2 Weeks AgoLast year, at 2 a.m., a drunk creamed my old Taurus in front of the house, the impact pushing it 15 feet onto the sidewalk, a total loss. I live on Thorndyke, above Interbay, the low-rent side of Magnolia. The drunk sped West to the rich side of the hill. He was later charged with DUI and hit and run.I sent a message to City Hall, asking the transportation department to reconsider its annual rejection of my request for a slow sign at the corner. Just one measly sign for the neighborhood. Cars come up an incline and tear around the blind corner skidding almost on two wheels. Pedestrians with kids leap to safety. Cars have collided. Horn-blowing near-hits are a daily event. Don’t need a slow sign, the city said, as it has been saying for five years.Two weeks ago, around 10 p.m., a drunk creamed my front yard. He missed the corner altogether and roared up over a two-foot rockery and into a tree, breaking it in half. He left a good part his Mercedes front end on the sidewalk and up my tree. He sputtered off to the West on two flat tires – leaving behind his license plate. He is now charged with DUI and hit-run. I sent City Hall a slow-sign reminder. Now? I asked. What does it take? No action until someone dies? Answer: No sign for you! This morning, at 2 a.m., a drunk, presumably, creamed my replacement Taurus in front of the house, the impact pushing it ten feet onto the sidewalk, about $3000 damage. He sped West. Police have not found him. He did leave behind some parts with serial numbers, which a cop took along. Dear City Hall: I know. We can’t have a slow sign. How about a wall?

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