French school, German school, Railside: who cares? Fix downtown.

March 31 Common Council member Milagros Lecuona sent a message announcing that she is asking for contributions to challenge incumbent Mayor Tom Roach in a September primary. At this point it's not at all clear what would be different by a change from one local member of the Democratic party to another.

ALL CC members live in houses and do not really understand downtown. The real solution is district voting but we in the apartments must force that change and it won't happen until thousands more apartments are created occupied by younger people, which will take forever because the City of White Plains loves to jerk developers around.

So instead, the CC is again consumed with stuff that impacts their base constituents, people living in houses outside downtown. Current example:

http://www.cityofwhiteplains.com/civicalerts.aspx?AID=466

Posted on: March 31, 2017

French American School of New York (FASNY) Public Hearing April 5, 2017
Public hearings in relation to 1) the application submitted by the French American School of New York (FASNY) for a Special Permit for a "private secondary school" at 336 Ridgeway, an environmentally sensitive site as defined by Chapter 3-5 of the White Plains Municipal Code ...

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French school. German school. Railside. What the heck does any of this got to do with 95% of White Plains residents? What?

Ignored by the City of White Plains are the HUGE regional buses that roar down North Broadway, then onto Barker Avenue barreling towards the Transmania bus depot at the train station. Apparently, the residents along those streets are not in an "environmentally sensitive site as defined by Chapter 3-5 of the White Plains Municipal Code". The number of residents living along the bus routes probably far exceeds the number impacted by French school, German school, Railside combined.

Where are the priorities?