Despite having been (officially) open for only a few months, the greenway has no shortage of regulars. I consider this project a tremendous success, but not one without some lessons learned.
Waiting for the state to build the Grand Junction Path has so far proven a tragicomedy in infinite acts, and we are making the perfect the enemy of the very good.
The slate of candidates wants to wipe the status quo aside and address pressing issues with an urgency we desperately need. There are a number of reasons we should be giving new candidates a hard look, instead of reflexively voting in familiar names.