DALTON: Fourth Street fiasco

I attended the Jan. 24 meeting at the Dalton City Hall on the Traffic and Improvements on Fourth Street. In the article of the Coeur d’Alene Press on Jan. 26, “A road runs through it,” Mayor Roberge and Mr. Gillis gave the impression that the project was going forward. The angry crowd of 100 people that attended was overwhelmingly against the improvements and applying for a grant on Fourth Street. These improvements would include curbs and sidewalks and then swales would have to be added. If these improvements are made, it would change Fourth Street from rural to urban which goes against our Comprehensive Plan.

I don’t think Ralph Bartholdt, staff writer, attended this meeting and didn’t get all the facts. Mayor Roberge has his own agenda and is not listening to the people.

The mayor and City Council hasn’t listened to the people in the past and you still aren’t listening. The subdivision that was approved last fall was not recorded before the 110 feet of road frontage on a public road was implemented. A large number of people came to meetings objecting to this subdivision but the council approved it anyway. The approval of the subdivision was never reviewed by Planning and Zoning and a letter was never sent out to the neighbors.

I think it’s time for a change when the mayor and City Council are not working for the people.

KAREN KIMBALL

45-year-resident

Dalton Gardens