Great Lakes ‘Common Sense’ Snubbed Again as City Council Lets Developers Build Right on the Shoreline
You know what’s missing in this town? A dash of plain old common sense. I just read the minutes from last night’s city council meeting, and I’m still fuming. They voted to let a developer plop a three-story commercial monstrosity right at the edge of the shoreline—practically in the great lakes themselves. The environmental impact study? A pamphlet printed on recycled paper. The public hearing? Three minutes long. We’re supposed to trust these folks with our water when they can’t even be bothered to look at the obvious erosion risks? My grandfather used to say, “Don’t build a sandcastle where the tide comes in.” Guess that wisdom died with him. We’re going to be cleaning up this mess for decades, mark my words.