Wheres waterfront plan?
I was glad to read that the pie-in-the-sky dream of St. Petersburg’s mayor is going to be shelved. It is funny when the plan’s demise is announced, the mayor’s name was not mentioned once, but months ago he was the lead voice behind this stupid plan for the port. Wake up, city government. Where is a 20- year plan for the whole waterfront? What is needed is to build a circular plan of moving people from the Pier (which needs to be remodeled) to the port (a fish market would be perfect). In between there could be stops at BayWalk, the Museum of Fine Arts, Al Lang Field (whatever it becomes), the Dali museum on the waterfront and the USF campus. This would be such a boon for our tourism. When will our city leaders wake up and start to plan for the future here? Scott Hoffman, St. Petersburg CFCs are no longer used In the April 22 article, For Earth’s Sake: “Green” Terminology, the St. Petersburg Times defines CFCs as “used in refrigerants, cleaners and aerosols and in the making of plastic
