tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post7050502814518761920..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: "This City is Supposed to Be Green"Pantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-87539520009999874132009-04-07T16:24:00.000-07:002009-04-07T16:24:00.000-07:00@AJBe careful what you wish for, I suspect we'd ta...@AJ<BR/><BR/>Be careful what you wish for, I suspect we'd take you up on that if we had a choicePedestrianisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03067236246319422235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-51621196412556898702009-04-06T08:13:00.000-07:002009-04-06T08:13:00.000-07:00Do you want to borrow Mayor Nickels from us? He fl...Do you want to borrow Mayor Nickels from us? He flattened opposition to get Sound Transit 2.1 on the ballot and pushed through a Streetcar resolution and has gotten that set up to be built before anyone can reverse it.<BR/><BR/>We'll watch Mayor Hairgel for you guys for a while.AJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-79879053334875518802009-04-05T15:29:00.000-07:002009-04-05T15:29:00.000-07:00Gavin Newsom, and the people backing him, aren't r...Gavin Newsom, and the people backing him, aren't really liberals. Or at least, they're the very strange sort of liberal that you get in the Bay Area. The conservative sort. They're much more interested in looking green, than being green. The latter requires actual change, and that's painful, whereas the former is easy and lets spend them spend their money to be greener than thou. That's why the Prius is so successful: it lets everyone know that you're such a green goody for driving it, never mind the fact that biking or walking or public transit are better. Gavin is of the same mindset. He's much more interested in cutting a ribbon on an electric car charger than cutting carbon emissions in his city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com