Summary
"The railroad is so independent that they're going to do what they're doing to do," says [Ken Breezer]. An inquiry from [Robert Narf] late last year got routed to city building inspection which, after consulting with the City Attorney's Office, concluded that "the city does not have jurisdiction" regarding boxcars on the tracks.
"A substantial number of people think everything's fine and don't want us to bother Royster-Clark," says [Larry Palm], noting that two recurring themes are "They were here before us" and "They provide jobs." The critical comments he's gotten deal mainly with the environment and esthetics, especially the feeling that "It's an ugly building."Ann Gullickson, Metro's transit service manager, says the issue has definitely acquired "greater urgency" over the last two years, and that reported incidents are "more serious in nature." At issue is not run-of-the-mill roughhousing among students, but behavior that makes passengers and drivers "fearful of their safety."See the full content of this document
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Royster-Clark, the Factory Next Door
Robert Narf is not happy with his neighbor. The neighbor, the Royster-Clark fertilizer plant on Madison's east side, sometimes gets noisy deliveries late at night, and leaves railroad boxcars parked on tracks across the street from his home for weeks at a time.
"It's an eyesore," says Narf, a retired Madison police officer who thinks the boxcars 11 of wh...See the full content of this document
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