Comments on: Dufferin Closure Between Stewart and McAllister: Public Hearing http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/dufferin-closure-stewart-mcallister-public-hearing/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: KK http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/dufferin-closure-stewart-mcallister-public-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-81 KK Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:11:18 +0000 http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/?p=559#comment-81 We’ve been taken to the cleaners by the politicians. As County residents we can’t vote against the City officials, but we can against the County people like Bob Buster. I attended the 07/14/09 hearing and spoke, opposing the closure as a public safety issue. I'm disappointed in the Dufferin Ave. closure, but angry that to my knowledge (arriving around 1:15PM) the County did not even send a representative, and the City and County would not cooperate to postpone the closure until they had an alternative such as Ave A actually operational. The County allowed all the homes to be to be built south of Mc Allister Pkwy, east of La Sierra all the way south to El Sobrante, yet they appear to have abandoned their constituents after they bought their houses, and the officials appear to have no concern for public safety issues. I’m furious at the deceit and contempt of the City pretending to hold a hearing when they appear to have had the work crew standing by, and actually at the site within 40 minutes. Interesting that as of 07/16/09 AM, they have not taken out the stop sign at Dufferin and McAllister Parkway, because there is no longer any cross traffic to stop. They could have done this quicker than barricading Dufferin. One of the speakers mentioned the road closure was mandated in 2003?, yet the Public Report given me in October 2008, as a Buyer in the La Sierra Community on Mc Allister Parkway does not mention this. It does tell me about the Hazards – dam inundation map and substantial forest fire risks, and the sales office told me Dufferin was going to be improved, not closed. I never heard of Ave A until the Dufferin closure issue I think this great website needs to now help turn our attention to the County responsibility to its constituents. A concerned County Resident KK We’ve been taken to the cleaners by the politicians. As County residents we can’t vote against the City officials, but we can against the County people like Bob Buster.
I attended the 07/14/09 hearing and spoke, opposing the closure as a public safety issue. I’m disappointed in the Dufferin Ave. closure, but angry that to my knowledge (arriving around 1:15PM) the County did not even send a representative, and the City and County would not cooperate to postpone the closure until they had an alternative such as Ave A actually operational. The County allowed all the homes to be to be built south of Mc Allister Pkwy, east of La Sierra all the way south to El Sobrante, yet they appear to have abandoned their constituents after they bought their houses, and the officials appear to have no concern for public safety issues.
I’m furious at the deceit and contempt of the City pretending to hold a hearing when they appear to have had the work crew standing by, and actually at the site within 40 minutes. Interesting that as of 07/16/09 AM, they have not taken out the stop sign at Dufferin and McAllister Parkway, because there is no longer any cross traffic to stop. They could have done this quicker than barricading Dufferin.
One of the speakers mentioned the road closure was mandated in 2003?, yet the Public Report given me in October 2008, as a Buyer in the La Sierra Community on Mc Allister Parkway does not mention this. It does tell me about the Hazards – dam inundation map and substantial forest fire risks, and the sales office told me Dufferin was going to be improved, not closed. I never heard of Ave A until the Dufferin closure issue
I think this great website needs to now help turn our attention to the County responsibility to its constituents.
A concerned County Resident
KK

]]> By: Jennifer Polk http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/dufferin-closure-stewart-mcallister-public-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Jennifer Polk Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:07:48 +0000 http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/?p=559#comment-80 New resident to Bridgeport but a 20 year resident of Riverside. Love the drive in the mornings thru the groves a reminder of what Riv is all about, the people. Its sad that will all the homes in that area we cannot have access to the other side (Van Bruen) which is the way I travel to work...I will miss it and the groves. New resident to Bridgeport but a 20 year resident of Riverside. Love the drive in the mornings thru the groves a reminder of what Riv is all about, the people. Its sad that will all the homes in that area we cannot have access to the other side (Van Bruen) which is the way I travel to work…I will miss it and the groves.

]]> By: VG resident http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/dufferin-closure-stewart-mcallister-public-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-76 VG resident Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:56:08 +0000 http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/?p=559#comment-76 Drove up McAllister today and noticed the new "Dufferin Closed" signs. It's very upsetting that the City of Riverside would hold NO regard for the 1000's of people in this area. What a shame, Dufferin was not only a quicker way to Riverside, but a beautiful drive. I also notice that the morons did not remove the stop signs on McAllister. Who puts a stop sign on a through street? Talk about wasting fuel. I won't be driving Dufferin anymore to and from work however, I will be taking drives through the beautiful Dufferin groves on the weekends. During this time I will not be driving my low emission car, I will be cruising in my 1965 classic, much less emission friendly car. (I will discontinue this if I see the trees start to die! I too am a nature lover). What else can we do? Drove up McAllister today and noticed the new “Dufferin Closed” signs. It’s very upsetting that the City of Riverside would hold NO regard for the 1000′s of people in this area. What a shame, Dufferin was not only a quicker way to Riverside, but a beautiful drive. I also notice that the morons did not remove the stop signs on McAllister. Who puts a stop sign on a through street? Talk about wasting fuel.
I won’t be driving Dufferin anymore to and from work however, I will be taking drives through the beautiful Dufferin groves on the weekends. During this time I will not be driving my low emission car, I will be cruising in my 1965 classic, much less emission friendly car. (I will discontinue this if I see the trees start to die! I too am a nature lover). What else can we do?

