To City Councilors

I wrote this to the City Council this morning and to the Portland Press Herald and the League of Young Voters.  In the past, smaller markings have made me upset.  But quite literally, our downtown was destroyed this morning. 

The markings are for a new gas replacement project.  I can’t foresee the gas company replacing the entire street, the cobblestones, the sidewalk, and the granite.   So what we’ll be left with when this is done is a new strip of pavement down the middle of the street and spray-painted everything. 

Live shot from about 10 minutes ago.  I went for a field trip with Freeland to photograph the damage.

Here’s my letter:

And the links from the letter:

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