broad street

five points martha station and chicken-bone plaza, as brian dubbed the space--- quite the active public space with lots of people sitting around chatting---several vendors, too, selling sun glasses, t-shirts, and soft drinks---unfortunately virtually all of the people involved are black--- therefore, after much complaint from "the public," the "authorities" are all intent on "cleaning it up" by removing the seating----granted, the panhandlers and what some have characterized as the dregs of society can be a little tough to deal with first thing monday morning or on your way to lunch or whatever---but the police cruiser parked in the middle of the plaza sometimes is a little much----most of the people are doing what normal people do in a real city, unlike the faux city we have here---and i'm real tired of jim wooten (his remarks today were especially retarded vis a vis martha) and guest editorials, like we had today, from some suburbanite complaining about how bad and dangerous and nasty and inconvenient marta is and how they'll never ride it again, and blah, blah, blah, blah----"atlanta: the city too stupid to be ashamed"