Inaugural Post

I have been motivated to begin to blog given the swift changes that have been occurring in the United States in recent days.  After hearing President Obama speak of his proposal to begin offshore drilling after three decades, I am appalled by his audacity to claim that the U.S. needs to rely more on "homegrown fuels and clean energy" when really what is the core issue of minimizing energy consumption altogether.  A definite unpopular issue, but critical to the future of our cities and the country.


This week has also sparked the end of the first transit system that I have heard halting service because of the economic crisis.  Clayton County, Georgia transit system is no longer functioning, while people are stranded figuring out how to get to work and school in an around Atlanta's suburbia is disheartening.  The urban poor and forgotten in this case, when really, the fundamental right of access is being violated all in the name of a global economic crisis.


These were two events that were fundamentally pivotal in the conception of the blog.  I look forward to posting thoughts on events happening in and around Los Angeles and beyond.  I am excited that this is the beginning of a new project, called thoughtful urbanism.