The cover story of the March 3rd Cascade Pioneer concerns storm water drainage. Which of course, is a big problem in Cascade with its hilly topography. Therefore, it is imperative that city officials be scrupulously honest and accurate about the facts.
Yet City Administrator Deanna McCusker told the Cascade Pioneer that runoff … doesn’t necessarily have to be directed to grass. “It could be rock or a gravel parking lot, just something that’s not impervious like concrete because anything concrete or asphalt, it will just run off.”
Can it be that someone in such a key position doesn’t know that gravel is nearly as impervious as cement when you drive heavy equipment on it?! It’s logical: tons of weight compact the earth and stone like cement. She was corrected by an engineer and a council member, but she misled a lot of people.
Meanwhile, Mayor Greg Staner is delaying a drainage ordinance meeting till he the Mayors’ Meeting. Tell me, what do the mayors of flat Farley and Epworth have to tell us about drainage?
