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Fixing the chute

This is a new thread because the crap software that manages this bboard does not support 'preview'. Which means that I have to submit my posts before I can see what they look like. So I resubmit a lot. Because I care what my posts read like. The subsequent post will be my post to the 'chute' thread. Unless the software is smarter that it should be. [oops, it's smart enough to detect that I tried to post my original text.] [help me, oh maintainers. I had sensible things I wanted to say.]
ahlir
2015-09-25 20:31:50
But seriously. Let me ventilate for a bit. It's been a long week. Making the chute work is not our job. This is why we have a municipal government. And elected representatives. And of course why we "pay taxes". We are a legitimate part of the community. Trust me we are. Deal with it, already. We are entitled to reasonable amenities. Particularly when people's safety is at stake. Why is it ok to expose bikers, joggers, walkers and our children to the chute? It's not. The chute may have served a purpose a long time ago, when traffic was light, but it no longer does. It has to be fixed. We're spending tens of millions of our "tax dollars" to fix the (unbikable) Baum/Craig/Bigelow. Why not a fraction of that for the much more critical upgrades to the 2nd Ave bike connection? The chute is in District 5, "D.5": Corey O'Connor (412-255-8965). D.5 even has a website! Fortuitously I happen to live in his district. On Monday morning I will call my councilor's number and bring the chute problem to his (or his voicemail's) attention. I'll let you know what happened. But if you also live in this (oddly salamanderish) district why don't you also check in? But you don't even have to live in D.5; just be a city resident who needs to travel through the chute.
ahlir
2015-09-26 05:26:01