“This is a future we cannot accept”

    Naïveté has perhaps always been a fault of mine. For instance, I assumed that after trying to institute a city ordinance prohibiting students from living inside the historical district (I realize this is perhaps a slight overstatement, forgive me), that the city might take a break from further hindering of student activity within Milledgeville. 
    Unfortunately, the city then decided to implement this two hour parking on all parking spaces around the college campus, and to compliment this, the college changed the commuter parking lot near campus to a faculty-only parking lot.
    Normally, I would shrug this off, assuming that there was a perfectly good reason for this to have happened. However, I have to concede that I haven’t seen such a blatant act against certain group of people before; and believe me, I wouldn’t have come to this conclusion if it hadn’t been for the simple fact that many students have two or more classes in a row on any particular day, commuters do not want to depend on the unreliable shuttle system to make it to class on time, and since the faculty-only parking lot never seems to be full, even in the middle of the day. Perhaps now you see why two hour only parking is a bit unrealistic.
    Look, I realize that not many outside this campus will read this article. But eventually the city of Milledgeville needs to realize that this campus is growing. The Colonnade itself pointed this out last week, and the college administration must be working with the city to point this out. The city needs a parking deck. End of story. However, just because it needs one, doesn’t mean that it has to be a large, concrete monstrosity. It can be built underground, and though I realize this is expensive, it will pay for itself if the campus continues to grow. Also, the exterior aesthetic can be crafted to fit the antebellum look the town is going for. Originality goes a long way. Also, the students themselves who are living in the historical district can take it upon themselves to make sure their presence isn’t a nuisance to those who live around them. Take care of the place; if you hold parties, keep them in check. Just be a good neighbor.
    GCSU and Milledge-ville are both growing and if we don’t want any more stupid decisions to be made, both groups will need to come together. For the time being however, violation stickers will be put on student’s cars, the shuttle will continue to be unreliable, and the city will do more and more to force their idea of a perfect antebellum town on those just trying to go to school. This is a future we cannot accept.

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Posted by Colonnade Archives on Sep 14 2007. Filed under Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry