Be Part of the Conversation
I am incredulous with the elected officials who won’t take responsibility for easily fixing a problem that affects so many of our students. It’s simple: Any development proposal must consider the feeder schools’ capacities. The Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance would require such consideration. By not passing the APFO, city officials are not addressing school overcrowding read on >
Month: May 2016
Capital LTE: “There’s nothing ‘negative’ about wanting to stop Crystal Spring”
Patricia A. Prescott (The Capital, May 19) has every right to voice her opinion regarding Crystal Spring, but she has no dog in the fight. Her only rationale for the project is that she wants to live there and everyone else is misguided. The negative opinions she speaks of are negative to her only because read on >
Capital LTE: “Forest Drive Traffic”
As I was reading this morning’s Capital, I came upon Nancy Almgren’s letter (The Sunday Capital, May 1). With all humility, as a decorated veteran of daily combat on Forest Drive, I feel duty-bound to take exception to her assertion that, as a Realtor, “I drive up and down Forest Drive on a regular basis, read on >
Capital LTE: “Response to Ms. Almgren”
I’m always excited to read an unbiased comment and observation by a person who obviously has no dog in the fight, like the short piece Nancy Almgren provided for The Sunday Capital (May 1). It is clear that being a Realtor and having never seen congestion on Forest Drive and believing that it is a read on >
Capital LTE: An open letter to Alderman Kenneth Kirby
An open letter to Alderman Kenneth Kirby: In a front-page article regarding school overcrowding at Tyler Heights Elementary School (The Capital, May 11) you were quoted as noting that some Tyler Heights students are traveling to Georgetown East Elementary School due to overcrowding. “These parents are screaming bloody murder and I need Tyler Heights moved read on >
Inadequate Public Facilities Ordinance
For too long, the City has continued to approve the development of new homes, adding more students to already overcrowded schools. They have done so with complete disregard for county laws designed to prevent new development from occurring when schools are too far over capacity to accept new students. If Crystal Spring were still in read on >
Capital LTE: “Stop Overdevelopment of the Forest Drive Corridor”
I write to commend John Van de Kamp for his article on Forest Drive traffic being like the Bermuda Triangle (The Capital, May 7). Why does the city continue to defy common sense in packing in more and more development onto a dead-end peninsula, threatening public safety, the environment and our school system? The answer read on >
Developers Attempt to Renege on Conservation Pledges
In February, the Crystal Spring developers filed a new Forest Stand Delineation (FSD) with the City to greatly expand the area that could be considered for development by including an additional 76 acres of Mas Que Farm beyond the original 111 acres at Crystal Spring. The FSD must be approved before the development can move read on >
Capital LTE: “There Are Restrictions on Property Rights”
I have the deepest regard for Nancy Almgren and all her many contributions to our community. However, I’m surprised that a professional in the real estate industry would think that people can do anything they want with their private property. This notion is particularly absurd here in Annapolis. Otherwise the Fawcett building would long ago read on >
Capital Guest Column: “Our own Bermuda Triangle in the Annapolis Neck”
By: John W. Van de Kamp, Capital Guest Columnist and Editorial Board Member It all starts at the bizarre Forest Drive/Bay Ridge Road intersection. It’s Murphy’s law’s playground. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong here. Maybe the Annapolis Neck is the problem. It’s a peninsula — one way in and out unless you read on >