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Re: TROUBLED VOICES SPEAK AGAINST CITY’S PLANS FOR MAIN LIBRARY

DWR — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:12:49 -0000

The Main Library, whatever it's flaws, is just being used as a high-profile pawn in shoving Foster's half-billion dollar-plus bond proposal down the public's throat.

Re: TROUBLED VOICES SPEAK AGAINST CITY’S PLANS FOR MAIN LIBRARY

grdnsage — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:04:35 -0000

as a gardener at city hall yrs ago I have relandscaped that place many times over in my head [I would use a mix of succulents,glass mulch ,sages and others, but folks need to realize its not like your yard but like a giant pot so not as drought tolerant as yard dirt. Maybe use some godawful fake grass, yrs ago it did not leak everywhere and it was not closed until early in this century after the parks dept got the contract back and the contracters had enough to do cleaning up after the homeless no extra time to manuel water the many areas that no longer worked otherwise maybe by using creative mulching and paving surfaces and fixing portions every year we could save it. Is it perfect no way but now with it all dead up there it is also a blank canvas full of possibilities.

Re: TROUBLED VOICES SPEAK AGAINST CITY’S PLANS FOR MAIN LIBRARY

Theo Douglas — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:55:18 -0000

John,
Thanks very much for writing. I'm with you: I think some of the speakers last night raised some really serious, intriguing questions. It was probably the most thought-provoking discussion I've heard about the library.
Also, I felt it came not a moment too soon. Fiscal Year 2007-2008 ends Sept. 31.