Remember The Bridge! ...or... Marc Edleman versus Reality

For those who don't know the story, a few years ago the city of League City reneged on its promise to allow TxDOT to repair the bridge that connected the two parts of the Glen Cove neighborhood. This action was taken solely for the benefit of a developer with connections to key figures in city government. It was done in a deliberately disguised manner without informing the affected residents and in a legally questionable manner that has resulted in a lawsuit against the city.

As a classic and particularly egregious example of abusive and untrustworthy government, it has become one among many points of embarrasment for the city in recent years and therefore a point of discussion in local political matters, such as the upcoming city council races.

Because P&Z board member Marc Edelman seems to wish to direct all recent discussion on this blog to the topic of the bridge in a vain effort to defend the inexcusable actions of the city in this affair, this thread has been started with the stated purpose of being entirely dedicated to the topic of the Glen Cove bridge. All such discussion is welcome here. Anybody who is bored by this topic is welcome to ignore this and move on to other threads.

For the sake of continuity, here are the recent threads which diverged into discussion of the bridge:

Marc's myths 2
Marc's myths 1

Remember The Bridge!

Jeff Hagen