This is the aspect of the DeLaSalle football field debate that has
always puzzled me: why does the status quo have such a privileged
position?
If the arguments about the unique historical and ecological nature of
Nicollet Island are true, why aren't we trying to roll back existing
development -- why isn't there a program trying to get the residents
and/or the high school off the island?
Just curious.
Greg Abbott
Linden Hills
On Oct 30, 2005, at 4:43 PM, wmmarks wrote:
Christine Viken wrote:
History nuts like me consider the present richer for their
existence and preservation.
But you're only interested in 200 years (Zebulon Pike signed the
first shameful treaty with a band of the Mdwaketon (sp?) Dakotah in
1805) of a history that probably spans thousands of years. You are
talking about only the history of industry on Nicollet Island. That
does not encompass all the "we" we are at this place with a history
attached to Nicollet Island.
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