I don't know what it is about Petula Dvorak: even when her message is unassailable--life for poor kids is very difficult--her preachy tone irks the heck out of me.
Meanwhile, Britain cuts benefits for the poor but lacks the anatomy to cut those for the middle class.
That's an idea--record the plates of drivers aggressive to bikes and report them.
You've heard me complain about slippery tiles on metro platforms (i.e., whenever it rains or snows--not unusual conditions in this area--the tiled platforms become like ice rinks, indoor as well as outdoor, as riders track in the water. Well, it's come to this:
Board members said Metro's safety issues hit close to home Thursday when an alternate board member, Alexandria Mayor William D. Euille, fell at the Braddock Road station while boarding a Yellow Line train on his way to the meeting.
Euille said he slipped on wet platform tiles, injuring his kneecap and damaging a ligament. He said doctors told him he might need surgery.
Euille said he thinks it's "worth exploring" whether Metro should change the "slick tiles" at station platforms to a rougher surface that would provide more traction.
And you thought the office of Virgina's Attorney General was bad.
This letter, while hilarious, is somewhat less effective than the other ones on the page. I'd send it to my mother as an example of how aggression is not necessarily conducive to being heard, but I'm not sure she would appreciate it.
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