There’s 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?
Properly, right here’s what he has to say as regards to congestion pricing:
It’s definitely as astute an evaluation as I’ve seen wherever.
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 straight affected by this coverage resembling…Redwood Metropolis, CA?
I word she identifies as a “YIMBY.” When you’re unfamiliar with urbanist slang, right here’s somewhat 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 assume bike lanes signify the tip 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 assume the whole world ought to be one big moderately-sized European metropolis. Paradoxically, whereas wanting stuff of their backyards, most YIMBYs hate backyards and assume they signify the tip of civilization.
Principally, these are the primary classes, however now that we’re within the age of social media and there are not any residency necessities in relation to giving your opinion on how others ought to stay their lives I feel we want one other one:
YIYBY: An acronym which means “Sure In Your Yard” for individuals who stay in rich low-density areas but fetishize densely populated city areas. They’d completely stay in these overpriced city hellholes too, if solely it weren’t for causes.
Talking of working 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 vary their garments after a coaching journey however their common spot blew away in a twister–a possible story:
So as a substitute they simply get bare and begin pouring water over one another within the parking zone:
This lands them in jail for “inappropriate habits in public areas:”
Now, I’m not a lawyer, however right here’s a little bit of free authorized recommendation: when you’re caught bare in a parking zone behind a automotive door being doused with chilly water, don’t inform the arresting officers you “simply needed to clean up for the Mexican,” except you need a prostitution cost on high of all the pieces else.
And sure, maybe someday we’ll all be free to frolic and bathe bare in parking tons from coast to coast, however till then, greatest to only get modified contained in the automotive and use moist wipes.
Lastly, Earl Blumenauer needs to convey 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 acquired so excited I needed to douse myself with chilly water.
Luckily I didn’t do it whereas bare in a parking zone.
