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The letuce should be stuck to the bread with honey mustard so it doesn't fall off when you turn it upside down to cover the
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Monday, March 09, 2009
Rerun from 01.15.09 Note: Eli Lesser-Goldmith will be competing against Vince Dober in a runoff election on March for the seat being vacated by Craig Gutchell. Voting will take place at the Miller Center on Gosse Court. *****
After wrapping up my show last Saturday at The Radiator on College Street, I stopped in to Stone Soup next door to get a cup of coffee. Inside I ran into Democratic Ward Seven city council candidate Eli Lesser-Goldsmith (photo right) and sat down with him for an impromptu interview.
He showed me a copy of his fist piece of campaign literature and I asked him how the door knocking was going. Although he said that by Saturday he had only knocked on about 100 doors so far, Eli was adamant that he will knock on every door in the ward at least two times. It's an ambitious goal in Ward Seven, which has the largest land area and least population density of any ward. When I mentioned this he said "I'm undaunted."
When the conversation moved to issues Eli outlined three main areas he wants to work on.
This first of the three was development. Lesser-Goldsmith says he supports building new senior housing at the site of the Motor Vehicles Department on North Avenue, but that most new development should take place downtown. He says the city "could have done a better job" on the recent zoning re-write and that it should have been more lax in terms of parking requirements. He believes that Planning and Zoning should be merged into Public Works and that "design review is a thorn in the side for a lot of people." He says permitting should be a faster process and gives Burlington developers credit for being "tenacious" in the face of cumbersome regulations.
The second issue Eli touched on was jobs. He said higher, denser buildings downtown would provide more room for business to grow, citing Fuse marketing as an example of a company recently forced to move out of the city because they could not find the office space in Burlington they needed. He said the city needs to attract new businesses and that he could personally act as a "go-between" toward that end.
Our jobs discussion moved tangentially toward the issue of transportation. Eli said "the fact that we have only one bus line in the new north end is a total joke." He said he'd like to see changes in the funding structure of CCTA to make federal funds correlate to ridership, and more park and ride facilities just outside the city to alleviate traffic congestion.
The third thing Lesser-Goldsmith promises to focus on if elected is the issue of parks and the waterfront. I of course tried to sell him on the idea of stairs from Battery Park to the Waterfront and he seemed to like the concept. We discussed making the College Street Shuttle more user friendly by bringing the drop-off / pick-up point back to the loop near the boathouse. This had been the bus stop in the past, Eli said, but traffic problems forced the bus stop to move to its current location at One Main Street. We discussed gating the loop as a possible means to avoid those past problems. "The waterfront has been a huge missed opportunity for the City of Burlington" Eli said. "The more people we get to the waterfront the better."
He said the "North 40" should be cleaned up and turned into a giant park for the time being. When I asked if he supported the Moran Plant redevelopment as it's proceeding, he said he liked the idea of re-using the building. Noting that the process is already underway he said "Sometimes when you're given lemons, you have to make lemonade- let's embrace that." But while he supports the proposed sailing center as an appropriate use of the building, he is much less enthusiastic about the climbing wall and children's museum proposals. Instead he said he prefers to see a mixed use for the building that would include high-end condominiums, a cafe and an observation deck.
Wrapping up our discussion, we touched on the topic of government transparency and responsiveness. He liked my idea of an official online forum where city officials could discuss issues online, in writing and in real time. He even went so far as saying he would actually blog live from the city council meetings themselves. When I suggested some might say this would distract from his duties as a councilor, he assuredly replied "I can multi-task." "If elected" he proclaimed, "I'll be the most easy-to-communicate-with city councilor Burlington has ever seen."
Okay, let's see - every election run by Burlington's Abbott and Costello (I'm pretty sure that's Ben on the right, right?) ends up in controversy and with their candidate on top. Go figure.
So now Eli vs. Vince in Ward 7. If Eli wins (as common sense suggests), the Dems would control the City Council with 8 of 14 votes. But Abbott (or is it Costello?) isn't so fond of the Dems. So my money is on Vince... Abbott and Costello will keep their perfect record perfect. Will someone please keep an eye on the no. 1 and 2 election officers this time? Including the early votes that sit in their office (sealed tight, scout's honor).
The other part of this sad story is that the Dems, with half the Council, will continue to be steamrolled by Abbott (now I'm pretty sure it's Abbott).
I'm stunned that the Progs have sunk so low as to embrace their rented Rove/Abbott and his program of (1) consolidation of power, (2) lack of transparency, (3) rule thru intimidation, and (4) jiggered elections.
Re: the College St Shuttle...Check out the plans for the Pease lot/lower College St rebuild, which SD Ireland just started. As it's been explained to me, the inner circle immediately west of Echo's entrance will have a slightly different diameter and no vegetation in the middle. That will allow the College St shuttle to use this area.
Note, not all of this project will be completed immediately. Not sure if the change at the circle is part of phase 1, which is planned for now through May 15.
Glad to see, if he's elected, that Eli doesn't plan on joining the rest of the council dems in opposing denser, higher development downtown. of course, if he's elected there will be too many dems for them all to caucus together (because it would constitue a public meeting), so perhaps the block voting against reasonable development would end.
Vince is incredibly conservative and ridgid. I can't beleive he brought up "family values" during the debates, soooo 80's. He is out of touch. Eli is peace and love, that is what the world needs NOW!
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After wrapping up my show last Saturday at The Radiator on College Street, I stopped in to Stone Soup next door to get a cup of coffee. Inside I ran into Democratic Ward Seven city council candidate Eli Lesser-Goldsmith (photo right) and sat down with him for an impromptu interview.
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Okay, let's see - every election run by Burlington's Abbott and Costello (I'm pretty sure that's Ben on the right, right?) ends up in controversy and with their candidate on top. Go figure.
So now Eli vs. Vince in Ward 7. If Eli wins (as common sense suggests), the Dems would control the City Council with 8 of 14 votes. But Abbott (or is it Costello?) isn't so fond of the Dems. So my money is on Vince... Abbott and Costello will keep their perfect record perfect. Will someone please keep an eye on the no. 1 and 2 election officers this time? Including the early votes that sit in their office (sealed tight, scout's honor).
The other part of this sad story is that the Dems, with half the Council, will continue to be steamrolled by Abbott (now I'm pretty sure it's Abbott).
I'm stunned that the Progs have sunk so low as to embrace their rented Rove/Abbott and his program of (1) consolidation of power, (2) lack of transparency, (3) rule thru intimidation, and (4) jiggered elections.