July 13, 2008
Week Around the Ists
Photo by squeakyrat from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.
- Torontoist discovered a warning label affixed to some of the newspaper boxes of one of its daily papers.
- DCist was saddened by the tragic death of 22-year-old bicyclist Alice Swanson, who was killed when a garbage truck ran her over in a busy intersection. A "ghost bike" was erected in her honor just north of Dupont Circle.
- Shanghaiist was caught up all week with the gruesome murder of Canadian model Diana O'Brien.
- SFist sent a "Dear John" letter to SF taxicabs, breaking up with them due to their continuing incompetence.
- Londonist celebrated the impending arrival of Google's 'Street View' feature to the capital, complete with automatic 'face-blurring technology' to protect the privacy of sensitive citizens.
- Phillyist got ready for the beach—and shared their favorite memories.
- LAist broke a story about a "road rage" motorist who injured two cyclists on 4th of July. The story then prompted major TV stations and newspapers to pick up on it. By Friday, the LA City Council introduced a motion for a citywide Cyclists' Bill of Rights.
- Chicagoist reported on local political candidates sparring over a soldier's right to watch porn.
- Bostonist pondered bringing Barry Bonds to town.
- Gothamist was surprised to learn that Representative Charles Rangel has four rent-stabilized apartments in his Harlem building, especially since the building's owner typically forces rent stabilized tenants out in favor of market-rate tenants.
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we have a bike fatality, and there is some action from the biking community.
LA has a bike near-fatality, and the city council submits a resolution for a "bicyclists bill of rights"
which city is more progressive (or at least seems that way)?
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Anybody can get a bill of rights nowdays, from consumers to library patrons, but just try ENFORCING it and see how far you get. At best you'll get a shrug and at worse they'll give you the finger and tell you, "You in the wrong neighborhood, cracka."
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Look how well the taxi passenger bill of rights worked out in DC over the past few decades.
Oh, wait.
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Gothamist was surprised to hear that the rent control system was being manipulated?
Next they'll be shocked to hear that men think about sex a lot and that the internets is used sometimes for porn.
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More troubling than the military's attempt to ban soldiers looking at internets porn is their very real recent track record of banning political sites. I believe Wonkette and a number of other political sites are 'off limits' to soldiers in Iraq.
Didn't we used to live in a free society?
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I dunno, IMGoph...
http://laist.com/2008/07/08/nbc_airs_mandeville_canyon_bicycle.php
There's a LOT more hostility towards cyclists in the comments here than there was on DCist last week. This doesn't sound like a progressive cycling culture at all - it sounds like a city where cyclists' safety depends on legal protection rather than the goodwill of local drivers. Yikes!
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standrightwalkleft: yeah, i saw that article last week. what i was pointing out though, is that the LA government has clearly seen this as an opportunity to make a solid stand on the side of cycling rights. DC's government has been less proactive. your point stands, though!
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and, IMgoph, I applaud them for it. They obviously need it, and it sets a good example for other cities like our own.