School 18 Construction Sign on Hurlbut,,,

...has been polluted with graffiti. It looks horrible and has been this way for almost a month now.

I have put an e-mail in to a school board member, requesting that this be addressed.

If anyone knows any school board members or school administration leaders, I would encourage you call or write them to have the sign cleaned up or replaced. It does not look good for the school to have the sign advertising its building marred by graffiti. It does not look like we hold high standards to let it sit there for so long.

Holland Ave Rezone

Most of you are probably already aware of the proposed rezone of Holland Ave. If not, here is a brief summary from one of our neighbors.

The proposal to rezone Holland Avenue for a huge Walgreen drugstore when there are 5 excellent drugstores and a Price Chopper within walking distance makes no sense. (Two of those drugstores are locally owned which is best for our economy and community.) It also changes the rules for those small businesses and homeowners who have followed the rules and invested in our neighborhood understanding that Holland Avenue was zoned for offices. Living next to an office is entirely different than living next to a huge drive through drugstore and parking lot. Our neighborhoods are already suffering from negative outside interests. We do want to lose even more local control of our important assets and the ability to locally plan for the future of our beloved city.

Shawn Morris has put together a flyer about the next Council Meeting on Monday, December 5 at 7 pm in City Hall. If you are intersted in helping to distribute this flyer, let me know, and I can email a PDF version to you.

Also, if you know people outside the 7th Ward, ask them to contact their concil member about this issue.