Overheard in The City

Jan 10, 2007 at 8:24 PM
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"Do you think they'll let black people build the central subway? Do you think the Chinese will stand by and let whitey get the work? ... It ain't politics that's crooked, politics is just an idea -- it's the people that are crooked."

-- Riding the 15 Third Street through the Dogpatch

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allaboutgeorge wrote:
Jan 11, 2007
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Can't we all just get along?

Jackson West wrote:
Jan 11, 2007
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The conversation was in the context of not hiring for the 3rd street light rail project from the neighborhoods it runs through, so while not eactly an aspirational statement, it was certainly a realistic appraisal of the situation.

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