After watching several hours of Monday night's joint City-County Task Force, discussing the future of Kern County roadways, one thought keeps racing through my head.
Despair.
Two groups with two different ideas for growth, with the only similarity being the belief that something needs to be done.
I moved here 16 years ago and have become quite adept at navigating Bakersfield traffic jams.
My schedule allows me to bypass the congestion at rush hour, but I've still managed to time my route to hit as many green lights as possible, as long as other commuters either tuck into my draft or get out of the way.
Still, I'm waiting with great eagerness for the Westside Parkway to open.
A multi-lane roadway taking me from Stockdale Highway and Heath Road, all the way into downtown Bakersfield.
It's a dream for me still, just a dream.
After listening to last night's meeting, I may as well keep on sleeping.
There's no doubt that the projects are facing serious financial shortcomings and I've heard several ideas about how to fix them.
None appear to be any final conclusion, so I would say what my father use to say to me.
Just get it done.
Not get 'er done.
Just get it done.
Whether it's a half-cent sales tax or some other creative bit of money management, get it done.
Stop harking back to past planning mistakes, how Highway 58 dead ends into Real Road, no one cares.
If I have to pay for the sins of my forefathers in the roads department, so be it.
Just get it done.
Hopefully, before my 2-year old graduates High School.
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2 comments:
I dig this line:
...as long as other commuters either tuck into my draft or get out of the way.
Written like a true disgruntled citizen regarding some folks who are just not gettin' it done...
Just get it done?
Isn't that what President Bush himself, said, to Mayor Harvey Hall, concerning the potholes, on a visit to Bakersfield a couple of years back? Or was it "Just get 'er done?"
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