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We understand this application is inherently beneficial. Quite bluntly, if you weren't requesting variances, this hearing would last maybe an hour.

Dennis Collins

You see a lot of activity going on there. He's spent almost $800,000 on his renovation. He plans to have about 30 employees. My client believes he needs the (sign variances) to be seen from all lanes of the parkway.

Dan Taylor

They grant far too many variances; they grant six to eight variances on any given project. Variances are to be granted sparingly. They have been way too generous.

Larry Price

This instrument is not perfect, no budget ever will be, ... I can guarantee there will be budget variances by year-end. I can also tell you that due diligence has been devoted to this project during the short period of time that I have been on staff.

G. Stanley Hall

It's not unusual to have variances in rates of hundreds of dollars. The trend is that car insurance costs are coming down. But that doesn't mean your bill is coming down.

Tom Blum

I think the height is where we asked them to put it, the sidewalks are in there, and I'm prepared to vote in favor of the variances they requested. It would be a good thing for downtown, certainly better than the warehouse that's there now.

Mayor Greg Newman

He could start construction, but no one starts under those circumstances. The remedy of the law is you tear down the building if the variances were not granted correctly.

Larry Price

In this case we don't have to allege anything. ... The pulp mill already admitted violating (its) permits (by asking for variances). In federal law, (the industry) can't ask for variances unless they are violating the terms of their permit.

Patty Clary

The whole trick is getting a legal sign up, getting the variances.

Mary Tracy

It won't, because federal law protects us from variances.

Patty Clary