A Dangerous City

I am saddened to hear of another murder in Nashville- this one on the street right across from a police headquarters in downtown Nashville. This city's progressive mayor devotes ample resources to making Nashville "green", including spending millions on nominal bicycle lanes in front of and near my home (I say nominal because only the most intrepid cyclists will ride in lanes where automobiles right beside them routinely speed well over fifty miles per hour in our already dangerous for bikers 45 MPH zone). We have ample resources for Mayor Karl Dean's flight of environmental fancy on pedal power but no where near enough to hire a sufficient number of police to protect one of our major tourist hot spots within eye shot of our professional football stadium or even for traffic enforcement to make it safe for Harding Pike dwellers to exit their own driveways without making pulling your vehicle out a take your life in your own hands adventure.