Unfortunately, Eric is doomed to follow his father into a comfortable obscurity—but not before he wrecks his constituency. If only Eric would have a gander of the intersection beneath his Hollywood Blvd./Western Ave. station… but then again, what does he care? There are always poor people in other nations that he can photograph for coffee table books (to the dwindling market north of Los Feliz Blvd., natch) as a retirement plan—just like daddy Gil.

“We hereby and forthwith declare that Los Angeles’ Ciclovia / Sunday Streets/Parkways event will be second to none,

that New York, Bogota, Chicago, Mexico City, San Francisco, and, yes, even Portland, will be drooling with envy when they see what we have planned;

that Los Angeles has always been on the cutting edge (stop snickering!) and, damn it, we’re not going to let those other second rate cities lap us.

Because LA is going to have not one, not two, but FIVE Simultaneous Sunday Streets events in the Five corners of the city, and forget about the Summer, they will run throughout the Spring, Fall, and Winter.

Heck, forget Eric Garcetti, who’s got Dennis Zine’s number. Come on. Someone, just get Rosendahl, or Ed or Janice, or whoever to talk to the Mayor to make the commitment. It is such a no-brainer.

Or maybe I should just start planning to move to some other city, and take my medium sized business with me, along with the 300 jobs and tons of retail spending with us. Probably New York, or maybe Boulder, heck I’ll even go to Portland, but i do not want to live in a city where my kids can’t even ride their bikes one time without the serious threat of getting killed. And neither do any of the super high powered executive types that I know.

Come on dudes, why can’t we have this in out city? Even Long Beach is ahead of us. All you city council peoples, come on. What, are you waiting for Palmdale to make a move? I’ll bet Lancaster is already there.

Ches