Chain of Fools

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Today, June 30th, is (or should be) the GRAND OPENING of the Santa Claus Lane Bike Path!! But there are a few issues..

Total skeptic

Let's see what 8 million tax dollars buy, including killing poppies

Spotlight:  The Santa Claus Lane Bikeway will temporarily open on June 30, prior to the 4th of July weekend. The bikeway between Carpinteria Avenue and Santa Claus Lane will remain open until after Labor Day weekend. After that, the bikeway will re-close for the final installation of the barrier rail. Temporary railing is in place while the project awaits final materials. The project team wants everyone to enjoy the new bikeway as soon as possible. 

muttonhead whacking poppies

WTF???? This 8-million dollar bike path-dog path from Santa Claus Lane is a fiasco. I've watched crews use tons of cement and purple rebar to build the safety barrier, I've watched crews pour the concrete sidewalk, rip it up and pour it again, I've watched crews stare at a hole for hours.  And now Caltrans is enclosing the bike path with chain link fences for the entire summer....unbelieveable! Well, they did manage to put an "Interpretive Sign" there for the dummies walking their dogs: DONT SWIM IN THE MARSH; DON'T RUN INTO TRAFFIC; DON'T CHASE THE TRAINS

Interpretive Sign

Of course I've documented this because it is affecting my Carpinteria Salt Marsh views and the bird corridors of the once peaceful and beautiful Carp Ave Exit, which includes the marsh.

bike lane user lost in chain link maze

Maybe Caltrans finally figured out that this 8-million dollar bike path-dog path should never have been built, especially between the 101 Highway and the railroad tracks. A fast-moving train or car will make a mess of Fido.

Carpinteria Salt Marsh does not need interpretive signs

This project was rushed, over-built, over-engineered, poorly planned and it shows.

I will pursue all legal means to hold Caltrans, The County of Santa Barbara, The City of Carpinteria and the Coastal Commission accountable for the damage done to this area.

I've seen enough...

Planet Of the Apes

"Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty ape!" 

Sometimes it feels like I'm on another planet run by apes from Caltrans, with subcontractors made up of gorillas and monkeys...

SEE NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL

I watch them build an 8-million dollar sidewalk on Carp Ave Exit that has no rhyme or reason...this was once a bird/wildlife corridor...yesterday, they were jack-hammering sections of concrete out that were poured six months ago! and they pour more and more concrete and purple rebar...it never ends! Apes were running around measuring things they measured yesterday...DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!

Ah yes, there's Cornelius, the young ape with a shovel

The Apes are fussing over the safety guard barrier...painting, repainting and painting again...drilling into the top for unknown reasons 

Well, I saw a female running, not an ape-girl, but it's as though someone brought me a present but "This is a MADHOUSE---a MADHOUSE!!" 

perhaps she will help me through this journey and we can find our way back

"What will he find out there doctor?"

his destiny...