Junked Bike
I saw my first abandoned rental bike on Will Rogers beach on Dec. 31: If you don’t get penalized much for not returning them, which is the big pitch behind these Breeze bikes in Santa Monica and Venice, then what is the incentive to return them? I am guessing someone got to the end of the bike path, felt tired and called an Uber. We are going to see a lot more junked bikes in the future.
Eating
I completely agree with the Pali resident who urged Caruso to put some affordable eating spots into the new development. Mort’s was the lifeblood of our community for so long because it was family friendly, had good food and was affordable. What about a pizza place too? With so many local schools and kids, that would be a hit too. Wake up Rick—a high-end only development will go bust after the glitter wears off. Palisadians did not get to live here by throwing out money. We desperately need family friendly affordable eateries. Help us.
Vision Zero
Your paper printed a falsehood that went unchallenged. Councilmember Mike Bonin styled himself as “champion of Vision Zero, an international program to eliminate fatalities.” This is the fake cover story. The real goal of this phony program is to force people to stop using their cars and start using public transportation, to walk, to ride bikes and to move closer to work by making traffic miserable by taking away lanes. It’s part of the global warming cult. John and Ken on KFI talk about this all the time. There is also a movement to recall Bonin because he is a fraud and Vision Zero is a fraud.
Vision Zero II
Vision Zero may be too bold for Los Angeles, especially the Westside. We love our cars too much, and certainly have too little experience to trust public transport to replace our Tesla and SUVs. Maybe, one day, when a safe, clean reliable “subway to the sea” actually gets to the Palisades, maybe we will be happy about Vision Zero. But right now, it’s among those green ideas that we call “brave.”
Popular Senator
Whoever wrote the captions for the 2017 Year in Review should have their writing privileges taken away. Saying Senator Elizabeth Warren is possibly the most irresponsibly dangerous Senator on the left is ludicrous considering who is in the White House! She is exactly what we need, a loud and clear voice calling out the corruption.
Popular Senator II
The Democrats don’t like it when someone is as rude about their leaders as they are routinely about everyone else. Of course, Elizabeth Warren, like Bernie Sanders, is regarded as dangerous by some sane people, not just on the extreme left, and their spending plans on health and education do not add up. That is what I call irresponsible.
Blinkers
I must agree with your 2-Center who said that Palisadian drivers are too distracted to habitually use blinkers! I once counted how many cars turning left in front of me were signaling their intentions to turn onto Sunset. There were six cars and not one turned on their blinkers. I am sure they would say “you know where I was going” but that’s just an excuse. It’s about good habits, road manners and staying safe—our drivers should be smarter than that.
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