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Oh, isn’t it cute? The NIMBYs of the Western Addition think that what they do and say actually matters a whit, so look at what they went and done, they imagined that Santa Claus came down from the heavens and asked them, “What do you want for Christmas?”
Or rather, “Imagine you were elected Mayor. What’s your wishlist?” And here is the result.
Check it:
“More port-o-potties are needed but that’s not the only solution. Innovative ways to increase the capture volume is warranted. Innovations like multi-person troughs should be explored.”
O.K. then.
So, if we get enough troughs, then the Bay to Breakers 100 street party will be more the way it should be,* more like this:
Click to expand - via the ImageShack
Rather than this:
Via Turkeybot
Obviously, “the Christian Billionaire” what owns the Bay to Breakers could put more port-a-potties in, but, for some reason, he doesn’t want to. (Do you think he’s afraid of the meddlesome millionaires of the Western Addition? I don’t. But there must be some reason why Philip Anschutz runs “his” civic event this way.)
But if you can’t find a trough, there’s always a friendly neighbor helping out at $5 per:
But don’t count on Rec and Park to help out. Do you think that they’ll shut down the only bathroom in the Panhandle this year the way they have in the past?
All right, see you there – BE A PART OF HISTORY!
*Do you see all those melon farmers on the sidewalk standing in the back of that photo watching the world go by? Those are your real NoPA neighbors, your genuine Alamo Square orthogonals – do you think the handful of fuddy duddies what elected themselves area “leaders” are in their panic rooms at this point? Probably. Or sitting in the bathtub with a 12-gauge shotgun waiting for the horde to break through the locked door…
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