The SLO Chamber has received several complaints about the just-installed metal fence in the front of the new Daylight Home and Patio store on upper Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo.

Some people hate the looks of it and are demanding to know "how could this happen here."

This relates to the old adage that says "people always want government to move faster unless it’s their neighbor who wants approval to do something they don’t like."

In this case, a fence doesn’t need Architecture Review Committee approval, only adminstrative review, something the Chamber had fought for to help streamline the development review process.

And the fence is almost the same as the fence in front of the old Daylight location that didn’t get any complaints. It's just never that simple.