Oops!

Open Space advocates and hikers recently posed at the Palisades sign.

A chagrined Ed Archuleta confessed to the Stormwater Advisory Committee this past Wednesday that he had neglected to purchase some necessary land for the stormwater infrastructure at the Palisades. It seems that the PSB/EPWU needs a bit more land for access to the stormwater project. Some recall that Nanette Smejkal, Director of the Parks and Recreation Department, had questioned whether the extra land shouldn't be purchased when the Committee first looked at the plan to buy the Palisades. Ed A. had pooh-poohed her suggestion. It would seem that our brilliant land sales czar who has sold land over the past 10 years for the astonishing average amount of $9003/acre, has a bit of a problem when it comes to purchasing land. Give us your expertise on the Northwest Master Plan again, Ed.

Prediction: we will spend a bit more for this purchase of land than we did for the other land in the Palisades now that the PSB is desperate. Open space money will probably be wasted. Perhaps we should take a good hard look at Archuleta's $275,000/year salary.

I'm laughing and laughing. Perhaps I should be crying.