Put Up or STFU (Updated)

There's a lot of talk around the future of the Lowell High School. Some of it is validated by our City government, via the City Council & School Committee, and some of it is validated by (pardon my candor) blogging and blabbing shitheels.

It's a tug-o-war, of sorts. Which is playing out, isolated, in the Bubble.

I'd like to make one simple observation. On one side of the tugging, is the notion that the LHS should remain where it is. There is a lot of work to be done.

There are several plans that incorporate this concept. All voted on by our elected officials in one fashion or another.

Long story short, it looks like this:

This concept is fleshed out, in part or whole, by:

The Speck Plan (Link)
Lowell Plan- UML: Downtown Initiative Report (Link)
Sustainable Lowell 2025 - The Master Plan (Link)

Very reputable people, from within Lowell and beyond, have put countless hours into the information contained in the links above.

All of this has been absorbed and reviewed in public meetings, culminating in a vote by the City Council to follow the School Committee's recommendations to begin a process with the Massachusetts School Building Authority. In the Fall of 2014, discussion will begin over the considerations and recommendations made in this report (Link).

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I'm not convinced all the information provided above, really is the best way forward. My inclination is to deeply consider the proposal of the other side tugging the rope. Even though my gut reaction is to distrust the aforementioned shitheels.

Maybe, though, just maybe .. they can offer a compelling argument? Let's review what has been offered to date.

In the fragments of bullshit that I have heard about the great economic boom associated to the "City of Oz Plan," we find Lowell 5's Bob Caruso floating ideas from 30 years ago & a land swap proposal that has something to do with the Prince Spaghetti site.

Sketchy pipe dreams fluffed by sock puppets & shills, do not a plan make!

Thus, until something tangible is presented for public scrutiny, Lowell is forced to consume and digest what has passed the gauntlet of transparent, public process.

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Update: Having spent a part of the day learning a thing or two, I'd recommend that before we alter the course from our Master Plan that we contract a HBU analysis to be done on the current LHS site. - HIGHEST AND BEST USE (HBU): the reasonably probable and legal use of property, that is physically possible, appropriately supported, and financially feasible, and that results in the highest value.

PS. Another opportunity to provide comment, and/or engage in debate, is provided via Facebook - Lowell Live Feed Forum (Link).