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Show od eS. April 2001 Name Bogs: Not too long ago a story appeared on the local TV news about a dog that was poisoned by a distraught neighbor. The owner of the dog was devastated. An animal was harmed and that is wrong. No one _ has the right to harm another person's pet. However, no pet owner has the right to inflict their animal's bad behavior on their neighbors. Barking is an intrusion on other people's peace and quiet. If your well and are willing to watch, the your responsibility to teach it to be by Barbara Rufenacht quiet. It is really easy to get rid of graffiti. You can rely on others to— If someone attempts to enter your yard, it is the job of the prop- erly trained dog to bark a warning. However, a person merely walking past the yard on a public sidewalk should be able to do so without that person and the rest of the neighbors _ being subjected to an ill-mannered, poorly trained dog's barking. Dogs are very smart and willlearnif their owners willteach them. = Being a considerate neighbor means taking responsibility for your pet. dog is in your yard, barking, it is "Off the Wall" thing done?), or you.can do some- thing about it yourself. | Call it in. 972-7885 gets you a real live person during regular hours or a tape machine after | hours. Give an accurate address, the surface the ugly stuff is on (This will helpto determine what equipment to bring; the procedure is different for wood, brick etc.), If an area has been done many times, you may recognize the gray, or- white or rusty red color. Adopt the Spot. If you sign up to take care of a spot you know SMALL MALLS, Not — Nuisances: Inevitable GRAND MALL or Solvabvie? by Leon Johnson by Barbara Rufenacht In taking away the Grand Mall You're out for a walk or driving down your street and it looks like you're on the approach road to the city dump. Bits of trash, smashed drink containers, soiled baby dia- employees a living wage. This would be good for business, because employees are also consumers. In the Aug. 31 and Sept, 7 2000 issues of the City Weekly were two excellent articles on the West Side, explaining how the growth and changing composition of the West Side population is crying out for new from the West Side, Mayor Anderson leadership. did the right thing. At best, it would be a school for leadership---another good selling point. As competition, perhaps also they might be a threat to the Grand Mall, discouraging its have been a gamble. But now he should give something back in its | place. Since the people wanted a The Small Malls would pers, car parts - why doesn't someone clean this up? Where is the city? Folks, we are the city!!! A city is the people. It isn't mall, how about Small Malls? I think Poplar Grove and Glendale should ZO location in West Valley City. A light rail might run down together on this. I know of two locations, one in Redwood Road to connect the two buildings that scatter trash. each area, where these could be Each of us decide whether we pick up the trash in front of our house _ (and maybe some others too) or throw empty ons out of our car windows. Each of us can cle by making sure that we and all members of our household put trash where it belongs (in a trash container) and pick up a bit in our surrounding area. It is everyone's neighborhood. The appearance of the neighborhood is a reflection of each resident's pride and caring. Our neighborhood is a reflection of who we are and how we want to-live. beautiful. Let's keep it clean and will sup- roller. This choice is fast and easy. You keep the paint in the do it (when did that evér get any| program . ply you with paint, a pail, and a and whether it can just be painted over, and the approximate color. | Neighborhood - page 5 Graffiti Barking or Behaving? by Barbara Rufenacht Your Newspaper Small Malls, and perhaps to connect with Small Malls that might be built | five-gallon bucket with the roller hanging inside and a plastic grocery sack over it to keep it from drying up. You never clean the — roller or mess with it beyond — painting your spot. The pail must —. be kept where it won't freeze _ (ruins paint) or get so hot it dries. up. You wouldn't want to paint your living room with this equip- ment, but it is a relatively easy — and efficient-method of covering graffiti. And, the quicker the graffiti is gone, the less interested offenders are in trying to put more of it up. Legacy Highway. The Legacy Highway is not yet a done deal. There is a lawsuit against it. Hopefully, this might cause pro_ ponents of the Legacy Highway so much trouble that they might conclude that commuter rail will be easi- er to get and also more efficient. Another point against the Legacy High-way is, if it is built, there would be no room for a commuter rail. Also, maybe we could convince the E.P.A. to. condemn Grand Mall sites. Anyway, this whole Small Malllight rail-Redwood Road system might develop into a new downtown, which would be bigger than the Grand Mall, and which would serve a growing West Side population, which could spread further westward without sprawl. There is a tremendously large undeveloped area west of Salt located. In Poplar Grove, there is a in West Valley, creating one big sys- huge field at the west end of Third South. In Glendale, there is another tem. A light rail on Redwood Road huge field east and south of Van lines could be re-routed to places where they might be more needed. Two of them could be shuttle buses — Lake City, which is like money in the between Redwood Road and the course a new downtown may be 1 in the distant future, and growth has its down side. We can't stop growth, but the Mayor is planning on developing. Small Malls. This light rail could be a foundation for co-operation on other projects between Salt Lake City and West Valley. But how would this All these businesses should be owned be financed? I had heard on the radio that the Sierra Club has complimented Mayor Anderson on his east-west light rail project for preventing urban sprawl, and that other communities are considering light rail. Also, the Sierra Club has condemned the Legacy Highway as a cause of urban sprawl. This strengthens our strategy. Turner's businesses. They would probably be big enough both for shops and open spaces. Both-of them would be the pride of the West Side. These are both in strategic locations, being close to Redwood Road, which could replace bus lines.. The bus by local residents; why do we need a - that Mit Romney was lobbying for federal funds for transportation. A Wal-Mart? We should not do for out~ Redwood Road light rail might be siders what we wouldn't do for our useful for the Olympics, since it own citizens. This should be a first would connect residential areas at principle of every government, and it each end of Redwood Road. The ~ would be a good selling point. And - Redwood Road light rail might be we might give these businesses reaextended to Ogden, instead of the sonable tax breaks for paying their © bank. This would be an impressive selling point for West-siders. Of we can manage it. I heard on the radio some time ago _ |
