Ken Bradlet wrote:
"Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton, Commissioner McLaughlin and Council Member
Colvin Roy advocated with passion the re-routing of highway 55 thru
Minnehaha Park. Council Member Colvin Roy even boasted after her election
that the public elected her because they wanted the re-route."
I did not state or even infer that they did not support the Highway project.
You are correct in that the record is clear on that and they would all agree
on that today. What they did state, and I repeated, was that they would not
support damage to the springs as a result of the highway project.
Supporting a highway project does not preclude being concerned about the
environment. In fact, this project improved the environment in a number of
significant ways. It now cleans up all highway water before it enters either
Minnehaha Creek or the River. It has provided a critter/greenway corridor
under roadways where none previously existed. It has removed homes from the
flood plain. It has provided a transit corridor opportunity. It will
provide for increased infill and brown field clean up as redevelopment
occurs instead of sprawl. These are good things!
All public officials must make tough decisions that will not be unanimoulsy
popular. That is part of the job and those decisons should be viewed in
context of the whole, rather than a narrow lens, of what was the right
things to do for the area and the best decison for most of the people.
Pam Blixt
Nokomis East
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