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A feeling of familiarity always comes over me when I escape from the cold and the rain into the warmth and comfort of the Tam O'Shanter. Maybe it's because I grew up in Scottish pubs. Maybe it's because my mother's house is decorated exactly like the interior of the Tam O' Shanter, as is my brother's house, as is my own den (I have managed to contain all of the Scottishness in one room of the house by sheer willpower). Oh, sorry, am I babbling? Have I mentioned how strong the drinks are?

For the past two weeks Councilmember Tom LaBonge has been proudly welcoming visitors to the 12th Annual LADWP Holiday Light Festival at Griffith Park, announcing with a straight face that this year's Festival demonstrates the DWP's commitment to a "Greener LA." Tom deserves credit for maintaining a straight face as he makes this outrageous claim because this Festival is far from Green! Granted, there is a lighting display at the entry that clearly states "DWP...

1. 3rd Street and Burnside Avenue, at Park La Brea

One of the best traffic flow ideas LA ever had were those rush hour parking restrictions that keep cars from stopping on major streets during peak hours. All around the city, on streets like Ventura, Wilshire, Pico and Los Feliz Boulevard, the rightmost lane of traffic turns from a parking lane to a driving lane from 7 to 9 am and 4 to 7 pm. These restrictions help keep traffic moving at times when it's at its most headache-inducing. The problem is, they only work if they're enforced. And too often, they're not. That's because there are plenty of arrogant and entitled jerks out there who ignore the signs, and the LAPD usually turns a blind eye or lets the jerks off with a ticket and just allows the rest of us suffer.