Friday, May 21, 2004
Big day yesterday... Bike to Work event first thing in the morning, the Bike Coalition did a great job of sheparding the Supes around town and showing them the different traffic challenges, then let them all give speeches on the steps.
Once again, you gotta hand it to the new Mayor. He was there, made some very funny remarks about bikes with Gonzalez stickers still on them... today I read how he's meeting with Gang members in Bayview to get their side of the story.. he's out there working.
Anyway, we also had our NOPNA neighborhood meeting last night, where Jim Chappell from SPUR spoke about how broken the planning department is.. sheesh, what a mess. They don't even have the proper job descriptions and 'chain of command' stuff done right.
I really like community meetings. People coming together, caring about their neighborhood. Sometimes politics and personalities get in the way, but overall, they're a positive thing.
Once again, you gotta hand it to the new Mayor. He was there, made some very funny remarks about bikes with Gonzalez stickers still on them... today I read how he's meeting with Gang members in Bayview to get their side of the story.. he's out there working.
Anyway, we also had our NOPNA neighborhood meeting last night, where Jim Chappell from SPUR spoke about how broken the planning department is.. sheesh, what a mess. They don't even have the proper job descriptions and 'chain of command' stuff done right.
I really like community meetings. People coming together, caring about their neighborhood. Sometimes politics and personalities get in the way, but overall, they're a positive thing.
