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Level the Vienna Post Office and make it "fit" the town. Whomever let that design originally pass is lacking in the "good taste" department. I believe their has been talk in the past of doing the new post office and straightening out (and opening up) Church Street.

The sad part is that people don't even realize small things can be done to make things better for all. They move here & are busy with their lives and hardly notice we have these silly little obstacles on a daily basis to contend with.

Huh?? "silly little obstacle" So the tearing down and replacing a major facility in town (and one that is owned by the federal government) is just that simple? Knock me over with a spoon. If only I had realized. Lady, there aint' no simple solutions, and the sooner people start posting facts and discussing real solutions instead of casting dispersions on individuals (makes you feel better don't it, but does not get you any closer to a solution), the sooner you can build a groundswell for change. Real change takes works. Insults are easy.

There is one person holding up a new Vienna post office and it is not Tom Davis. It is Maud Robinson. Why does that FACT have to be sugar coated? Is it a dispersion to point out that this woman wants no change? Before you go tossing 'feel good' vibes about 'hard work' - which only amounts to defeatist delay talk, you should get a handle on Vienna politics and how it works. Right now you have no clue. Maybe you could respond to my post and say that someone just called you a name...that would be easier than addressing the real issue of Maud Robinson. Come on, say something intelligent.

"Get a clue...." exactly the point. Maud this, Maud that, the big bad town officials..... whine whine whine and more whine. With no background/history to back up any of what you are saying. You want change... educate people. Don't presume that everyone else painstakingly catalogs every minutia of the who says what in town. All I see is complaints about individuals opposing change - but what change are your seeking (besides the elimination of the historic district)? Well-argued points and reasoned arguments appeal to the most people. Rants and insults send them the other way -- but isn't that the easier way to go.

Pierce if you don't have the mental capacity to understand that Maud is the issue - our debate is finished. Perhaps you could give us some more whines about how there is nothing concrete on this site?

I guess the concrete drawings showing a new Post Office with road system around the Post Office fixed...that was just another rant of unreasoned people? Why was that buried in the file cabinet? Maud chose to do that.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the Vienna Post Office already come up with a new concept for the PO and straightening out of Church Street? Does anyone know how to get hold of this information?!

Pierce - I know you think people on here whine. I want change and I know there are people around here with deep pockets ready to build and make things different. The *only* obstacle I can see anywhere is a Town Council lacking the vision to change the zoning (move to form base code).

I know owners of two commercial parcels of land are chomping at the bit to do a mixed-use development (condos, retail, business) but over the Town's dead body.

BTW, after that meeting in the spring to discuss Maple Avenue - whatever became of the 10k study? I thought they were supposed to deliver something in July - where is that? Was that whole meeting I attended hocus-pocus? I remember a rather sad/mad Maud sitting there listening to a whole room of agreement and she was the lone dissenter to raise her hand.

Pierce: I would suggest that you visit the Planning Department in the Town and request to see the conceptual site plan for the realignment of Church Street and the Redevelopment of the Post Office.

The Postal authorities let it be known to the Vision Committee that our Post Office is grossly inadequate by today’s standards. The employees are presently parking behind the Tara Thai Restaurant and up and down Church Street. The new postal facilities would have a larger retail area and better staff facilities. The new Post Office would then blend in with the Church Street Vision.

How does the whole political game work? The Mayor needed to request Tom Davis to provide the funds necessary for this development to take place. The Mayor chose not to discuss this with Tom Davis. Therefore we are left with a gravely inadequate Postal facility and an extremely dangerous intersection. Davis was ready to step up.

Go ahead and continue to keep your head in the sand. This is not change for change sake but a real necessity. These are real facts and real solutions all opposed by Maud.

Safeway-Park Street Cut-Through Now One-Way
124 Park Street SE has painted their lot 'one-way only' to effectively close the very convenient cut through between Park St. and the Safeway parking lot. If drivers honor this new traffic flow, all Safeway traffic wanting to exit east on Park St. must now exit onto Maple or Glyndon and circle around to travel east on Park. This will divert that traffic onto busy Maple, across the lot in front of Jammin Java, and/or onto Echols to the very busy and dangerous 3-way 1-stop intersection at Echols and Park. This is unfortunate since that cut-through was very convenient and helped to spread the traffic pressure around. Do they really expect drivers trying to exit Safeway east toward Park to STOP and turn around when they discover the cut through has been painted one-way only? Either they physically close the cut through or remove the one-way markings, imo. And how can they force 124 Park customers to exit via Safeway, but not allow Safeway customers to exit via 124 Park? And that cut-through is a breeze most hours of the week... why shut it down 100% of the time? And what about the Echols/Park intersection... isn't time for the Town to put a traffic light there... AT A VIEWABLE LEVEL?