There’s nonetheless a lot rending of clothes over congestion pricing interruptus, although at this level clearly the large query is, “What does Garrison Keillor” take into consideration all this?
Properly, right here’s what he has to say with regards to congestion pricing:
It’s actually 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 question I’d really feel simply as strongly if I lived in a spot straight affected by this coverage comparable to…Redwood Metropolis, CA?
I observe she identifies as a “YIMBY.” If you happen to’re unfamiliar with urbanist slang, right here’s somewhat cheat sheet:
NIMBY: A pejorative acronym that means “Not In My Yard,” which refers to uptight individuals who oppose growth, avenue redesigns, and many others. 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 that means “Sure In My Yard” for individuals who outline themselves in direct opposition to NIMBYs and love density and suppose all the world must 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 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 that 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 operating afoul of the regulation, Laurens ten Dam and Thomas Dekker had 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” vogue:
Right here’s a considerably drier account of this wet-hot story:
Okay, so that they wanted to vary their garments after a coaching trip however their typical spot blew away in a twister–a possible story:
So as an alternative they only 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: 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 needed to clean up for the Mexican,” except you desire a prostitution cost on high of every thing else.
And sure, maybe in the future we’ll all be free to frolic and bathe bare in parking tons from coast to coast, however till then, greatest to simply get modified contained in the automobile and use moist wipes.
Lastly, Earl Blumenauer needs to deliver again home bike manufacturing:
Will Congress move 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 obtained so excited I needed to douse myself with chilly water.
Luckily I didn’t do it whereas bare in a parking zone.
