As someone once said, the wheels of change turn slowly; but even then, if you’re not careful, they will roll right over you.

Those same proverbial wheels, which for so long have failed to gain any traction in the Mount Zion neighborhood, are, with last week’s recommendation of the Planning Commission, finally rolling forward.

Of course, there were some last-minute objections and concerns, and regardless of whether or not they were raised by late-comers to the dance, those concerns should be taken seriously. Nevertheless, objections to those objections are summed up nicely in today’s letter from Marion Smith.

Indeed, opposition to the redevelopment and essential rescue of the once beautiful landmark based on noise and traffic concerns appears, at best, illogical when one considers the hive of activity once associated with the school. And when the only other option is holding on to the kind of dilapidated eyesore that amounts to little more than a monument to futility, a calculated gamble on the future seems well worth the roll of the dice.

With the recommendation of the Planning Commission, the next barrier is the vote of the full Town Council. It is our hope that they, too, see that the greatest risk is doing nothing.