Benjamin Franklin

I enjoyed reading about Jean Klock Park. It truely is a shame that these local municipalities feel the need to throw away “history” and discard the generocity of one family in the name of “Progress”. In fact, can you even really call it “progress”? This sort of thing is happening all over St. Louis in the name of “eminent domain”. Some of the local suburbs of St. Louis have taken private indivuals’ land and handed it over to privately owned corporations to be re-developed into strip malls. They say it will advance the good of the community as a whole in the form of an increased tax income. However, I have read where the landowners are being offered substantially less than market value for their homes. In fact, the government was so quick to proceed, that in two cases, they new corporation folded mid-way through leaving have the community empty with some homeowners in limbo. Something has gone awry when the government can take from one private indivual and give to another private individual. Something also seems wrong when the government which had been entrusted with a wonderful asset like Jean Klock Park, then they sell it.

I wish I knew someone in Chicago. Good Luck.

Ted

Scott, great to have you aboard. Thanks for watching the extended trailer too, I wish I could post more recent movies, it’s crazy trying to keep up.

Unfortunately, the wind did die-off later. I was hoping you made it to BH before dark.

Good Luck on your great adventure.

Bon Voyage from Douglas, Michigan,
Ted Ring