EDITORIAL PARK THIS PLAN.THE battle to save Woodridge Park from becoming home for a sewer-construction project shows that government generally takes the path of least resistance Noun 1. path of least resistance - the easiest way; "In marrying him she simply took the path of least resistance" line of least resistance fashion - characteristic or habitual practice , no matter the cost to the public. The city, wisely planning for its future sewer SEWER. Properly a trench artificially made for the purpose of carrying water into the sea, river, or some other place of reception. Public sewers are, in general, made at the public expense. Crabb, R. P. Sec. 113. and water needs, wants to run a new sewage Sewage Water-carried wastes, in either solution or suspension, that flow away from a community. Also known as wastewater flows, sewage is the used water supply of the community. It is more than 99. line from Toluca Lake to Glendale and has designated two potential locations for a shaft: the well-used Studio City Park or a Caltrans maintenance yard about 150 yards away. Hmmm. Close a neighborhood playground and park for four years, or use a nearby maintenance yard that no doubt already has unpleasant smells emanating from it from time to time. Seems like an easy call. But dealing with another government agency, let alone a state agency, isn't as easy as trampling on the interests of ordinary people, so officials saw destroying the city-owned park as the best solution. This is an example of everything that is wrong with government. How misguided mis·guid·ed adj. Based or acting on error; misled: well-intentioned but misguided efforts; misguided do-gooders. mis·guid could officials be to even consider ruining one of the few public city parks because it was the most convenient way to get the basic job done? Hats off to the children and families who came out Monday to protest this proposal. Only that kind of grass-roots organization can stop the massive bureaucracy from the insanity insanity, mental disorder of such severity as to render its victim incapable of managing his affairs or of conforming to social standards. Today, the term insanity is used chiefly in criminal law, to denote mental aberrations or defects that may relieve a person from of bulldozing over the parks - and the rights - of the public. |
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