A Commute Worse Than Yours

Posted by Queuebot in Odd News on September 3, 2009 at 11:45 am

Two feuding French mayors have taken steps to make their constituent’s commute into Paris extra painful. The mayor of Levallois-Perret made D909 into a one way street to help reduce commuter traffic going through his district.  However, this created more traffic congestion in neighboring Clichy-la-Garenne.

The mayor of Clichy-la-Garenne responded in the obvious neighborly way of also making his district’s portion of the same street one way also -in the opposite direction!

Thousands of commuters travel through the two suburbs each day into Paris, and municipal and national police were called in to redirect traffic away from the gridlock.

Link – via npr

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Is the Mayor Living in Her Office?

Posted by Alex in Politics on December 23, 2008 at 2:50 am

Blanca Figueroa, the mayor of South El Monte, California, is one hardworking woman. In fact, you can often find her working in her office till the wee hours. Figueroa said that a mayor’s work is never done, but her fellow council members think that she’s actually living in her office!

"The mayor has been living at City Hall for the last eight months," said City Councilman Hector Delgado, who added of her office, "Does it look like a professional office or does it look like somebody’s bedroom?"

Delgado has been leading an effort to limit the amount of time Figueroa can spend at the office. He says he has surveillance video that shows Figueroa there at night, kicking back, cooking dinner and watching Mexican soap operas.

Kate Linthicum of The Los Angeles Times has the story: Link – via Super Punch

Photo: Nancy Pastor / LA Times

 
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