Lindsey Crane, co-author of Limericks in the Time of Trump, asked her three co-authors for 5-liners commemorating a recent political victory in her hometown, Lafayette, California. Developers (with the mayor's approval) had wanted to take out hundreds of trees and drastically increase traffic congestion. The local utility company, Pacific Gas & Electric, also supported the plans.
Lindsey's group, "Save Lafayette," protested vigorously on street corners and waved placards in support of its city council candidates, including Ivor Samson and Susan Candell. The campaigning worked, as three people from the group are now on the 5-person council and the mayor lost!
OP534. Steve Benko supplied this excellent one:
A developer's marionette
On the council was making us sweat.
We made signs and cars honked,
Then we went home and bonked,
For we'd saved our dear town, Lafayette.
I sent this:
Mayor Tatzin, that nasty conniver,
Was as tricky as Angus McGyver.
We'll save each Deer Hill tree
From mean PG&E,
Thank goodness for Susan and Ivor!
Our 4th author, Zelda Dvoretzky, has yet to weigh in.
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