VIDEO: Save Parkview Supporter Reacts to Council's Decision

Editor's Note: Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire sat down with Patch on Thursday to discuss the council's Parkview decision, and to respond to the criticism leveled by opponents of the vote. Click here to view his video.

Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire's treatment of has Parkview supporters fuming.

Deep into a six-hour deliberation on Tuesday, Maguire grilled Eagan resident Jeff Varela over his last-minute, $1.5 million offer for the 80-acre golf course property.

In the end, Maguire and other council members ruled that Varela's offer wasn't a viable offer for the property. The amount offered was significantly lower than the roughly $3.5 million assessed value of property, according to council members.

Maguire's confrontational behavior and aggressive questions were necessary, he said, to evaluate the validity of Varela's offer, but Save Parkview Coalition spokesperson Mark Skweres said the mayor didn't hold developer Hunter Emerson or the current owners of Parkview Golf Course to the same standard, and accused the mayor of bullying opposition to the proposal in a statement issued following the meeting.

Kurt Manley, a Hunter Emerson representative, had a much shorter statement following the meeting. The company, he said simply, is satisfied with the outcome.

Click here to read more about the Eagan City Council's decision.

Were you at the meeting? Do you believe the mayor's questioning of Jeff Varela was necessary or conducted in the best manner?