During my tenure on the City Council during the very early days of this discussion, the common knowledge was always that the County, Mayor, Abbott Northwestern, Wells Fargo and the Met Council were for this fly-over because it would so to speak, "beam these employees into the mother ship", as opposed to having to drive through the neighborhood. At that time, and now, I was very much against the fly-over because I believe when people see the size of it they will have a bird. I remember Peter and I having an argument at a public meeting about the flyover. I indicated that I was against it. He not so politely indicated I should keep my opinions to myself.
You will note that there is no scale model of this project despite frequent requests. The reason is, if people saw the scale of the flyover, in relationship to their neighborhood they would probably be against it. Having been the director of the Lake Street Council when the business community first requested better Lake Street-35W access I can tell you this is not what they had in mind. The business community only wanted exit and entrance ramps on both sides of Lake Street. The irony of all of this is that other city's like Milwaukee and Los Angeles have torn these flyovers down. For a lot less money we could beautify the neighborhood and make the driving experience pleasant not only for us, but for employees of Abbott Northwestern and Wells Fargo also. Lisa McDonald East Harriet >From: "Editor@PulseTC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Mpls] Response to Peter McLaughlin >Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 14:38:20 -0500 > >Thank you for responding to my letter. > - _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
