Well this is a long time coming; Freeport Blvd. is a City designated bike route but there's no marked bicycle lane until well after (if coming from Midtown) the school; and those biking the opposite way lose the bike lane long before getting to school. Now if only the City will do something about Folsom Blvd., another City designated bike route; while it *does* have bike lanes, they are unusable due to the garbage and recycling bins and yard waste piles that block them daily.

"Us vs. them" ... I live and work in Midtown. I live just three blocks from where last Second Saturday's shooting took place, I work both on the far side of Midtown and just 5 blocks from where the shooting took place. I am both a worker/patron of the nightlife establishments and, as a resident, a victim of the drunken shenanigans that transpire after the bars/clubs close.

I e-mailed Cohn as soon as I found out about the time with both my complaint as to the time and a lengthly description of my thoughts on Midtown nightlife in general and where I see the problems with Second Saturday. Given Cohn's track record, I doubt he'll respond.

How can it be called a "Community Forum Discussing Midtown Nightlife" when it is completely excluding the nightlife community? Those of us who work within the service industry, who could actually give you first hand knowledge of the nightlife, do not get off work until close to 4am, and you expect us to be at a meeting at 9am? This forum seems to be more for those that *don't* experience the nightlife.

Now we just need the city to rid the bike lanes of garbage/recycling bins, piles of yard waste, "valet parking signs", etc. and to *finally* do something about the fact that the RT bus garage on 28th barricades the bike lane