Oh, my goodness, the Stevenson City Council is going to have that public hearing on the 201 SW Attwell rezoning proposal next week—can you believe it? I remember when that little parcel was just a quiet corner of town where Mrs. Henderson used to keep her prize-winning roses, and now they're talking about turning it into a multi-family development, which is all very well and good, but do they even know the history of that spot? Back in the day, we didn't need zoning for anything—just knew that if you wanted to plant roses, you planted them where they'd get the most sun, and if you wanted to build a house, you built it where it would fit in with the neighborhood. And another thing, I can't help but think about how the County Board meetings used to be held on Mondays, not Tuesdays, and I still haven't figured out why they changed that without asking anyone, but I'm sure it's for the best, you know who you are.
You know, when I was a girl, you could park anywhere in downtown without a second thought, and now they're talking about parking lots being converted into loading zones—wait, no, that's not the point, the point is, I remember when the hardware store on the corner was open until 9 p.m. every night, and you could get a new doorknob or a bag of nails right after dinner, and now they're trying to make it so you have to drive all the way to the new shopping center on the other side of town just to get a single nail. And another thing, I'm still not sure why the County Board decided to move their meetings to Tuesdays when everyone knows the best time for a meeting is when people are still fresh from their Sunday dinners, but I suppose that's just the way it is now.
I mean, I'm not against change, but when you start changing things without telling anyone, it's like trying to put a new coat of paint on a house that's been standing for 100 years without asking the people who live there. And I'm not saying that multi-family housing is bad—goodness, I've seen plenty of people move to the county and settle in just fine—but I just wish they'd remember that we've been here for a long time, and we've seen the same people come and go for generations, and we've seen the same streets get paved and unpaved over and over again. That's all for this week. You know where to find me.