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PubliCola Comment of the Day Goes To…

News   December 22, 2009 at 4:59 pm Josh Feit

… Olympia-area State Rep. Brendan Williams (D-22) who seconds Planned Parenthood Political Director Dana Laurent’s PubliCola op/ed today with some high-minded political philosophy:

6. Brendan Williams says:

Dana is absolutely correct. By choosing to elevate a simple procedural rule (the filibuster) over the interests of the American people, including women’s rights, even supposed advocates for those rights in the Senate have revealed that what really matters to them is the pomp-and-circumstance of their roles — not doing the right thing. Regrettably women’s rights are treated as expendable in political dealmaking. To concede the inevitability of this in this case is to elevate form over substance.

12/22/2009 at 3:45 pm

UPDATE: This just in as a serious runner up.

Re: Today’s Morning Fizz item that Vespa-riding/panhandling-crackdown Seattle City Council member Tim Burgess wants to make scooter parking free.

10. Fat-tailed says:

Funny, I’m far more bothered by middle-aged men on Vespas than I am by panhandlers.

12/22/2009 at 5:01 pm




  • http://www.womenhealthline.com/ women’s health tips

    Really good post. The content of your blog is always good and worthy of reading.

  • Giffy

    Until that procedural rule is needed to protect women’s rights or to stop the next Robert Bork.

    The use of filibusters has certainly gotten out of hand in the Senate, but I would not be so quick to subvert them since majorities are fleeting…

  • Giffy

    Until that procedural rule is needed to protect women’s rights or to stop the next Robert Bork.

    The use of filibusters has certainly gotten out of hand in the Senate, but I would not be so quick to subvert them since majorities are fleeting…

  • eric

    Bravo to council member Burgess. Other cities that have made scooter and motorcycle parking cheap or free have seen dramatic increases in commuters on motorcycles and scooters and associated reductions in congestion. Besides, there isn’t a hybrid car around that can top the mileage of a Vespa.

  • eric

    Bravo to council member Burgess. Other cities that have made scooter and motorcycle parking cheap or free have seen dramatic increases in commuters on motorcycles and scooters and associated reductions in congestion. Besides, there isn’t a hybrid car around that can top the mileage of a Vespa.

  • Giffy

    You know what about replacing a spot or two here and there with a bunch of poles that could be used to chain up scooters or bikes (motorized and otherwise). You could probably fit 6 stalls for every car space. Something like this:

    ___…___
    ___…___

    With stalls marked off around each pole.

    It seems like it would be pretty cheap to mount poles in the street and would make scooter parking a lot more efficient and secure.

  • Giffy

    You know what about replacing a spot or two here and there with a bunch of poles that could be used to chain up scooters or bikes (motorized and otherwise). You could probably fit 6 stalls for every car space. Something like this:

    ___…___
    ___…___

    With stalls marked off around each pole.

    It seems like it would be pretty cheap to mount poles in the street and would make scooter parking a lot more efficient and secure.

  • http://www.womenhealthline.com/ women's health tips

    Really good post. The content of your blog is always good and worthy of reading.

  • http://www.womenhealthcenter.net/early-signs-of-pregnancy.html Signs of Pregnancy

    Other cities that have made scooter and motorcycle parking cheap or free have seen dramatic increases in commuters on motorcycles and scooters and associated reductions in congestion.