March 26, 2009
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The Daily News
1 Riddle me this: How izzit that that 17,000 poop that passes for art downtown somehow gets saved, but that the city of Sannozay is getting rid of the yellow lights that mark the city?2 I first heard about it on February 11, when I saw this article in the Merc News:
http://www.mercurynews.com/columns/ci_11671679
3 That's like tearing down Henry's and turning it into a fern bar.
4 Pretty much a lot of the history of San Jose is the tearing down of things that could have made it more unique.
5 I won't go too much there because that's for another day and for another DN, but last night I drove around for a bit and looked up at the yellow lights.
6 They were all yellow.
7 Jose and I used to call that color San Jose Yellow.
8 It had a name, AND it had a purpose.
9 The new lights coming in are costly and will be white.
10 Evidently they can dim to 50% anytime the Lick Observatory is doing any observing.
11 Isn't that, well, all the time?
12 Evidently they could turn the lights yellow if they want to also.
13 The entire idea makes no sense.
14 If you're going to rob the city of something, get rid of the poop downtown.
15 It's history is quirky and embarrassing anyway, when the artist bamboozled the town. He got tired of all the restrictions and guidelines and everything having to do with the project and eventually unveiled that large turd, and everybody thought it was somehow cultural.
16 The guy left it there on the lawn and skipped town.
17 Tell me.18 I love my town but sometimes it is certainly the City that Don't Know How.
19 Anyway, it isn't even about that abomination.
20 It's about changing the lights.
21 It's just a dumb idea.
22 If you go up in the hills and look down, the town twinkles like a jewel.
23 I like the yellow lights. San Jose Yellow.
24 It makes the place unique, and gives it flav-uh.
25 Ah, vell.
26 Just one guy's opinion I guess.
27 Think I'll go now.
28 Thursdeeez are long.
29 Just wanted to get my two bits in.
30 Live life, love life.
31 Peace.
~H~
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