Editor,
As the official non-mayor of Carmel, I have joined with several other Carmelitarians to form a grassroots, activist, no-holds-barred organization, and I urge you to join.
We call our maverick rogue cabal Preserve Carmel’s Stoplights (SPL).
The SPL aim, we hold, is self-evident. That all intersections were created equal. That some were endowed with stoplights. That these few, these proud, these Carmel stoplights should, ought, can and must be preserved.
Out motto is equally self-evident: Save Our Stoplights (SOS).
Our poem is “Woodman, Spare That Tree.” Just substitute mayor for “Woodman,” and stoplight for “Tree.”
Join us if you have a heart for revolution, preservation or mild outrage.
Money is always needed. SOS is a non-profit, non-monetary, non-rational entity. But you can send your cash, check or money order to the Red Cross, to a hurricane relief group, to your church or to the city hall. Mark “SOS” in the itemization line.
It will do good, make you feel good and fling a futile message into the face of the roundabout juggernaut.
SOS, my friends. SOS.
Bill Shaffer, Carmel