Just opened my mail. One electricity bill, an offer of a free pizza from Domino’s and three personal letters from Clover Moore MP, Lord Mayor of Sydney.
Clover’s a bit of a gay icon here (there’s a slightly faux Mrs Madrigal vibe to me) and she does know how to send out a good pamphlet, the latest touting a proposal to establish the Bourke Street Bicycle Route. It runs north-south right through the middle of Gayland – Taylor Square, in fact – a daunting fact that is strangely absent from all the reassuring statements and illustrations.
How on earth cyclists and heaving traffic will cope with that is a bit boggling. Then there’s the fact that a fairly wide section Bourke Street is actually Oxford Street’s (very busy) footpath and part of Taylor Square itself (right past the Oxford Hotel).
It’s the latest in a wad of grand civic visions Clover has been throwing around like $100 notes from the top of Town Hall. I love the idea of more bikes and parks and urban harmony but the fact that she’s up for re-election in September keeps slapping me back to reality.
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