My original blog after it has been cleaned up a bit. Not that this groundbreaking work, but I found some old posts, photos and clips that I may reuse.

15 February, 2005

Get Rid of the Speed Bump

In a few years, half of my old neighborhood will be a drainage ditch for a "thrilling" and "necessary" 31 Corridor. The strech that will level the Buena Vista and half of Far Hills neighborhoods in Westfield, Indiana will be gone. Just so some whinny communters from Kokomo can get to Indy that much faster because of the traffic. Obviously they have never been on the Dan Ryan in Chicago on Friday at 5 pm. If there is anything that will slow down traffic or the ability to move trade and commerce to northern Indiana, it is obimination that is the experssway through Kokomo. But apparently ol' Dan Burton isn't powerful enough, or doesn't care for a few constiuents. Better yet, how about the growing community of Westfield whose high property taxes are a direct reason we had to choose a house in another town. By asking the businesses, I rephrase, enforcing the public domain clause, Westfield will fall farther behind Carmel and Noblesville. They then will have to offer larger tax breaks to encourage businesses to invest into the fine community once known as Qukertown. I believe you are educated or smart enough to do the math.

So when the whinny commuters complain about a couple traffic lights, think about losing your playground as a child so your commute is a little easier, ingrate.

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