An overflow crowd of 150-200 Germantown residents surprised the City Planning Commission when their neighborhood forum on the proposed rebulding of the 6 SEPTA stations in Germantown was held last Thursday. These stations are by far the most neglected on the entire SEPTA rail network, but the community left a substantially expaned message.

After 25 years of studies that went nowhere, failed and bankrupt projects, and general neglect from the city and the Council Person, Donna Reed Miller, these residents from all sections of Germantown made it very clear they were dissatisfied and tired of waiting. When Miller's office does not respond, they took this opportuity to tell another city department of their outrage.

If I could sum up their perspective in one sentence it would be this: "What good are rebuilt stations when the community is still too dangerous to walk to them?"

Jim Foster, Independent Candidate 8th District Council