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[–] 56 points 7 months ago (5 children)

'arrested at 1:30am'

That was his mistake. Do it at 10am on a weekday with cones and a high vis vest and they wouldn't have noticed for a couple months.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    They didn't want people noticing that they arrested a guy who was trying to make the city a better place for free.

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  • [–] 41 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    There should really be a crosswalk law where if a community petitions for a crosswalk they get it, even if they have to fund it themselves.

    Also if the visibility is bad they need to restrict street parking.

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  • [–] 26 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    For real. Did you see that hill halfway down the article? That's a completely blind street, that crosswalk is 100% necessary. Is the city planner's office reluctant to use the paint because they're all busy huffing it, or what?!

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  • [–] 23 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    that intersection needs a table or a hump, not just a stop sign

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  • [–] 44 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I would be proud af of that arrest record if I were that father.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    How dare you do free work! There are perfectly expensive contractors we could have paid with your tax money to do that if we gave a fuck!

    Seriously though the stop signs are a problem but the stripes? Fuck the city.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)
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    The charges include interfering with a traffic control device, grand theft, and vandalism exceeding $400, Sgt. Paul Saldana of the El Segundo Police Department said.

    Repaint a crosswalk? Sure. Fill a pothole? Yeah I get that. Putting up stop signs gets a bit iffy though. Duder shoulda ran for city council about it.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    While I think it's bullshit that the city seems to be continually ignoring these citizens concerns, this guy just taking it upon himself to install stop signs and other traffic signals is not ok.

    If he wants action he needs more than just a handful of his neighbors' signatures. The city is a political entity, you want action you need to go for the political jugular. Admittedly, a story in a large newspaper or online publication like this is one way to get that sort of attention, but an arrest is not going to help your case. In this age where video surveillance is easy to set up I would have set up a camera at the location and documented every single near miss and if the city ignored that I would have taken it to YouTube and a local news station with a super cut of near misses at that location.

    There are multiple ways of going about things like this, flouting the law is not the best.

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  • [–] 21 points 7 months ago*

    The city is a political entity, you want action you need to go for the political jugular.

    This is absolutely insane. No, residents should not have to "go for the political jugular" for something as basic as traffic safety improvement.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago*

    I, for one, appreciate this man engaging in the exact grassroots direct democracy that LA prizes. Sometimes, illustrating exactly where the system fails and where the people prevail is the right approach. He did everything right. And when the government failed, he took it upon himself to do the right thing.

    There is a kid that didn't get squished by a truck today. Why would I complain about that?

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  • [–] 25 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    He got the 50 signatures required for a study, the study just didn't meet the city's criteria for reevaluation. I couldn't be less interested in the validity of illegalism, root issue is that a community's concern isn't being addressed by their government. A smart rep would seize on this opportunity as an easy win.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    I disagree. Civil disobedience is a very effective way to get attention to situations that need it.

    And arrests can absolutely help your case. I recommend the book "A blueprint for revolution" by Srdja Popovic.

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