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A case With deference to the Acorn TV series could be made that a truly responsive "800 Words," a big bad wolf has come to solution for Central would be to replace the our town. Its name is ART, an unfortunate currently giant buses with smaller, “shuttle- acronym for Albuquerque Rapid Transit. As type” vehicles more in scale with the street. Mary Ann Weems recently pointed out, Eighteen miles (nine each way) of blacktop “art no longer brings to mind beauty and paving through the center of our city creativity formerly associated with our city creates what amounts to a “heat sink” but rather destruction, anti-environment, equivalent to the size of a freeway where anti-business efforts replacing democracy greenery and people (remember the and people with hardware and hardscape.” people?) once enjoyed functioning Did this come about in response to the neighborhoods. ART required the killing citizens' demands for better transportation? and removal of more than 200 trees and No. It is a concoction by politicians who other landscaping with the substitution of invented it as a “solution” to a problem that surfaces which will exacerbate the warming did not exist in order to obtain government of our environment. Route 66 through funding. Given our actual problems, City Albuquerque as we knew it has been Hall should never have been considering destroyed. Nob Hill (1916-2017 RIP) has this type of federally funded project in the been partitioned by a 100 foot-plus wide first place, but instead should have been wasteland of asphalt, concrete and speeding seeking money to fight crime and increase (oops, I mean rapid) vehicles running down budgets of the DA's office and police force. the center of the street facing each other Albuquerque is no longer a safe place to head-on. The center island “idea” live. The purpose of government is to serve encourages jaywalking and will prove to be and protect the people, not stand in the deadly eventually. If anyone other than a way of their enjoyment of their daily lives. politician was researching what Central We are the government! Today, “the “wants” they would quickly have realized inmates are running the asylum” where our that if anything the buses should be dysfunctional city government is relocated, not the people! The ART concerned. While crime continues to “solution” means that the majority of the escalate across the city our government has roadway is being reserved for vehicles focused its time, money and energy on which are not there! The buses occupy these ART, a project which has upended the lives lanes only momentarily, leaving an empty of thousands, forced businesses to close or road most of time while the cars (and again, partially shut down and reduced the income those pesky people) are stranded in traffic of those who have so far been fortunate jams on either side of the bus-only lanes. enough to survive this invasion. City Hall Whenever “design” is imposed on people has no right to do this for any reason. With in a manner that does not make sense, they the exception of the DA's office and the will rebel. There is no doubt that even with police department, which are doing their the rising crime and other serious problems jobs despite a lack of support on all fronts, the police are dealing with, they will now the government is not functioning. The big be expected by City Hall to take actions to bad wolf is running the show while the stop people (out of frustration) from sheep are herded out of the way with no say making “illegal” turns and driving in a bus- about the things affecting their daily lives. only lane imposed by a “design” which is The existing bus routes on Central are not responsive to our lives and our use of currently served by oversized, out-of-scale, Central Avenue. Albert Einstein once said, graffiti-covered (the City calls this "Our age can best be characterized by the “advertising”) buses running mostly empty. phrase; perfection of means—confusion of You can verify this by visiting one of your aims.” ART is a great example of what he favorite restaurants (if it's still open) on meant. Central where you will see bus after bus Bart Prince with few or no riders! So why change the Architect a SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 4, 2017 WEEKLY ALIBI [5] Christopher R. Sedillo Democrat Dateline: California A stolen mannequin was returned to its ODDS rightful owners with $200 and a strange note.