Tom Welling wrote:
Wizard Marks wrote:WM: From observation only means just that. Observing these businesses I'd say they know how to do retail, they have their market identified, they supply goods for that market. They know how to do retail.From observation only, I'd say these businesses are owned/run by people who know how to do retail. They are not naive, but they are savvy in Spanish, Somali, and who knows what else. Unless you are trilingual, you're unlikely to learn what they understand.
Tom sez:
So, is Wizard Marks trilingual?
Apparently BasamWM: It's Basim Sabri.
WM: And yet Edna, of Edna Realty, made a point of saying in a public meeting that the access was a good idea. She's one of the businesses which will have to move.WizardMarks wrote: They're (immigrant business owners) certainly smart enough to understand that if the road comes near their doors, they'll get more business.
Tom sez: I find this comment highly insulting, in addition to the fact that it assumes the road won't just run them right over - which it will in for several businesses where Lake St will be widened to 8 lanes.
WM: That's life. If you're not there when the project is conceived and when the vote is taken you don't get a vote. The cost of the project is $153.3 and holding.Tom sez: Problem with this scenario: most of the current business owners were NOT in business over four years ago when the "input" phase happened. Lake St is far more vital now than it was then, and has accomplished this WITHOUT the $200 million Access Project.
Tom sez:WM: You've certainly twisted that into a snarl. The amount of traffic on Lake St. in front of my house will not diminish. It will be 26,000 units per day, higher than it is now. The kind of traffic will change, since semis will find it easier to go across 28th. The delivery straight trucks, the tow trucks, the tire collector, the school buses and MCTO buses will still be among the 26,000. I doubt there will be much of a rise in my property values, but the rise in property values doesn't mean much. I could, right now, sell a house I paid $40,000 for at $170,000 or higher. But to buy another like it for my family would cost more than $170,000 so there would be no net gain. Actually, I'll be putting up with a lot of dirt and noise and inconvenience so that my neighborhood can have access to the freeway, a road I seldom use.
There you have it folks - Wizard Marks supports the Access Project at least in part because she believes it will mean less truck traffic on Lake Street, which is where her house is; she may also be betting on a higher property value as the suburbanization of Lake St proceeds.
I support the project entirely on the basis of gaining economic viability for this area of the south side of Minneapolis and the enhanced revenues of the city which it will bring.
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