• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    could’ve been replaced by bicycle racks, apartments, and parks.

    We did actually have a ton of public racks and even rental bikes installed under Mayors White and Parker. Turner kinda neglected them. Then, over the last year, John Whitmire tore them all out again.

    I’ll also note that the Main Street light rail has created a boom in apartment housing along its length. South of downtown was basically a slum until the rail was installed. Now it’s a bunch of 8+ story apartments and a few high rises with shopping/restaurants on the first floor.

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      Then I hope Whitmire gets ran over by a car. Hope he plucks the sour fruits of his own policies.

      Reading more on him and he sounds like an ass. No AC for inmates in hot summers… then he’s a criminal himself for making people die. Maybe he should undergo a lack of AC himself.

      He also seems awfully willing to lock people up, instead of actually making the situation better by ending his own life.