09-09-2010, 03:38 PM
Only projects which are needed to maintain safety should be considered. Others need to be eliminated, redesigned or scaled back. Also, the bidding process will need to be open to not just the 'usual suspects', but to any company which has the resources and expertise to do it.
Don't put any stock in 'talk of developers'. This was part of the old Hyde Administration process which they would make grand claims of 'big developers', which turned out to be nothing but smoke and mirrors. Of course, these plans would always be trotted out near election time, or when the heat was being turned on the City Council.
As for boat storage, who can afford a boat, or even consider moving their boat to a Waukegan facility which they have no way of knowing will ever exist or how much it will cost them?
$2 million bike path...yeah we have deteriorating fire department buildings. Thanks Hyde and Co for wanting your multi-million dollar palace built, knowing that city buildings which have a vital purpose were going to need work.
Go back to the drawing board and cut out the 'big plans'. The "Riviera on the Lake - Part Deux" will have to wait until the city manages to get its act together. We need halfway decent roads, sewers and city services more than a bike path.
Don't put any stock in 'talk of developers'. This was part of the old Hyde Administration process which they would make grand claims of 'big developers', which turned out to be nothing but smoke and mirrors. Of course, these plans would always be trotted out near election time, or when the heat was being turned on the City Council.
As for boat storage, who can afford a boat, or even consider moving their boat to a Waukegan facility which they have no way of knowing will ever exist or how much it will cost them?
$2 million bike path...yeah we have deteriorating fire department buildings. Thanks Hyde and Co for wanting your multi-million dollar palace built, knowing that city buildings which have a vital purpose were going to need work.
Go back to the drawing board and cut out the 'big plans'. The "Riviera on the Lake - Part Deux" will have to wait until the city manages to get its act together. We need halfway decent roads, sewers and city services more than a bike path.