My husband did some asking around about pedestrian accidents on Grand River, and learned of two people in our community who have suffered permanent, life-changing injuries in car/pedestrian accidents on Grand River. He learned this in a day, so I would imagine there have been more.
Certainly merits a call to the public safety director, to see about what’s [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 26, 2008
Pedestrian accidents on Grand River
April 24, 2008
Fear and loathing in Farmington
I sat in the back of Farmington City Council chambers on April 21 and listened to Hank Borgman’s tirade about the way “cross-town bussing” destroyed the schools and his neighborhood in Detroit and how the streetscape project would destroy Farmington. And I thought, “Is he really saying this out loud?”.
The general reaction I’ve gotten has [...]
April 19, 2008
Dear petition signer,
I wanted to just drop you a note to let you know how important it is that Farmington residents spend $3.3 million on the downtown streetscape project. You’ve asked for the right to vote on this expenditure, and I can appreciate that. In these times, every penny counts. So here’s my question: How much is [...]
April 10, 2008
With 200 to spare
Hank Borgman and Company picked up more than 900 signatures in their petition drive to call a vote on a $3.3 million streetscape project, the Farmington Observer reported today. It will take the city clerk’s office a while to go through them to verify each signator is a registered Farmington voter, but with more than 200 [...]
April 7, 2008
Redford Township’s streetscape project
Today’s Detroit Free Press reports Redford Township plans a $3.6 million streetscape project to revamp their central business district, at 5 Mile and Telegraph.
Telegraph, mind you.
By year’s end, they’ll have spent $3.6 million to transform 5 Mile by narrowing the road with on-street parking. Officials would like to reduce traffic speeds to 25 mph, to [...]
