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?
Effectively, 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 doubt I’d really feel simply as strongly if I lived in a spot straight affected by this coverage reminiscent of…Redwood Metropolis, CA?
I observe she identifies as a “YIMBY.” Should you’re unfamiliar with urbanist slang, right here’s a little bit cheat sheet:
NIMBY: A pejorative acronym that means “Not In My Yard,” which refers to uptight individuals who oppose improvement, avenue redesigns, and so forth. and assume 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 that means “Sure In My Yard” for individuals who outline themselves in direct opposition to NIMBYs and love density and assume your entire world needs to be one big moderately-sized European metropolis. Sarcastically, whereas wanting stuff of their backyards, most YIMBYs hate backyards and assume they characterize the tip of civilization.
Mainly, these are the primary classes, however now that we’re within the age of social media and there are not any residency necessities in the case of giving your opinion on how others ought to dwell their lives I feel we want one other one:
YIYBY: An acronym that 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 evening in an Oklahoma jail:
Their crime? Spraying one another with water bottles in a “homosexual” trend:
Right here’s a considerably drier account of this wet-hot story:
Okay, in order that they wanted to alter their garments after a coaching trip however their standard 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: when 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,” until you need a prostitution cost on high of all the things 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 desires 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 element imports” as “10-year tariff on suspension element imports” and acquired so excited I needed to douse myself with chilly water.
Thankfully I didn’t do it whereas bare in a parking zone.
