(aka, Why aren’t you in Kansas?)
(aka, Summer in Boston–2010 Edition)
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Well, in Boston, sometimes it takes a long time to get there. I found a great story on Boston.com that was adapted from the original Cartogrammar.com blog post titled: “You can’t get there from here“.
“…absurdly simple trips like driving across a street or around the corner can require a convoluted route and an intimate knowledge of the local streets.”
Woodruff, A. (2009, December 22). “You can’t get there from here“. Retrieved on January 29, 2010 from Cartogrammar Web site: http://www.cartogrammar.com/blog/you-cant-get-there-from-here/
It's the simple trips...
The Boston.com article identifies each of the trips. I know that I’ve personally driven the first one, and I think the last one.
Why, Lieutenant General Edward Lawrence Logan, of course?
Who? Apparently if I was alive in 1941, and lived in Boston, I’d probably know his name.
With a recent proposal to rename Boston’s airport to the Logan-Kennedy Airport, the Boston Globe ran an article about the late, late Logan.
Sorta interesting for local flavor.
Yes, you read that right.
There’s a scam practice here in the Boston area of assigning police officers to “watch over” road construction. Much of the time they’re just standing around, or spending a lot of time just talking with the crews (so neither is actually “working”).
Today, however, a police officer actually did his job, and moved into a position to block me from potentially falling down a manhole. Of course this was after he got off the phone. And just after he and the crew finished jaywalking. So…yay?
Here’s a quote from an articles I found on the topic that sums things up:
In general, police details cost too much, waste police resources, diminish extant police resources, are open to abuse and are widely abused. They need at least to be reformed, if not abolished.
Source: Carpundit. (2009). Paid Police Details Are a Scam. Retrieved on August 18, 2008 from Carpundit Web site: http://carpundit.typepad.com/carpundit/2004/09/paid_police_det.html
They’re not needed in every situation. I’ve heard that many times the municipality pays for them (though in some cases the companies doing the work pay)–which either uses local resources or personal resources in the form of higher bills. Use them when necessary, which is to say about 80% less.
Ok, maybe it’s summertime, now.
Summer? Sure is Warm!
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