
They forced the South Skunk to flood just to screw over business owners. You know, the government can control nature. They also stole my ice cream.I'm not sure what the city government has to do with this.
Enlighten me.
I'm not sure what the city government has to do with this.
Enlighten me.
I have never had a problem with La Fuente's service in the 129,238,239 times I have been there... Plus their food is way better than O'Maleys... They just didn't have the 'talent' O'Malley's had...
I went there once with a spanish speaking friend and found out that the servers insult you in spanish just about every time they come to the table.
La Fuente's food is absolute pig slop compared to O'Malley's. They had the best fajitas in town, best fajitas I've ever had to be quite honest.
The only thing La Fuente's has going for them is the giant margaritas.
I went there once with a spanish speaking friend and found out that the servers insult you in spanish just about every time they come to the table.
Let me break this in to bite-sized nuggets. The City of Ames has zoning regulations that control commercial growth. One of these primary areas is located on the South Duff flood plain. The reason Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Borders are located in this area is because the city wants to control where these businesses can locate. Businesses can't just choose to build somewhere, their choices are limited to where the city says it's ok.
If any of you have lived in this area for the past 15 years, you realize that the flooding on South Duff while not common is not a rare occurrence. While my point may not pertain specifically to McGee's I do believe that the leadership in Ames is preoccupied with stifling development of areas that are less prone to flooding east of the Interstate or to the north of the City while really doing nothing to alleviate the problems associated with South Duff. I used the example of Valley Junction because that was an area that was decimated by the floods of '93. West Des Moines installed flood control measures including flood gates to make sure that it wouldn't as big of a problem was it was in that infamous '93 flood.
My whole point was that it is clear to me that flooding is going to continue to be a problem and instead of continuing to limit businesses to commercial zones that have little or no flood protection they should either open up new areas to allow businesses to locate or make an effort to have man-made flood control measures in the areas that they are comfortable with growth. Sitting on our collective hands isn't going to make this problem go away.
The problem is this... Didn't Wal-Mart AND Target have to meet certain requirements regarding the build up of the land to satisfy flooding concerns?
I worked at O'Malley's when I was in school. The talent was, indeed, fantastic and the employee-partying after the doors closed was not for the faint of heart.
The city shut off the power for safety reasons.From prior posts, it didn't apper to save Wal-Mart. They lost power due to the flood, and lost their refrigerated goods.