Anaheim’s City Council just voted to start implementing Quiet Zones in their cities, so the trains won’t wake up their constituents at night, according to the O.C. Register. The project is being funded in great part by the O.C.T.A.
What about Santa Ana? We’re still waiting. Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido voted against Quiet Zones as an O.C.T.A. member because he wants the O.C.T.A. to pay for ALL the cost to build Quiet Zones in Santa Ana. But he had previously promised the folks in the Park Santiago Neighborhood that he would put them in. What a liar.
Now Anaheim is once again trumping Santa Ana, just like every other city in Orange County does on a regular basis.
“I’ve gotten a number of folks in downtown Anaheim who are tired of hearing train whistles,” said Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle. “I just want the public to know we’re moving ahead aggressively with this issue.”
Boy that’s a great quote by Pringle! Too bad Santa Ana is saddled with a pathetic Mayor who cannot deliver. Ever.
In case you are wondering what Quiet Zones are, here is a goo description from the Register: “Safety measures include adding an extra set of gates at each intersection and 8-inch curbs 60 to 100 feet in each direction in between opposing lanes to prevent motorists from trying to beat the trains.”
Why should anyone read this anymore? there is no counterbalance to the stories. it appears from previous posts that this is a pro janet nguyen and anti pulido website now. It used to be about issues and now it appears to be about slamming those who one disagrees with. I hope you take this as constructive criticism. this was at one time a valuable news source. Now i think it has lost its edge.
I would love it if the train could cut back the whistle-blowing just a tad.
I sometimes wonder if the train conductors bring their kids with them to work and let them go to town on the “toot-toots” as they pass through Santa Ana Boulevard at 2 in the morning.
But I have to agree with Poster #1. This blog is getting way TOO one-sided.
I think most readers know by now that you despise the Mayor and the City Council (with the exception of Martinez).
Art, as an avid reader, I would love it if you offered your ideas and hypothetical solutions (other than “FIRE THEM ALL, well, except Michele”), rather than continually slamming the City.
We all know Santa Ana is in dire need of innovation from progressive thinkers. Can/will you be one?
It’s a shame that this blog is straying from it’s roots of presenting multiple sides of various issues to just personally attacking everybody.
There are some individuals who do not serve the public interest, but it is the issues that they let us down on that are the most important to discuss.