"Public Hearings" means public hearings ! How can we justify this project when the public has not had an opportunity to weigh in its considerations and concerns, as is being done here. Let me be the first to thank you Councilman Steve Cohen, for responding to our urgent request for a response to this very important matter. As you can tell, there needs to be additional focus and attention given to the varied points of view, as is relfected here. Please encourage that effort so that our community may weigh in. I would like to hear from the community of "Ben Ali", so that we hear their concerns and considerations.

These are federal funds, and as such have strict guidelines on how these dollars should be used. I suggest that you call a press conference and get the media involved. Let it become a news item and file a formal complaint with HUD, all the way to the top. This game of chess has to stop !

Jim, I am sure you are going to jump right in bud ! ? ? ? ?

This should have happened a long time ago. Lets get it done !

My thoughts: It was shortsighted to spend $40 million on the repair to the "Boat" section of I 5, and not fix the potential problem that lay below, based on an assumption.

Great article. Colleen you may not have taken the pics, but you did give them a happy home.

And the drama continues in the midst of our fiscal crisis when people in our city are finding it difficult to feed their families.

So glad that they are back where they belong ! Thanks to all of the diplomacy that followed, which led to their release. Great story and follow up.