I studied the map of people who have signed the Friends of McMillan petition. It appears people who live within a few blocks of the site were not among those who signed but there were a lot of people not directly affected. Maybe the map just isn't updated. http://friendsofmcmillan.org/take-action/sign-our-petition/
A substantial portion of anti-development support does come from individuals not located in the immediate vicinity of the sand filtration plant.
Many of these individuals, such as Chris Otten, Daniel Wolkoff, Joanne Fleming, etc.. are active in opposition to other developments across the city as well. They do not recognize any potential benefits, including environmental, of the proposed development; and often use misleading data and other forms of information to garner anti-development support.
Take for example how Chris Otten points out the childhood asthma rates in the area around the filtration site are amongst the highest in the country. And that the development would increase these rates. When in reality, it could be argued that the development would lessen the occurrences of childhood asthma by eliminating the 26 acres of weeds, overgrown grasses, and a plethora of mold in the underground caverns.
These individuals continuously play to the emotional side of residents by falsely claiming the filtration site was once a park. It was not. They use photos of a park that existed on the opposite side of 1st St in their promotional materials to elude to that park being located where the filtration site is. They show a photo of the northeast corner of the site and say it was a baseball diamond. But when you look at the photo, there is no baseball diamond.
It's ok to want a park. If the entire site was a park, it would be great for the community. It's the continous false and misleading information that gets to me.
Thanks, Kevin. I've lived a couple blocks from the FORMER sand filtration site since the early 80's. I have personal experience with the grass and weed allergies resulting from the untended grounds. I remember being really sick on the one or two days a year they would finally mow the entire area.
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You’ve already posted this Scoot
? I post many events multiple times here at the blog.
Why? How is that useful?
#chrisotten obstructionist supporter
Agreed. I'm not sure how useful these posts are. This is different from posting about upcoming ANC meetings, etc.
I studied the map of people who have signed the Friends of McMillan petition. It appears people who live within a few blocks of the site were not among those who signed but there were a lot of people not directly affected. Maybe the map just isn't updated. http://friendsofmcmillan.org/take-action/sign-our-petition/
A substantial portion of anti-development support does come from individuals not located in the immediate vicinity of the sand filtration plant.
Many of these individuals, such as Chris Otten, Daniel Wolkoff, Joanne Fleming, etc.. are active in opposition to other developments across the city as well. They do not recognize any potential benefits, including environmental, of the proposed development; and often use misleading data and other forms of information to garner anti-development support.
Take for example how Chris Otten points out the childhood asthma rates in the area around the filtration site are amongst the highest in the country. And that the development would increase these rates. When in reality, it could be argued that the development would lessen the occurrences of childhood asthma by eliminating the 26 acres of weeds, overgrown grasses, and a plethora of mold in the underground caverns.
These individuals continuously play to the emotional side of residents by falsely claiming the filtration site was once a park. It was not. They use photos of a park that existed on the opposite side of 1st St in their promotional materials to elude to that park being located where the filtration site is. They show a photo of the northeast corner of the site and say it was a baseball diamond. But when you look at the photo, there is no baseball diamond.
It's ok to want a park. If the entire site was a park, it would be great for the community. It's the continous false and misleading information that gets to me.
Thanks, Kevin. I've lived a couple blocks from the FORMER sand filtration site since the early 80's. I have personal experience with the grass and weed allergies resulting from the untended grounds. I remember being really sick on the one or two days a year they would finally mow the entire area.
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