Butte County commuters will have a problem with new transit center, Part three
Just read the latest piece about the downtown Chico Transit Center in last week's Chico News and Review. The intransigence of Capital Project Services and the city of Chico is frustrating. After reading Monica Unhold's characterization of this problem in which she said “That's not good enough for Brune. "I just don't want to get rained on come winter," he said”, I can see that the voice of the individual is generally useless.
When I first saw the illustration on Second Street, I feared that what I looked at was a problem for this Winter. As I exchanged silicon with the bureaucrats responsible for this mess, what I thought I saw manifested itself during construction.
As I tried to get this straightened out it became apparent that this was going to be a sword fight with one side using a cotton candy rapier up against an opponent with a dried pasta broadsword. We know what needs to be done, but because the plans are etched in stone, the only thing I can hope for is natural erosion from a colossal series of storms which will render this costume jewelry into the dust of history.
Just like most of the students at Chico State, the city fathers are acting like spoiled brats. There may be an Ewokian chance for us to change this. Butte County Area Governments (BCAG) has announced its series of Unmet Transit Needs meetings for the year. There will be two meetings at Chico City Hall, first at October 2 from 4 to 6 pm, and then on October 25 at 9 am.
There will also be an Oroville meeting on October 3 from 4 to 6 pm at the Oroville Council Chambers. I will attend the Paradise meeting on October 12, also from 4 to 6 pm, at the Paradise Senior Center. The people at BCAG seem at least willing to listen, and if we can get enough bus riders to these meetings, maybe like the Ewoks against the Empire, we can get these city fathers to see the error of their ways.
It is true. I do not want to get rained on at the Transit Center this winter.