Before Finance Committee members rejected that idea, Mayor Alvin Brown's council liaison, Jessica Deal, told them people "involved in the courthouse have concerns about the safety of the road design." Deal also said Schneider had mentioned it to the Mayor's Office.
This is another example of why many on this site need to run for Council seats. Our city can no longer afford for us to sit behind keyboards and screens (i know not everone does)! we need to become the decision makers!
"Project Spiteful Frogger"Quote from: thelakelander on October 18, 2011, 10:54:05 PMQuoteRon Littlepage: A Finance Committee temper tantrumA majority of the City Council's Finance Committee is determined to do something really dumb.Councilwoman Lori Boyer has offered a reasonable solution to the controversy over whether to rebuild Monroe Street so that it jogs around the new county courthouse, potentially creating a pedestrian nightmare.She wants to delay spending the $700,000 it will cost to rebuild the road until after the courthouse opens to better gauge the traffic patterns.Nope. Four Finance Committee members, led by Bill Bishop, voted against Boyer's proposal this morning. Only Richard Clark and Greg Anderson supported it.The four gave several reasons, but there was an interesting undercurrent. They don't like the courthouse — who does? — and they think the judiciary has been "thumbing its nose" at the council's wishes, and they aren't going to take it anymore.That's a heck of a reason to build a road that will have pedestrians negotiating Adams Street and Monroe Street back-to-back before they can reach the new courthouse.http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/406107/ron-littlepage/2011-10-18/finance-committee-temper-tantrum
QuoteRon Littlepage: A Finance Committee temper tantrumA majority of the City Council's Finance Committee is determined to do something really dumb.Councilwoman Lori Boyer has offered a reasonable solution to the controversy over whether to rebuild Monroe Street so that it jogs around the new county courthouse, potentially creating a pedestrian nightmare.She wants to delay spending the $700,000 it will cost to rebuild the road until after the courthouse opens to better gauge the traffic patterns.Nope. Four Finance Committee members, led by Bill Bishop, voted against Boyer's proposal this morning. Only Richard Clark and Greg Anderson supported it.The four gave several reasons, but there was an interesting undercurrent. They don't like the courthouse — who does? — and they think the judiciary has been "thumbing its nose" at the council's wishes, and they aren't going to take it anymore.That's a heck of a reason to build a road that will have pedestrians negotiating Adams Street and Monroe Street back-to-back before they can reach the new courthouse.http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/406107/ron-littlepage/2011-10-18/finance-committee-temper-tantrum
Ron Littlepage: A Finance Committee temper tantrumA majority of the City Council's Finance Committee is determined to do something really dumb.Councilwoman Lori Boyer has offered a reasonable solution to the controversy over whether to rebuild Monroe Street so that it jogs around the new county courthouse, potentially creating a pedestrian nightmare.She wants to delay spending the $700,000 it will cost to rebuild the road until after the courthouse opens to better gauge the traffic patterns.Nope. Four Finance Committee members, led by Bill Bishop, voted against Boyer's proposal this morning. Only Richard Clark and Greg Anderson supported it.The four gave several reasons, but there was an interesting undercurrent. They don't like the courthouse — who does? — and they think the judiciary has been "thumbing its nose" at the council's wishes, and they aren't going to take it anymore.That's a heck of a reason to build a road that will have pedestrians negotiating Adams Street and Monroe Street back-to-back before they can reach the new courthouse.
