As long as it doesn’t block any traffic! Heaven forfend!
Will Wynn‘s office sent out a rather WATB-esque (that’s for you, proofers) press release speaking to his assholishness involving a traffic delay Downtown, which came to light in today’s Statesman. (They’ve been on quite a tear over there lately!)
Traffic! Downtown! Who would’ve thought! It’s almost as ludicrous as his hang-wringing over the sound ordinance expansion – never mind that if he crams his 10,000 additional Austinites down there, it might get a little crazy and congested. But I mean really, come on. You live how many blocks away from City Hall? Four?
At least he didn’t put his hands on anybody. Ugh. Here goes:
Statement Regarding the Blocking of Traffic on West Fifth Street
Regarding the story in today’s Statesman, I want to confirm that, yes, I was angry about the illegality of what I witnessed, and I was even more angry about the complete disregard for Austin motorists – shutting down all four lanes of inbound traffic on West Fifth Street literally at the height of morning rush hour, and impacting thousands of cars.
Did I use some rough language? You bet I did – and if I offended the sensitivities of those construction workers, I’m sorry about that. (Because construction workers are uncivilized brutes without any feelings! – ed.) But you can be sure that if I see thoughtless, illegal activity like that, I will not stand idly by.
There is no bigger proponent of downtown revitalization than I, but while this construction is going on people are going to play by rules. It’s what our citizens expect and deserve. To that end, I’m told the Monarch later paid their fine and assured us this would never happen again.
This article appears in November 23 • 2007.