DeSalvatore Parks in Spotlight, Again

Councilor Ted DeSalvatore is proactive again, this time pitching a FSC neighborhood meeting for this Thursday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m., at the Library Auditorium. It's a residents-only meeting (a separate meeting for students will be held later) to discuss parking. In usual DeSalvatore form, the announcement is pretty charged up.

"Neighborhood parking should be your choice," the announcement begins. "Admit it, this problem has gone on long enough! Join us on the 26th to take part in the solution. STAND FIRM, STAND TOGETHER, NO DEALS!"

Later, "(C)ollege officials dribble strong measures for illegal parking followed by silence an no action..."

We'll continue to give DeSalvatore credit for taking action on important neighborhood issues. He is certainly one of the most proactive councilors in the city right now. He has a way of ruffling feathers, which can be good and bad.

We still think DeSalvatore is jonesing for a mayoral run at this point. He's certainly getting his name out there quite a bit. It's a high-stakes balancing act, however. He needs to be able to point to some results when this is all said and done. Taking action is one thing, but taking action that works for the city is another. We'll see.