It has been one week and there are already people talking about the lanes...
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I want everyone to know that three ADDITIONAL potties were sitting beside the handicapped marked potty on the south side of the parking area when I was there on Friday, March 7, 2003.

Today, I talked to three more fisherman at the Lake Alan Henry public boat ramp, and none of the three liked the concrete lane dividers. I suggested that the three come to this site and post their opinion. Whether they will or not, I don't know.

I do know that NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON I have talked to likes the concrete lane dividers. I simply ask the people what they think of the concrete lane dividers, and after they tell me what they think, I chime in with my negative opinion. So I am not leading the person to make negative comments by making my position known first.

A co-worker of mine told me a local radio station owner was discussing the concrete lane dividers Monday on his radio station, and the radio station owner plans to go to Lake Alan Henry on a busy day to broadcast the responses of people having to deal with the concrete lane divider distraction. That ought to be funny as hell!

Lubbock City Councilman Tom Martin was on a local radio show this morning, and to sum up his response to the concrete lane dividers at Lake Alan Henry, here's a brief recap:

1.) Learn how to back a trailer if you want to use the ramp.

2.) Get over it.

3.) Any other questions on another subject?

I don't mind dividers in ramp areas, I just wish the designers didn't use a hatchback and a jet ski trailer to plot em out. I know the loop at Johns Creek on Cooper can get you if your not paying attention and Grand Bayou in LA is completely messed up. Theres no way anything other than a duck boat can make that loop...

For those of you who use the public boat ramp at Lake Alan Henry, here are two Lubbock City Councilmen involved with Lake Alan Henry. Feel free to tell them how you really feel about the concrete lane dividers:

Gary Boren: gboren@mail.ci.lubbock.tx.us

Tom Martin: tmartin@mail.ci.lubbock.tx.us

I personally love the new deviders. They are big and bulky and have those neat sharp edges. Now instead of waiting on the wife to get the trailer, I get to park the boat walk up and get it myself. Then I have to back it down, go around to my boat and load. Looks like they knew what they were doing to me. This neat little added attraction should make the wait to load 3 hrs. instead of 1.5 hrs. I think now that they have made this drastic improvement of the ramp, they will need to add a metal detector at the gate. With all the added wait time and with all the people who haven't bothered to learn any manners at a ramp, there will be some shootings if guns are allowed to slip in.

Um, rod, I have already been through that one with the City of Lubbock last year. Contrary to what the signs at Lake Alan Henry say, and contrary to what the brochures say, concealed gun permit holders are allowed to carry legal weapons in their vehicles, for instance, at the public boat ramp.

Plus, I have discussed the matter personally with someone who enforces the law at the lake, and was told there was no legal prohibition for concealed gun permit holders carrying weapons in their vehicles at the public boat ramp.

Sooooooooooooooo, no one better cut in front of me.

My experience in life seems to be that there is always someone smarter who knows better for me. Those lane dividers are no exception. The issue is CONTROL. Who has it, and who doesn't. Perhaps one should point out the issue of liability ( those in CONTROL hate LIABILITY.) IN the manual for control freaks, special emphasis is placed on proper posture and compliance. Check out the dirty looks you get in a parking lot when you park with a trailer across the lines. Most fishermen I know are not real big on becoming silent clones of the system. The State Of Texas has proposed putting cameras on traffic lights in order to ticket red light runners 24 hour a day. Public safety you know. If we could just control your thoughts...What ever you do, don't color outside the lines.

I received a reply on 03-16-2003 from Lubbock City Councilman Gary Boren stating that he is attempting to get the city to ". . . change the barriers to something along the line of 'speed bumps' . . . to mark the lanes."

Let's keep our fingers crossed.

That would be a very nice improvement. Thank goodness Gary is concerned enough to make some changes. Wish the rest of the council was too.