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Fix the dam leak

Letter date: 
Sunday, February 9, 2014
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The Bulletin
Letter author: 
Philip Peoples
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This is not swearing. A leak in a dam can be referred to as a dam leak!

Our Mirror Pond problem is like our problem with illegal immigration. Both problems involve a two-step solution: (1) stop the leaks and (2) develop a comprehensive plan.

Regarding illegal immigration, our government has been struggling with a comprehensive plan for four decades while failing to take step 1, secure the “leaky” border. As a consequence of trying to take step 2 first, we have spent billions of dollars, we have millions of illegals, and we have no comprehensive plan yet — after 40 years.

Regarding Mirror Pond, we are also approaching the problem backwards, step 2 before step 1. As a consequence, we have had six months of unsightly mud and stink and no hope for a comprehensive plan in the immediate future. How about taking step 1 first? Fix the dam leak and restore Mirror Pond to its original beauty. Then let the various commissions, boards and other bureaucrats squabble over the alternatives and come up with a “comprehensive” plan that the voters can approve (or disapprove). Maybe they can come up with something better in less than 40 years — but don’t count on it. So how do we accomplish step 1? Get two or three bids to “plug the hole” and pick the best one. Split the nominal costs among the city, the park district, and the power company, and get on with it. This is not brain surgery.

Fix the dam leak!

Philip Peoples

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