Have a little fire, Scarecrow!

All you eye-glazed city staffers take note (we’re looking at you, Brewster): quit hitting your refresh button and get some fresh air. Specifically, if you head over to Sixth and Lamar, you’ll enter the land of Oz. Affordable housing advocates and Prop 5 proponents HousingWorks Action will be there from from 11:30am to 1pm and again from 4:30pm to 6pm in Wizard of Oz garb, letting prospective voters and befuddled drive-timers know “there’s no place like home.” Where else could you hope to see Mark Yznaga in pigtails and ruby slippers?

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