Citizens of Corinth Fight City Hall
The city council of Corinth passed a measure to widen Church Street and remove around 500 trees in the process. The total cost of this project is around 2.4 million dollars.
Sim Portnoy is leading a group of citizens in the fight to save these trees. They feel the road can be repaired, and sidewalks installed in a way that the beauty of the trees on Church Street can be saved. This would cost less than the removal of all the trees, and is prudent with the cities current economic condition. Sim was removed last night from the council meeting, and it was covered by our local CBS station, you can view the video from the cbs11.com website, with additional comments from the blog for Citizens of Corinth for Transparency website.
With the passage of this, Sim is still determined to fight. The group will be meeting at Meadow Oak Park located at Meadows Oak and S. Corinth Street at 12 Noon on Saturday, May 23, to discuss how this can be fought. If you miss the meeting or cant attend, please contact Sim Portnoy via email at citizensofcorinth@yahoo.com.
Corinth City Hall has been haveing quite a bit of political problems over the last few years, and it looks like even after the recent elections, they have not shaken off their problems.
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Thanks for the information about the Church Drive issue in Corinth. I contacted Sim and Brad and am going to canvas with a petition in the nieghborhoods just to the northwest of Shady Shores Elementary School near Dobbs Rd. up to about Tree House, and also south of Dobbs in the area that is in the Corinth City limits between Whispering Oak and Stemmons.
If anyone wants to help me – please put them in touch. Both Sim and Rod have a copy of the actual petition – as well as I, see attached. Brad talked to 25 people yesterday between 5:30-6:30 and got 17 signatures! The goal is to get 1000 signatures.
Thanks for your help, this is an issue I am passionate about! City of Corinth officials actions reflects thinking that is of an age long since past. We don’t want to encourage urban sprawl, we want to encourage living that doesn’t depend on massive paved roads, and we certainly want to encourage tree lined streets – a rare and valuable asset!
This doesn’t mean we don’t want to have business, but it means we want to have thoughtfully and carefully considered green sustainable design for our citizens.