]]> By: DD http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/dufferin-closure-stewart-mcallister-public-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-75 DD Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:39:03 +0000 http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/?p=559#comment-75 "so we all know that dufferin has now been closed thanks to some people that do not want us to use it." Um, do you really think Dufferin was closed because of four houses? Do you have any understanding or historical context for what the issue is? Maybe you should educate yourself and direct your anger towards something productive such as helping us to motivate Bob Buster, the county commission, and the developers into keeping their promises... “so we all know that dufferin has now been closed thanks to some people that do not want us to use it.” Um, do you really think Dufferin was closed because of four houses? Do you have any understanding or historical context for what the issue is? Maybe you should educate yourself and direct your anger towards something productive such as helping us to motivate Bob Buster, the county commission, and the developers into keeping their promises…

]]> By: Marco M http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/dufferin-closure-stewart-mcallister-public-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Marco M Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:36:38 +0000 http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/?p=559#comment-74 This public hearing was utter garbage. I have used Dufferin to go to elementary school from the Orchard years ago and still use it now to get to UCR and everywhere else in the city. Two giant blocks of citrus trees were just recently cut down in the past few months so I have absolutely no idea what greenbelt they are trying to preserve when the only green left is from the nurseries growing palm trees and basil. The traffic on Victoria is so mind numbingly slow that it makes more sense to circumvent the closure and continue using Dufferin even though the half past Van Buren is riddled with bumps thanks to the installation of some 7mile long pipe to redirect rats and raccoons. Considering that Dufferin was closed DURING the public hearing, I find that the city went about this in quite the communist fashion. Signal left and turn right. This public hearing was utter garbage. I have used Dufferin to go to elementary school from the Orchard years ago and still use it now to get to UCR and everywhere else in the city. Two giant blocks of citrus trees were just recently cut down in the past few months so I have absolutely no idea what greenbelt they are trying to preserve when the only green left is from the nurseries growing palm trees and basil.

The traffic on Victoria is so mind numbingly slow that it makes more sense to circumvent the closure and continue using Dufferin even though the half past Van Buren is riddled with bumps thanks to the installation of some 7mile long pipe to redirect rats and raccoons.

Considering that Dufferin was closed DURING the public hearing, I find that the city went about this in quite the communist fashion. Signal left and turn right.

]]> By: Orchard http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/dufferin-closure-stewart-mcallister-public-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Orchard Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:16:18 +0000 http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/?p=559#comment-73 so we all know that dufferin has now been closed thanks to some people that do not want us to use it. we need to fight back by have protests and or silly pranks. we all know who these people are because the road closes in front of their property, so when ever u pass down mcallister or duffrin, HONK like crazy! this will drive these people crazy. so we all know that dufferin has now been closed thanks to some people that do not want us to use it. we need to fight back by have protests and or silly pranks. we all know who these people are because the road closes in front of their property, so when ever u pass down mcallister or duffrin, HONK like crazy! this will drive these people crazy.

]]> By: Scott http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/dufferin-closure-stewart-mcallister-public-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Scott Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:12:47 +0000 http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/?p=559#comment-72 Wednesday in the PM. Just found out the HOV lane on the 91 starts after La Sierra so had to cut lanes to get off on La Sierra just to find out the signals were out and everyone had stop signs. The stop signs were just what the Riverside city council was told would happen by those foolish enough to be at the council meeting yesterday. My bad on not knowing where to get out of the HOV lanes. But, what the heck council says I could take the 15 south and come in from the other direction and dump another couple of gallons of pollution in the air---much better than driving thru their precious greenbelt of nurseries or disturbing their precious campaign contributors. Only lived out here a couple of months, I'll get it right soon enough. Wednesday in the PM. Just found out the HOV lane on the 91 starts after La Sierra so had to cut lanes to get off on La Sierra just to find out the signals were out and everyone had stop signs. The stop signs were just what the Riverside city council was told would happen by those foolish enough to be at the council meeting yesterday. My bad on not knowing where to get out of the HOV lanes. But, what the heck council says I could take the 15 south and come in from the other direction and dump another couple of gallons of pollution in the air—much better than driving thru their precious greenbelt of nurseries or disturbing their precious campaign contributors. Only lived out here a couple of months, I’ll get it right soon enough.

