I'd like to comment on the story in todays Strib about the plan to
widen Lake Street to 8 lanes, but I think there's a bigger story on Lake
Street that I noticed the other day while waiting for the bus.
I saw what looked like tattered, dirty rags hanging from
light-posts along the street. At first I thought they were air-quality
monitors, but I remember my City Councilman telling me that the air
quality monitors had been removed a while back.
A closer look revealed the colors and patterns of flags of various
nations. Somebody had the bright idea of hanging the proud symbols of
countries along one of the most pedestrian-unfriendly, polluted , truck,
bus and car-clogged streets in Minneapolis.
I fear we risk an international incident ...if a representative of
one of these countries (at least one, China is a nuclear power) learns
how we desecrated their flag with vehicle exhaust filth. How would we
react if Old Glory was treated this way?
On the other hand...if the plan goes forward and we increase traffic
on Lake Street, the resulting increase in air pollution will probably
blacken the flags with soot so thick, we won't have to worry about
upsetting the rest of the world ...and we will only have to worry about
our soot-blackened lungs.
Ken Avidor
Kingfield
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