Lack of time? 2 --- The chair of the hearing addressed me directly asking why I had sought only three minutes when the developers and their friends all asked for three to five HOURS each. I said I wanted to make relevant points for my building's occupants and did not need to fluff out the points with irrelevant stuff. I said I had learned how to compress arguments at hundreds of UN and similar meetings and, though, if the chair was happy to let me have four minutes I would gladly accept.

Source author: Christopher Lamb christopher.lamb17@gmail.com