Tom WellingUptown, writes: List members - I've heard that STRIDE, www.stride-mn.org, the group that formed to oppose Peter McLaughlin's excessive "Access Project" for bigger freeways, promoting instead more sensible options has won the endorsement of the Green Party of Minnesota. This is great! Keep it up STRIDE; does anyone have more details and/or speculation about what this may mean for McLaughlin's freeway expansion?
(JC) Yes, STRIDE has received the state Green Party endorsement. The Greens are not alone in opposing this project. The public servants representing the Lake St./35W area, including Councilmembers Lilligren and Zimmerman, State Representatives Clark and Walker, and State Senator Berglin have all spoken out against the project. Peter McLaughlin, who ten years ago shamed the downtown council for not pursuing light rail along 35W, now stands alone defending the indefensible: a flyover ramp to nowhere. Check out www.stride-mn.org for a humorous grass-roots angle on this issue. I also recommend the Sustainable Transportation Project for alternative infrastructure ideas which should be applied, but are nowhere to be found in the Excess Project. Jeff Carlson, Whittier __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ 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
