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Mike_Presta
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Posted: Aug 13 2011 at 2:46am |
Here is
my review of this week’s City Council workbook Regarding
the sale of the lot at 810 South Main Street:
This is a full size building lot, not a part-lot, as are many sold by
the city for such a price. It is in what
the residents claim is one of the most desirable neighborhoods in our
city. Seems strange that it hasn’t been
advertised for sale. It probably should
bring more than $1,200. Of course, this
is just beyond the part of S. Main where the new old fake lampposts and lights
will be installed. Could that
have something to do with it??? Legislative
Item 5 appears (at least to me) to be Kohler’s beloved “gateway enhancements”. In my view, it is unnecessary fluff added to
an Interstate interchange. My goodness,
people, how many hundreds of thousands of dollars of our children’s and
grandchildren’s money must we mortgage to “enhance” a highway interchange??? After all is said and done, it will still be
a highway
interchange. Most motorists will
go zipping by at 70 to 75 mph (or faster). The usual commuters will be getting
on or off while on their cell phones, barely paying attention to traffic, let
alone the “enhancements”. And any strangers or visitors to our area will be
straining their eyes while exiting, looking for any hint of a gas station, or
scanning the horizons for a sign advertising a restaurant, motel, or whatever
other goods or services they need. (They
won’t be able to find a sign, of course, thanks to Mr. Kohler’s outlawing of
any indicators of business, so they will likely spend a few minutes driving
aimlessly, get frustrated, and re-enter I-75 to take the next exit to the north
or south where they can actually SEE what they want before/as/right
after they exit the interstate.) Besides,
they will be well PAST the exit ramps before they ever actually get to see the “enhancements”. This money will do
NOTHING to draw even ONE extra car off at our exit!!! (Do YOU choose the exits
that YOU
take when you travel based on the number of flowers or decorative trees???) And the “enhancements”
will include at least FOUR huge landscaping beds, which will require continuous
maintenance by OUR city. Please recall
that we couldn’t even afford to tend a few square feet of flower beds at the
city-owned Pioneer Cemetery, according to Ms. Gilleland.
She had to mow ‘em right down.
How will we ever maintain these FOUR lush “hanging gardens of Kohler-lon”??? (Q: What looks
worse than NO landscaped area??? A: A landscaped area that is not maintained!!!). I
also have suspicions that his coveted “Water Feature” is hidden in here
somewhere. Folks, we
MUST stop spending money that our children just will NOT have!!! |
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“Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012
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