http://roadwarrior.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/15694/will-water-project-lead-to-spelling-improvement/ Trying to make sense out of getting around Sat, 25 May 2013 00:52:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://roadwarrior.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/15694/will-water-project-lead-to-spelling-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-30119 Samuel Coble Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:11:46 +0000 http://roadwarrior.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/?p=15694#comment-30119 This article is a classic example of bad news as perpetuated by the "haves". In the meantime, there are a thousand other local stories that could be placed here involving our local roads, and one of which I would like to be addressed by the Road Warrior blog: Stony Pt Road is a maze of pot holes between Sebastopol Road and Hearn Ave. I have seen years of continual work done in neighborhoods around Memorial Hospital off Montgomery and in the downtown area, and here, where we have at least a comparable amount of traffic, the roads are laid to waste, and neither the city nor the county has done anything. Why? I'm sure your trusty researchers could give me a few stock answers, but it boils down to a classic case of de-facto segregation in this county and city that makes me sick. The Latino areas are hastily built and then neglected while the white neighborhoods that are more centralized are coddled along, milking the tax money for shiny pavement and rebuilt sidewalks and parks. And if you think this rant doesn't belong in Road Warrior, you should read the history of roads and train tracks just in this country. Then tell me transportation is not a socio-economic and often racial issue. This article is a classic example of bad news as perpetuated by the “haves”. In the meantime, there are a thousand other local stories that could be placed here involving our local roads, and one of which I would like to be addressed by the Road Warrior blog: Stony Pt Road is a maze of pot holes between Sebastopol Road and Hearn Ave. I have seen years of continual work done in neighborhoods around Memorial Hospital off Montgomery and in the downtown area, and here, where we have at least a comparable amount of traffic, the roads are laid to waste, and neither the city nor the county has done anything. Why? I’m sure your trusty researchers could give me a few stock answers, but it boils down to a classic case of de-facto segregation in this county and city that makes me sick. The Latino areas are hastily built and then neglected while the white neighborhoods that are more centralized are coddled along, milking the tax money for shiny pavement and rebuilt sidewalks and parks. And if you think this rant doesn’t belong in Road Warrior, you should read the history of roads and train tracks just in this country. Then tell me transportation is not a socio-economic and often racial issue.

]]> http://roadwarrior.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/15694/will-water-project-lead-to-spelling-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-30118 Bob Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:07:58 +0000 http://roadwarrior.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/?p=15694#comment-30118 Ever read the press democrat articles online? There are a lot of typos on a regular basis. Ever read the press democrat articles online? There are a lot of typos on a regular basis.

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