"The movement of the house to 247 N. Water St. is all but a certainty, as the project already received approval from the Kent Board of Zoning Appeals, the Kent Architectural Review Board and the Kent Planning Commission."

I thought the talks of Hillel site sounded fishy. Sounded like some forced wishful thinking to me.

I've never hated a house until now.

it's sad paxton, really sad. i've tried to take sally to task on her talking points but she has nothing to back them up with. nada. but it's ok, i'm a bit busy at the office today brokering a land deal to replace a dumpy old house with a dunkin donuts.

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What happened to my post from yesterday? It didn't violate any terms of use,... & now I feel as if my view and comments don't matter diddly.

they don't here at patch...

Ask yourself this, Kent: If Sally Burnell's angry commentary and Roger Thurman's public arrogance and KWSHI's all-too-cozy relationship with city government is any indication of how KWSHI functions as an organization, can you honestly expect things to magically run smoothly for the house once it moves?

Allow me to gaze into the future:

With the house languishing in a state of always-in-progress-but-never-doneness on the greenspace, KWSHI is going to find redevelopment-friendly local bankers far less willing to ride in their sidecar than they may appear now. When the time comes for that part of the street to look like Acorn Alley, I guarantee you they're not going to want that money pit as the anchor tenant. And when KWSHI reaches out locally looking for a helping hand, they'll be surprised to realize how many people remember how shabbily they treated their peers.

We may not always meet our goal, but our goal is to facilitate constructive discussions about issues in Kent. Readers who have read our terms of use know that if they post a personal attack in our comment threads those posts are subject to removal, and that's what's been done here. I've removed the personal attacks. If you'd like to write a letter to the Patch editor voicing your opinion about our policies I'd be happy to publish it — all that's required is that you sign your real name to it. Thanks for reading!

how do you verify real names? do you live in kent?

so you don't live in kent then? didn't think so... i can provide you with both an address and a personal phone number. you will still never know who i am, and that's an ineffective way of verifying identity matt.

Guys, guys - if you don't like the site, you don't have to spend the day here. Maybe the public commenting can be polarizing at times, and not always productive, but Matt is covering local news with a focus like no other news organization, and he is trying hard to keep his personal opinions out of the mix, and present balanced coverage. The site has been around for a while, and unless someone comes up with a better place to promote local culture, I suspect it will be here for quite a while. Don't be a hater - if you don't like it, try an AOL chat room or something...

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This is what I posted yesterday, which for some reason was deemed as a "personal attack",.. or perhaps the more realistic scenario is this: it was lumped into the rest and sent to the trash bin.
Anywho, here goes! -
Another sad truth is this; less than a year down the road or within 6 months or so after the move is finalized and things start to look satisfactory to the "new neighbors" (ie: WS House..) their lawyers (which by the way have already surveyed the Cultural Arts bldg...) will demand that the property owner make the much-needed repairs to the building or it will be demolished.. Hhmmm... if the LL then is who it is now, he will see the $ signs dancing in his head for the land... and the WSH owners will then have a nice, large parking lot all to themselves.
Who here agrees with me ?!?

It seems like if KWSH would stop playing a blame game and put some answers in the media and on their website they could get out info and prevent misinfo, rumors, guesses, and criticisms. There's a thought.

What is this talk about KSU paying for leveling the land? No one even said that. How long did it take for KWSH to go through the process before? Four months from scratch with dissenters pushing against them the whole way? There's time. There'd be more time if KWSH looked around when the house was given more deadline.

here's your chance, matt, to show us what you've got as a journalist. an in-depth examination of this entire affair would be a great read and fun to write. meet with and explore the personalities/players from both sides (hawksely, burnell, ingram), interview council members, townies, etc. ask not only the right questions, but also ask tough questions, and then get the facts. you could really put together a thorough and unbiased article that reads less like a newsbite or propaganda piece and more like something you'd read in vanity fair or playboy. step it up a bit! a few well-researched stories each week would do way more for your site, our community (and probably readership) than an article on "football anthems that get you pumped". ish.

Thanks to Fred Pierre for urging folks to be civil and for supporting Matt in his effort to promote open and productive discussion.