Jackson (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jackson815) wrote,@ 2007-04-24 20:57:00 |
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Argo's Park Featured in The Birmingham News
The Birmingham News recently ran this article in it's Eastern section. I held off on posting it until I could find out some more information because something in particular caught my attention.
Before I get to that, let me just give the Town of Argo a big kudos for stepping up and taking the area from those infamous pictures to what it looks like today. The dirt pile is gone and has been replaced with a pile of sand and a pile of gravel. There are some railroad ties out there. I'm assuming that this will be used for the play area. Signage is still M.I.A. Perhaps one of our paving companies will step up to the plate regarding paving the road and parking. While we're on the subject of parking, there's going to need to be more of it if they plan to use the area for the 20th anniversary celebration. I didn't see room for more than 20 vehicles unless you pack them in and block them in. I'm working under the assumption that these things will be cleared up in the next few weeks.
Now that I've given some credit where credit is due, I want to address the following quote from the article:
I don't know if News staff writer Patrick Hickerson bothered to go up to the door and knock, but chances are that he didn't. Nobody's home. According to what is being posted by annexation opponents on the al.com forums, the building there is technically a "fire station" but it does not function as one. There are no firetrucks going to and from this building. There are no firemen stationed there. The only thing that makes this building a fire station is the signage on the building.
If the "fire station" were in use, that would be wonderful. I have often wondered what would happen if there was a fire and a train was stopped on the tracks. It needs to be manned.
My concern is that the park is being misrepresented as all the better for being next to a "fire station" when it is a "fire station" in name only. That's a lot like, as Alabama Moderate pointed out, saying that Argo has a "park" when all they have is land for a park. If I say that I have a "car" people don't expect me to show them an engine. If I say that I have a "house" people don't expect me to show them a pre-approved mortgage. If I say that I have a "child" people don't expect me to show them my wife's ovulation kit.
If I tell an employer that I have a "degree" he is not expecting me to show him my student ID.
The Birmingham News recently ran this article in it's Eastern section. I held off on posting it until I could find out some more information because something in particular caught my attention.
Before I get to that, let me just give the Town of Argo a big kudos for stepping up and taking the area from those infamous pictures to what it looks like today. The dirt pile is gone and has been replaced with a pile of sand and a pile of gravel. There are some railroad ties out there. I'm assuming that this will be used for the play area. Signage is still M.I.A. Perhaps one of our paving companies will step up to the plate regarding paving the road and parking. While we're on the subject of parking, there's going to need to be more of it if they plan to use the area for the 20th anniversary celebration. I didn't see room for more than 20 vehicles unless you pack them in and block them in. I'm working under the assumption that these things will be cleared up in the next few weeks.
Now that I've given some credit where credit is due, I want to address the following quote from the article:
"And for the faint of heart, there is an Argo Fire Station at the park."
I don't know if News staff writer Patrick Hickerson bothered to go up to the door and knock, but chances are that he didn't. Nobody's home. According to what is being posted by annexation opponents on the al.com forums, the building there is technically a "fire station" but it does not function as one. There are no firetrucks going to and from this building. There are no firemen stationed there. The only thing that makes this building a fire station is the signage on the building.
If the "fire station" were in use, that would be wonderful. I have often wondered what would happen if there was a fire and a train was stopped on the tracks. It needs to be manned.
My concern is that the park is being misrepresented as all the better for being next to a "fire station" when it is a "fire station" in name only. That's a lot like, as Alabama Moderate pointed out, saying that Argo has a "park" when all they have is land for a park. If I say that I have a "car" people don't expect me to show them an engine. If I say that I have a "house" people don't expect me to show them a pre-approved mortgage. If I say that I have a "child" people don't expect me to show them my wife's ovulation kit.
If I tell an employer that I have a "degree" he is not expecting me to show him my student ID.
