The list of businesses and residents on Lake opposed to the Access Project is building. I am beginning to think it is unanimous.
Yesterday, I walked the length of the 2900 block of 2nd Ave and talked to almost every home owner. I have for the record, three ecuadorian families that have made significant improvements to their apartments and have no interest in moving; one white family with 23 years in the neighborhood who will move "over my dead body", two black families currently renovating their homes who knew little more than hearsay about the project and voiced their opposition. On Lake I spoke with the owner of "The Sporting Image", a black-owned business which would be torn down by the Access Project. He is fiercely opposed to a widened Lake and indicated that his neighbors at Checks Cashing were also. He explained to me how hard it would be to move and how much he has invested in that site. He vehemently does not want to be bought out. Tom Johnson does not seem to have any support on and around Lake for this disruptive and wasteful freeway expansion. Jeff Carlson __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
