There may be nonetheless a lot rending of clothes over congestion pricing interruptus, although at this level clearly the massive query is, “What does Garrison Keillor” take into consideration all this?
Nicely, right here’s what he has to say with reference to congestion pricing:
It’s definitely as astute an evaluation as I’ve seen anyplace.
In the meantime, others are taking the governor’s suspension of congestion pricing as a name to arms and are encouraging “civil disobedience:”
Little doubt I’d really feel simply as strongly if I lived in a spot instantly affected by this coverage reminiscent of…Redwood Metropolis, CA?
I be aware she identifies as a “YIMBY.” In the event you’re unfamiliar with urbanist slang, right here’s a bit of cheat sheet:
NIMBY: A pejorative acronym which means “Not In My Yard,” which refers to uptight individuals who oppose improvement, road redesigns, and so forth. and suppose bike lanes signify the top of civilization. NIMBYs preface each assertion by telling you what number of years they’ve lived within the neighborhood and that they pay taxes.
YIMBY: A smug acronym which means “Sure In My Yard” for individuals who outline themselves in direct opposition to NIMBYs and love density and suppose the complete world needs to be one big moderately-sized European metropolis. Mockingly, whereas wanting stuff of their backyards, most YIMBYs hate backyards and suppose they signify the top of civilization.
Principally, these are the primary classes, however now that we’re within the age of social media and there aren’t any residency necessities with regards to giving your opinion on how others ought to dwell their lives I believe we’d like one other one:
YIYBY: An acronym which means “Sure In Your Yard” for individuals who dwell in rich low-density areas but fetishize densely populated city areas. They’d completely dwell in these overpriced city hellholes too, if solely it weren’t for causes.
Talking of operating afoul of the legislation, Laurens ten Dam and Thomas Dekker have been apparently the victims of rampant and unbridled homophobia previous to Unbound Gravel and spent the night time in an Oklahoma jail:
Their crime? Spraying one another with water bottles in a “homosexual” style:
Right here’s a considerably drier account of this wet-hot story:
Okay, so that they wanted to alter their garments after a coaching trip however their regular spot blew away in a twister–a probable story:
So as an alternative they simply get bare and begin pouring water over one another within the parking zone:
This lands them in jail for “inappropriate conduct in public areas:”
Now, I’m not a lawyer, however right here’s a little bit of free authorized recommendation: if you happen to’re caught bare in a parking zone behind a automobile door being doused with chilly water, don’t inform the arresting officers you “simply wished to clean up for the Mexican,” except you desire a prostitution cost on high of the whole lot else.
And sure, maybe at some point we’ll all be free to frolic and bathe bare in parking heaps from coast to coast, however till then, greatest to simply get modified contained in the automobile and use moist wipes.
Lastly, Earl Blumenauer desires to carry again home bike manufacturing:
Will Congress go The Home Bicycle Manufacturing Act?
I don’t know, however I learn “10-year tariff suspension on part imports” as “10-year tariff on suspension part imports” and bought so excited I needed to douse myself with chilly water.
Fortuitously I didn’t do it whereas bare in a parking zone.
