In “City backs off cop-station land” (Metro, Aug. 9), representatives of the Public Building Commission are quoted as having been “shocked” that Englewood residents oppose the site chosen for a new police station. The commission was shocked at the opposition because it has made no effort to accept or seek community input in the planning process. ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) members on the block to be demolished and from other unaffected blocks came out to get the station moved, and to voice their belief that we should have a say in what the government does in our community.
Had the Public Building Commission gotten out in the community and held a public hearing on the proposed site, it would not have been shocked at community opposition.
