Sunday, November 05, 2006

The Honor Farm Project — Part 1

Initial thoughts on the Honor Farm Project to build a road across that area.

Last Thursday evening, there was a meeting hosted by an organization that I am unfamiliar with, but the topic of the meeting I am rather familiar with; a road through the Honor Farm to the west of Pueblo’s Northside; connecting Pueblo West with Pueblo, and points east, north and south, i.e., I-25.

There were three plans, along with tea and cookies, presented to the public at this forum.

None of the plans impressed me much. Indeed, two of them gave me cause for grave concern for OHNO. The third plan, offered as Option “B” was, actually, the obligatory “No Change” option. In other words, there would be no road across or around the Honor Farm connecting Pueblo West to Pueblo. I say “obligatory” as that is always one of the options that, from a governmental perspective, must be presented.

I was disappointed that some options that I know have been kicked around in certain circles were NOT presented. More on that idea at a latter date.

The point here is that both Options “A” and Option “C” were not very different from each other with respect to where the proposed road connections were being made on the east side of the Honor Farm territory. In both options proffered by this agency, the connection was made a 24th Street as it intersected with Pueblo Boulevard.

I could turn this into an essay. Buy I’d rather not bore most readers to tears. Therefore, I’m going to tear [Note: Interesting aspect of the English language that, tear as in ‘tear drop’ and tear as in disassembling something. How apropos….] this into various pieces so we can examine each of them closely.

Today’s aspect will be the two options proffered by this group. The next installment will deal with the options that were NOT offered. After that we’ll get into why they might not have been offered. And from there….who knows…..

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OHNO Bi-Monthly General Meeting

The New Schedule….

....of meetings calls for OHNO to meet every other month.

November 7, 2006, will be the first such meeting.

We’ll be meeting at Temple Emanuel, in their fellowship hall, starting at 6:30 pm.

The primary presentation will be from the Pueblo Police Department’s Gang Unit. Their topic will be about the resurgance of gang activity in Pueblo and what we can do about it here in OHNO.

Looking forward to seeing all you OHNO members there.

And don’t forget….Get out there and VOTE!