The latest edition of Pulse has an article on the Access/Excess Project. Here's the link:
http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=227 >From the article: Councilmember Dean Zimmermann had to leave the meeting early, but his aide read a statement by him. He doesn�t think this is a good project. He supports his colleague, Robert Lilligren, the 8th Ward Councilmember who lives directly under the path of the fly-over lane, and who has consistently opposed the project. He believes the $153 million could be better invested in building a transit system for this city and region. (snip) We have major gridlock downtown, and what sense does it make to continue to build freeways to dump more cars into downtown? Why not focus on building a sustainable system rather than continuing to put lipstick on this pig? David Piehl comments: I agree with Dean Zimmermann on this - the money would make so much more sense being spent as part of a sustainable transit system! Instead, project organizers seem bent on putting more lipstick on the pig. Some elements of the proposal make sense, but they lose their relevency due to all the extra favors that have been piled into this proposal. David Piehl Central __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus � Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
