Mayor Tom Roach is by far the biggest breadth of fresh air in White Plains city government in half a century. Unfortunately, White Plains continues to resist and withstand any real change or improvement.
The extent to which Mayor Roach is at fault is unclear. City bureaucracy, special interests of residents of houses, the emerging impact of the bus industry all contribute to things like leaving intact the pseudo highways that slash through downtown posing as city streets, making White Plains pedestrian hostile in the extreme.
Ultimately, however, the person in charge gets too much blame/credit. Unfortunately, his Democratic party challenger does not offer a substantive alternative in this year's election for mayor.
The real problems with downtown White Plains:
1. Common Council members are elected at large, not in geographic districts.
2. Those of us living in downtown apartments are dumb and lazy.
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