"It wouldn’t have mattered if any of us were there, they knew they were voting for it before one person even entered that chamber," said Kathy Wilson, who lives nearby.
The swap, negotiated by Mayor Tim Lowery’s administration, would give McBride Homes 32 acres of undeveloped field and trees in Koch Park to build 108 new two-story houses there.
"It wouldn’t have mattered if any of us were there, they knew they were voting for it before one person even entered that chamber," said Kathy Wilson, who lives nearby.
A crowd full of people gathered at the John F. Kennedy Community Center in Florissant Thursday night. They answered all the questions she that had, one visitor said.