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MHigby@Primenet.com (Michael Higby) wrote:

>Riordan has done a lot towards getting neighborhood activists thinking about 
>making LA more pedestrian and adopting new urbanism.  I don't think Hayden has 
>even give that a thought.  He has that Santa Monica-Westside mindset that as 
>long as Starbucks is opened and as long as the kids get to soccer all is okay.

Hmm, interesting. Riordan, I guess, suffers from the same malady all
LA Mayors do, lack of credit.

>Hayden is probably better off to remain in Sacramento and pursue campaign 
>finance reform and to fight the Republicans.  I would have much rather he 
>became governor than mayor.

Well, that I certainly agree with.

>Riordan also realizes that LA has to become more competitive with its neighbor 
>cities in retaining and attracting business with high paying jobs.  That's the 
>only way depressed areas of the city will come back to life.

Yes, particularly in South-Central.

>>Also, is Hayden following the LA Weekly, progressive party line that
>>prefers to trash the Red Line rather than finish it and just put more
>>buses into the system?
>
>Yup.

Ouch.

Hard to believe that people want to abandon yet *another* subway. Sure
Tutor-Saliba keeps fucking things up, then holds the city hostage for
more money (at least they were). But I keep thinking of the money
already spent and the sacrifices, like Fowler Brother's Bookstore.

I think the more buses people are indeed those who've never ridden on
one. Here in New York, with busses and subways, the difference is
clear ... while there are advantages and disadvantages to both
systems, they're not interchangeable.

Andy Katz



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