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 with reference 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 doubt I’d really feel simply as strongly if I lived in a spot instantly affected by this coverage equivalent to…Redwood Metropolis, CA?
I be aware she identifies as a “YIMBY.” When you’re unfamiliar with urbanist slang, right here’s slightly cheat sheet:
NIMBY: A pejorative acronym which means “Not In My Yard,” which refers to uptight individuals who oppose growth, avenue redesigns, and so on. and suppose bike lanes characterize 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 suppose all the world must be one large moderately-sized European metropolis. Satirically, whereas wanting stuff of their backyards, most YIMBYs hate backyards and suppose they characterize the tip 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 in terms of giving your opinion on how others ought to reside their lives I feel we’d like one other one:
YIYBY: An acronym which means “Sure In Your Yard” for individuals who reside in rich low-density areas but fetishize densely populated city areas. They’d completely reside 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 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” style:
Right here’s a considerably drier account of this wet-hot story:
Okay, in order that they wanted to vary their garments after a coaching experience however their typical spot blew away in a twister–a probable 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: in case you’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 prime of every little thing else.
And sure, maybe in the future we’ll all be free to frolic and bathe bare in parking heaps from coast to coast, however till then, finest to only get modified contained in the automobile and use moist wipes.
Lastly, Earl Blumenauer needs to carry 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 bought so excited I needed to douse myself with chilly water.
Thankfully I didn’t do it whereas bare in a parking zone.
