Theres' a stark difference in reporting attitude between REALNEO and ECO City site...
Take a look at the review of the ODOT bridge meeting posted by Marc Lefkowitz on we-wannabe-a GreenCity http://www.gcbl.org/ [1] . This is Polly Anna reportage in my book – you know, the type of reporting where when there’s a controversy, don’t address it. Talk nice. Make nice. Don’t offend (the funders).
Cleveland won’t get out from under the corruption and self dealing which is rampant here with this type of hollow recanting. Trying to skirt around the mess we have in NEO by being polite and looking the other way has only resulted - over the last 40 years I have been watching the City – in continued deterioration of government and business and civic society. We need to call it like it is, and if we pretend that our government is functioning fairly and effectively then we are part of the problem.
One thing that was clear from the ODOT meeting was that there is a hot controversy about the bridge routing process AND THE FACT THAT ODOT HASN'T FOLLOWED THE RULES– yet this fundamental aspect of the ODOT hearing isn’t mentioned. And I like the cold storage building….
The ODOT discussion and images of bridges (worth clicking through) make it seem as if the public’s opportunity for involvement is similar to picking an ice cream flavor.
Why has ODOT decided on a Northern Alignment when the bureaucrats have the chance to develop a full economic impact study and route alternatives study on the taxpayers dime? Answer that question…
Links:
[1] http://www.gcbl.org/