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Colorful foggy Fourth

What did they think was going to happen?

I understand wanting to do something special for the 250th birthday of this great country. But having Fourth of July fireworks over the Golden Gate Bridge was ill-advised at best. The famous San Francisco fog is ever constant on the west side of the city, and like clockwork, it showed up yesterday fiercely as usual. What you expected to be something spectacular, turned out to be just a bunch of colored clouds.

What a waste! The organizer should have cancelled the fireworks soon as they learned of the antagonistic weather. Treat it like the Mavericks surf competition: if the waves aren’t humungous, the contest is suspended.

San Francisco should recoup the costs by installing more speeding cameras. Because they absolutely work to slow down insane drivers. Just today someone was tailgating me heavily as I was heading to my parents. The road opened up to two lanes, so the impatient driver moved over to pass. However, we were approaching a known speed camera section. Right on cue, even the mad driver slowed all the way down below the speed limit. It was amazing to see.

More of that, please. The stretch of 19th Avenue next to San Francisco State can definitely use a speed camera or three. Because every night I can hear cars and motorbikes treat that road like a timed drag strip. I’m trying to sleep here!

That one.