The Insider received the following in an email from "Made Intheshade." The Insider's observation is that Shorewood Mayor Lizee thinks Gideon Glen is a very successful project, but that she can't decide what it really is. Is it a park, a trail, a storm water facility, or? Curious since she was material in getting it created and she planted the dedication tree there.
Happy Reading!
The Insider
---- From "Made Intheshade" ----
You all might recall the great "green" project called "Gideon Glen" along Co. Rd. 19 that turned a nice little marsh into a "Bomb Crater" after it was bull-dozed. The project was supposed to help clean the stormwater according to then Mayor Love and the Minnehaha Water Creek District.
But did you read MWCD President Jim Calkins' recent editorial in the Sailor on 13 April? Here is an extract:
Stormwater ponds also have their share of detractors. When not properly designed or maintained, they can become eyesores, foster mosquitoes or pose public safety risks. They can also be expensive to maintain as accumulated sediment must be dredged periodically and may be contaminated requiring special disposal. And, at the end of the day, the "pipe-and-pond" approach does not eliminate flooding or pollution and threatens our aquifers by preventing water from soaking naturally into the ground.
More recently, stormwater ponds are increasingly being replaced with other approaches to stormwater
More recently, stormwater ponds are increasingly being replaced with other approaches to stormwater
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So the whole project was a useless waste of taxpayer money.
Where was the headline in the Sailor proclaiming "Gideon Glen a Fiasco". Where was the Shore Report headline announcing "Another Waste of Tax Payer Money". And these editors wonder why no one takes them seriously.
Good Luck.
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