Is it really true that the Hanley Project in Dalton Gardens was the brainchild of a city dad who thought it would be nice to have a bike path in that location? What consideration was given to the property owners on the north side of Hanley when their yards were raped of trees and other landscaping that had been so meticulously cared for over the years? How many property owners actually knew they were maintaining city property that could be wrested from their care at the whim of some pretentious prognosticator? Oh, that they might have had the foresight to ignore this bit of land and let nature take its course with weeds and brush gaining the upper hand for so many years!

It would seem to a diligent observer that the safety factor of the school involved has been completely ignored. A new, wider street always seems to tempt some who have little concern for a 25 mile per hour school zone. 

Maybe it is time that we contemplate the possible hidden agenda of this seemingly ridiculous spending of taxpayer money. Could it be that our promoters are secretly molding a plan to continue this boulevard of promiscuity all the way to the base of Canfield Mountain? What happens then… is the long delayed development now given the green light to continue carving up this once pristine work of God and nature? The presence of one home on that mountain is in itself an affliction which this grand old landmark will bear for generations to come.  

Be vigilant, homeowners on Hanley from 15th Street east, another ‘bike path’ may be well be in the gun sights of our planners of destruction!  

DEAN HIRSCH

Dalton Gardens