Mr. Largaespada,
Thank you for sending your story to us. We can certainly relate to it. Those of us that live in the neighborhood bounded by East 2nd - St. Augustine - East 5th - East Military feel like we have been forgotten by our City's leadership. For eight years we have reported our deteriorating streets with little to show for it, while other neighborhood's get repeated attention. Why has our neighborhood gone largely unaddressed? East O near the car wash is the most egregious example and located at a major gateway to Benicia, near hotels and businesses.
I am embarrassed to drive visitors down these streets. What must they be thinking? Doesn't Benicia have any money for street repairs? Do they even care? How does this reflect on our City's values and its pride, and what is the effect on our property values?
It's a mess and I hope that we, and especially our City leaders, can address forthwith. Thanks again for weighing in and for your support.
..Ross
www.safebenicia.blogspot.com
On 10/4/2016 10:31 AM, Lionel
Largaespada, Candidate for Benicia City Council wrote:
Lionel Largaespada, Candidate for Benicia City Council has left a new comment on your post "IT'S DEAD JOE. CAN'T WE GET THIS FIXED?":
While I don’t have a picture, I wanted to share my story with you Ross. This summer, my youngest daughter attended art camp at Robert Semple Elementary. After dropping her off one morning, I decided to drive around the neighborhood because in a few months I would be walking these streets as a candidate for Benicia City Council. To my dismay, I discovered the street conditions were beyond terrible – you would have thought I was driving on a dirt road in the Central Valley (that is NOT meant as an insult to the good people from the 559 area code). Benicia has the second worst roads in all of Solano County—and I agree with you; that’s is unacceptable. While money has been allocated for road repair— I also agree with you that we (i.e. the residents) have been asked to wait too long. That’s why if I am elected to the Benicia City Council, we will make road repair a top priority and we’ll keep repairs at the top of the Measure C project list until it is complete.
Sincerely,
Lionel
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