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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I cannot believe this. And our only representative is the worthless Charles Allen. The same guy who has never done a thing but make the Hill a totally worse place to live. [/quote]

I don't have particularly strong feelings about Charles Allen but in my experience he is a nice guy who shows up and is very receptive to constituents' complaints. He is also on the right side of most local issues I care about. But I see a comment with almost this exact phrasing every time his name comes up here. Are you a political rival or something? It's really strange. [/quote]

I think by and large Charles Allen is a nice guy. But in this city, you unfortunately need a representative who will shamelessly lobby and fight for what's best your ward, or else the city bureaucracy will run roughshod over your neighborhood. Just look at what they're doing to Maury and the craziness with Watkins relocation. Or the state of 17th street. For comparison, there is no way that Mary Cheh would stand for this craziness in ward 3[/quote]

I thought the Watkins relocation was going fine?[/quote]

all i know is that most people do not think watkins will be done on time, so an extra year in the awful Eliot Hine building[/quote]

Oh well, that sounds inconvenient but not a disaster in the long run. [/quote]

sorry that your pre-schooler has to attend school in a run-down junior high for another year but hey at least according to 1 message board commenter it's not a disaster. With that attidude why bother renovating schools at all[/quote]

Ok so, you live in an urban school district, and you're getting your school beautifully renovated.  It is inconvenient and perhaps not ideal to have to be in a swing space for two years, but pretty much par for the course.  As long as the school is safe and has enough room for everyone, this is fairly petty to complain about.  [/quote]

TIL that it's petty to complain about the state of the building where your child attends school.

do you even have kids??[/quote]

Yes, I am a Maury parent and my child will likely spend a year or two in the same swing space as Watkins when they renovate.  What exactly do you think the alternative is?  I don't love it, but I'm not really following your argument.  I haven't been there to check it out yet but I heard they made a separate playground for the little kids, so I'm fine with it.  [/quote]

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