Goofball government, day after day
In Portland, when the city breaks down and spends a few bucks to paint some crosswalks, it's such a big deal that they hold a "press event" over it. Tram Boy will be front and center in the spotlight, no doubt. "The markings are intended to provide drivers with a visual cue that they are in an area with heavy pedestrian traffic and can expect pedestrians crossing the street." Wow, you don't say.
What this town needs is for a couple of the unemployed creative types to start up a pie-throwing company.
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Comments (8)
I like that the event starts at 10:30, ends at 11:00, and has an "uncertain" length.
Posted by Dan | April 3, 2007 9:01 PM
The "event" has certain stupidity.
Could some anarchists please burn a commissioner in effigy?
Posted by John | April 3, 2007 10:13 PM
Crosswalk painting to be provided by gang outreach volunteers from Northeast neighborhood, no doubt.
Posted by Allan L. | April 3, 2007 10:28 PM
No, they only do churches in the middle of the night.
Posted by Jack Bog | April 3, 2007 10:42 PM
You're f-ing kidding me. They paint a few lines at Quimby and celebrate, meanwhile the stretch from Glisan south to Burnside is just short of impassable. For the transportation commissioner to allow one of Portland's signature streets to fall into such disrepair is a disgrace.
Posted by Chris Snethen | April 3, 2007 11:49 PM
Anyone know where I can rent a clown costume before the 5th.
And
Just who is going to make the pie?
Posted by Scott | April 4, 2007 12:11 AM
They're letting those streets rot so that they can sell parking meters and/or another streetcar on them as part of a desperate repair project.
Don't use real pie. An aluminum pie plate filled with shaving cream is the best.
Posted by Jack Bog | April 4, 2007 5:28 AM
Remember some of the anarchists in the crowds that "Tram Boy" organizes will be undercover FBI agents. They're the ones wearing a bandana mask.
Posted by David E gilmore | April 4, 2007 7:18 AM