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Mr. Blanc
has just received a call from the Mayor who has heard from several members of
the Bid Committee on both sides of the plan.
The mayor reminds Mr. Blanc how important hosting the Olympics would be
to Ramford’s economy and quality of life.
She suggests that Mr. Blanc use all his negotiation and mediation skills
to keep the group on track and produce a proposal by the deadline.
Mr. Blanc
immediately arranges for a conference call between Ann Pere-Wattage, Aviola
Branchiole and himself. They
understand the need to reach consensus and produce a proposal that has the
support of all groups and agree to work toward that end.
Aviola
reminds them that the citizens of Ramford are accustomed to becoming involved in
decisions about environmental issues in their County.
Ann discusses the debates about dredging PCBs from the river before the
election and the presentations sponsored by the Acid Precipitation Action Panel
(APAP).
Neige
suggests that perhaps a “way forward” would be to have the Olympic Bid
Committee sponsor a series of debates open to the public on the plan to ban
vehicular traffic in downtown Ramford. The
community and committee members would learn much more about the issues involved
and the public would be allowed to make written and oral comments after the
debates. This should allow a
compromise position to be forged.
Ann and
Aviola state they can get their supporters on the Bid Committee to support this
proposal as long as each side has the opportunity to choose the panel of experts
to present the arguments “for the traffic ban” and “against the traffic
ban”.
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