After sitting thru pre-LRT meetings, and dealing with them before the tracks were done and the trains were running; all they were at all interested in is getting us to "buy their train". I read the newspaper too; however I disagree. I do not blame the city, nor the the city council. As a matter of fact my city council person Gary Schiff has been extremely pro-active in all of the issues I have brought to him regarding the LRT. Including an on-line petition to stop the blaring of the ridiculous "fog" horns they were using, and the fast response of the critical parking petition. And no we are not a bunch of neighbors blowing hot air so to speak. From the very beginning this has been Metro Transits project, every aspect of it has been to benefit the project. While the concept of public transportation is a necessity and a "must" and while I am resolved to say they had to start somewhere ( a be-grudged resolved)how it was done without proper planning and a "wait and see" concept about the parking was unforgivable. The LRT was going to happen regardless. Just like the construction of the stations had to be tolerated as well. Which if you lived and slept next to it; you'd know what I mean. The "just" of this matter is the train should have been built with adjacent park and rides to all the stations. A city street with residential homes is not a "park and ride". They were smart enough to have bike racks on the trains, lockers available at some stations, armed Metro Transit cops, air conditioned cars,.....safety to a A+! But park and rides....??? I feel no need to defend our position as neighbors, nor our desire to have our streets safe, and not packed like sardines the LRT on the night of a Vikings game. As for the media...just like Noam Chomsky writes about media manipulation. It's the same thing here. Channel 5 only wants to know how mad we are. Not why we are mad, or what solutions would be gratifying to all. The park and rides to be opened at the mall and other areas; I hope will take some of the parking off the streets. But I doubt it will change the mind of a lot of the people who want to park less than a block away. And one last point the park and riders, or the "hide and riders" are not being intimidating by the residents; they are intimidating us. I still look to the Metro Transit folks to be "proactive" in solving this problem. A small gesture of support would go along way; but I am sure I am dreaming. Gina Palandri Standish
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