(Cowardly Lion): Alright, I'll go in there for Dorothy. Wicked Witch or no Wicked Witch, guards or no guards, I'll tear them apart. I may not come out alive, but I'm going in there. There's only one thing I want you fellows to do.
(Tin Man): What's that?
(Cowardly Lion): Talk me out of it.
Meanwhile, New Albany UEZ chartered group to look for solutions during bridge closure, by Daniel Suddeath (News and Tribune)
The bridge discussion so far has been dominated by the small business people et al. Perfectly appropriate. But don't forget the stress this diversion of traffic that is hitting some neighborhoods very hard. The historic houses on Main St, arguably part of New Albany's "brand", are directly threatened by the immense amount of freight now using our residential street and the houses were already stressed from train traffic on the South side of the neighborhood. All the years of work it took to get a "quiet zone" for instance have been destroyed in one day! Please, does anyone in gov't or preservation want to consider the loss of historic plate glass that is rattling from the semi's? This town is about to celebrate it's bicentennial by driving a stake through the most historic street's heart?! Our city street is literally now a freight route off I-64 to the Kennedy, not to mention the extra 2000 cars polluting the air and turning my exterior paint black. Mayor England boasted about convincing INDOT to do this. Until the people who live here matter at least as much as the commerical interests, we see more and more degradation of living standards. We plan to move as soon as possible because we didn't plan to live on an interstate when we bought this house.
ReplyDeletePeople forget that New Albany's Main Street is not actually "Mansion Row," but "State Highway 111."
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