The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc.

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A PUBLICATION BY CAPITOL HILL UNITED NEIGHBORHOODS INC.
MAYOR TO CAPITOL HILL= 'DROP DEAD!'
by Jim Kayser
Since the adjacent article was written, the public hearing has taken place and those in
attendance radiated with the pride of a job well-done.  Fourteen different groups came before Council and spoke in favor of converting one pair of one-way thoroughfares to two-way
residential streets.  Eight Councilpersons made comments favorable to the proposal after
they heard the testimony.  Some, however,
hedged their bets as to the chances of im-
implementing any change, thus implying that
there is no end in sight to the Mayor's continuing intimidation of City Council,
On Wednesday, November 24th, Mayor Bill
McNichols was quoted in The Rocky Mountain
News as saying that he has no intention of
approving any plan to eliminate any one-way
streets.  He went on to say that to do so
would be the kiss of death to downtown Denver,  This writer's experience, as one actively involved in the placement of firms
in office space, both in downtown and in
the suburbs, is that as middle and upper
management executives continue to shun the
city as a desirable place to live, they
will continue to move their offices as well
out of Denver and closer to their suburban
homes.
Mayor McNichols refers to downtown Denver
as "the last diamond in our ring." It's
certainly discouraging to hear that all the
city's other diamonds - its neighborhoods -
are lost.  One has to wonder who killed them!
Drdp the Mayor a line and let him know what
you think.
As a fledgeling neighborhood activist,
this writer has been learning while fighting for neighborhood vitality. One lesson
I've learned is that waging the struggle
December CHUN Board Meeting
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Thursday, Dec. 16th, 7:30 pm
St. Barnabas Church
13th & Vine St
requires us to attend one heck of a lot of
meetings. As I've attended those meetings,
I've also learned of the waste in our personal transportation habits.  One notices
that empty auto seats outnumber full ones
by about 4 to 1.  Even on beautiful evenings, 95% of those of us attending are
represented by our autos waiting faithfully
outside.  The bike racks stand empty.
Monday, November 22nd will be no exception and hopefully as many as 300 autos or
1200 seats will wait for owners who have
been making their point to City Council.
The point is that the liveability of our
neighborhoods should transcend the need of
anyone to race through it.  That hearing
will determine where our priorities lie.
The traffic ("traffic" =* single occupant
automobiles) engineers have rebuffed neighborhood complaints of commuter traffic by
saying that 60% of the traffic is Denver-
Turn to "One-ways" p. 3