Mayor Dahl Solves traffic here!

6/7/07

At the end of SC's Tues. June 5th
marathon city council meeting, where
the Pacific Golf Club, on a reversal of
mind by Councilman Norblock won the
right to take SC open-space for more
housing aka more traffic on Pico, Mayor
Dahl explained to the city - on TV and to
the seated council-audience, his simple
remedy for Pico's traffic snarl. Don't drive
there. Do what our 'retired' fireman / mayor
does at 7:30 a.m. when poor Pico is packed
with commuters - sleep in.
And at 3 p.m. (mayor's nap time?) when
Pico is again packed. Just don't go there.
Do what our savvy retired Mayor does -
drive Pico, only at off-hours. He went on
to wonder out loud, "Why anyone takes
major arteries is a mystery." I assume
he means freeways and ironically his
favorite traffic venue - OC toll roads?
As SC's TCA-rep Mayor Jim is perked
a TCA free-pass, so maybe he doesn't
mean Toll Roads. Otherwise his TCA
bosses are going to be livid. It's probably
all those "other" major traffic arteries he's
advising us to - Don't Drive At Rush-Hour.
Problem solved. Bring on the houses!
No more Pico traffic jams. Heck, no
more traffic anywhere. Now we know
why he's Mayor. He's smart.