Perspective

I thought I went out and got money to support my family but looking out the window I just realized I'm the support system for the bird bath under the loquat tree. The rest is incidental. Just ask a blue jay.

ORLANDO WALKS (over the disabled)

If you are one of the unlucky ones who got a door hanger predicting a sidewalk through your front yard on a residential side street, know that the city's stated justification is a lie. We have been informed that the unpopular and ironically named Orlando Walks program is not the city's fault. We should instead blame the disabled for yet another inconvenience. On the door hanger the city states “the sidewalk location is based on an effort to accommodate the Americans with Disabilities Act...” Some pr genius no doubt came up with this when the “public safety” excuse started to seem too silly.

The only problem with that is the ADA has absolutely nothing to do with residential sidewalks and the Public Works Department knows this. The act deals with access to public facilities, not people's houses. So there you have it again, even on this low level of government. They'd just rather lie to us even if the lie is hurtful to people. It's low down. It's dishonest. It's their default setting.