“I’m not against the library … I’m against the destruction of my family home,” says Elizabeth Heidt. … Heidt is a seventh-generation Californian and mother of the sixth generation to occupy Casa Cristina, the adobe-style residence on Live Oak. For what seems like the umpteenth time in the 70-odd years her family has lived here,…

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The C.C. Times ran an interesting editorial today that should help pressure the Council on the wisdom of planting a parking garage and new retail stores in Civic Park. … Times editors, while coming out strong for support of a new library, counseled City leaders to do away with the issue of eminent domain for…

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Things are heating up in the campaign to stop the Council’s poorly conceived library bond, and folks from other causes are getting on board as well. One supporter followed me home yesterday to talk about problems with the new General Plan, and we’re reaching out to Walnut Creek Dog as well. … I ask, why…

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Rather than take heed of growing voter sentiment against the Council’s plans to break the civic bank for a giant garage, retail stores and big-box library in Civic Park, Councilwoman Gwen Regalia in today’s W.C. Journal dismissed the 92 residents who took the time to rank the City’s key issues. … “It indicates that there…

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I couldn’t help but grin as I read this morning’s Walnut Creek Journal. A few days ago I asked CC Times editor Chris Lopez if he thought the paper’s coverage was tapping true voter sentiment. I posed perhaps not, since most of the coverage focuses on official actions, while the people are “too busy fighting…

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Hey! That’s why I love blogger. It’s easy as pie to add photos. Send in your favorite Civic Park images and I’ll add my own over the weekend. … Meanwhile, enjoy this shot of the gazebo from the City Web site. …

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What will incorporation of the Maxwell property into the library design mean for Civic Park? The loss of historic trees, for one thing. Hopefully this weekend I’ll get photos up and we can look at some of the leafy giants slated for the axe. … (And earlier than expected, pictures of our shady friends.)

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Ready to get involved? Download the nifty “Save Civic Park” flyer (click here – updated to reflect win on eminent domain) and pass it around your neighborhood or keep stacks at the counter of your downtown business. Or print out a copy of our car sign (click here) and display it proudly in your car…

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Wow! Lots of folks are visiting the site as word starts to get out about the dark side of Walnut Creek’s library plans. Please feel free to click the comment link and add your thoughts. …

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It’s an open secret that 310 spaces in the parking garage is far more than needed to serve even an expanded library. The parking is overflow for the surrounding downtown. Sadly, that’s how much the City cares about open space. And remember, two retail spaces are slated for the garage area. A Starbucks and a…

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