]]> By: Scott http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/dufferin-closure-stewart-mcallister-public-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Scott Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:36:42 +0000 http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/?p=559#comment-71 Do you want to look like a total stupid a--? After attending yesterdays hearing on the Dufferin closure that's how I feel. A packed council room sat there for almost 4 hours while the council members laughed up their sleeves at what a bunch of idiots were sitting out there. After 4 hours listening to both pros and cons imagine my surprise when I went to go home on Dufferin and I found the street already blocked off. Have council tell us a decision has been made and to go home, this I understand. But, to make fools of us for 4 hours when the closure was already ordered in the morning is typical politics. I don't know who paid the council off, but it was done well and it worked, typical good old boy syndrome--don't tell the truth at any cost. No matter what the result, true advocates representing the city would have had the decency to not sit there and lie to us for 4 hours. I do know that if it says incumbent under the name in the next election, I'll vote for someone else. Maybe if we voted this way all the way up to the presidency of this country, we might not be in hock up to our ears, other countries might decide we are not as bad as they think we are, jobs might be saved and foreclosures might stop or at least slow down. Remember folks, honesty to the people starts at the municipal level and goes all the way to the top. Or, we can vote for the same state good old boys and girls and the same congressional bunch and stay right where we are. Lets vote for honesty for a change and dump the good old boy syndrome on its' ear. And like it or not, that's what the Riverside City council consists of from what I see from my side of the fence. Do you want to look like a total stupid a–? After attending yesterdays hearing on the Dufferin closure that’s how I feel. A packed council room sat there for almost 4 hours while the council members laughed up their sleeves at what a bunch of idiots were sitting out there. After 4 hours listening to both pros and cons imagine my surprise when I went to go home on Dufferin and I found the street already blocked off. Have council tell us a decision has been made and to go home, this I understand. But, to make fools of us for 4 hours when the closure was already ordered in the morning is typical politics. I don’t know who paid the council off, but it was done well and it worked, typical good old boy syndrome–don’t tell the truth at any cost. No matter what the result, true advocates representing the city would have had the decency to not sit there and lie to us for 4 hours. I do know that if it says incumbent under the name in the next election, I’ll vote for someone else. Maybe if we voted this way all the way up to the presidency of this country, we might not be in hock up to our ears, other countries might decide we are not as bad as they think we are, jobs might be saved and foreclosures might stop or at least slow down. Remember folks, honesty to the people starts at the municipal level and goes all the way to the top. Or, we can vote for the same state good old boys and girls and the same congressional bunch and stay right where we are. Lets vote for honesty for a change and dump the good old boy syndrome on its’ ear. And like it or not, that’s what the Riverside City council consists of from what I see from my side of the fence.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/dufferin-closure-stewart-mcallister-public-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Jennifer Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:22:43 +0000 http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/?p=559#comment-64 The closure of Dufferin is the most incredibly stupid thing I have ever had the misfortune to experience. I live Stone Harbor and travel down Dufferin daily. It is amazing that our city is so stupid that they closed a street for no reason other than to frustrate residents! I am disgusted. As if I needed another reason to leave Riverside! The closure of Dufferin is the most incredibly stupid thing I have ever had the misfortune to experience. I live Stone Harbor and travel down Dufferin daily. It is amazing that our city is so stupid that they closed a street for no reason other than to frustrate residents! I am disgusted. As if I needed another reason to leave Riverside!

]]> By: Steve http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/dufferin-closure-stewart-mcallister-public-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Steve Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:46:15 +0000 http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/?p=559#comment-62 I sure hate it when someone or group wastes my time. And it appears that is exactly what the Riv City Council did today. It seems obvious that the decision had already been made, since the barriers went up immediately. Have they ever been that efficient or acted that fast at anything else? When heading east I will now use Victoria to Stewart to Dufferin, and will drive the speed limit or just under it. And I will try to use Corona businesses more often now. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AND WILL VOTE ACCORDINGLY. I sure hate it when someone or group wastes my time. And it appears that is exactly what the Riv City Council did today. It seems obvious that the decision had already been made, since the barriers went up immediately. Have they ever been that efficient or acted that fast at anything else? When heading east I will now use Victoria to Stewart to Dufferin, and will drive the speed limit or just under it. And I will try to use Corona businesses more often now. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AND WILL VOTE ACCORDINGLY.

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