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Tom LaBonge Save Runyon Canyon

The other day I was asked, "can't you do something other than bitch?"

Really, all this site ever does is go on at length about our society's woes and other points of interest all with the same 'negative' slant. So I challenged myself to find new insight - I was going to stretch my way of thinking - I was going to put a new positive spin on SpeedMonkey... then my buddy came over with some really good hash... now...what was I talking about?

Oh right... writing inspirational, feel good stories.. Like this one -

Tom LaBonge, Councilmember, 4th Council District City of Los Angeles and his recent brainstorm of ripping up a natural park is one of those feel good stories I'm talking about...

Over the past few years, Runyon Canyon in Los Angeles has been the subject of a much heated debate "To Close or Not To Close." The 133 Acre park is the largest off-leash dog park in the city but recent complaints by wealthy home owners living near the park of dog feces and lack of parking have threatened the parks natural settings.

So - the best solution according to Tom LaBonge is to rip up the parks entrance, pave paradise and put up a parking lot. Oh but wait, according to Labonge the parking lot will be environmentally sensitive and will not be made of asphalt. Now I bet Tom got the same clever idea from George W. Bush when he spoke of building ice roads through Alaska when they come to destroy its natural beauty; "They'll simply melt away in the summer..."

Great Tom... so along with the new 85 car parking lot .. 85 cars.... HOLY PHUCK!!! All that green, all those years of tree growth, animal habitats.. it's worth 85 cars? Tom, here's an idea... why not try walking up the phucking hill? It's a park - people gather for excercise. From what I understand, the City is planning on putting in cigarette and soda vending machines and there will also be daily bus excursions to the summit.

So along with the cars will come a shit load of pollution, oil leaks, theft... garbage.. so really, it's more than just wiping out trees, grass and the animal's habitat. It's like a hanging thread, you start to pull at it, encroach upon it and slowly it creeps up on you until the parking lot needs to be bigger... so now that you've done it once, doing it a second time won't be that big of a deal.

Tom, why don't you let some of us come over to your place and knock down your backyard .. you know, it'll help the neighbors with parking.

Are you going to make sure that all of the current residents, the gophers, ground hogs etc.. will be notified before you crush their habitats? Before you tumble all the gorgeous trees are you going to make sure that all of the nests are moved? Ahh phuck it right? I mean after all Tom, it's only wildlife. You can see plenty of wildlife at the zoo.. you know, the zoo - right across from that huge open spaced golf course?!

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