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In a fight that's been around for a while, Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd) is waging a new battle to reduce the number of honorary drives the city bestows on its streets. According to the Sun-Times:
Fioretti says firefighters worry that a person reporting an accident in a strange neighborhood may call 9-1-1 and give the wrong street because they're looking at the honorary sign. Mayor Daley had voiced the same concern, though he has said the designations are the exclusive purview of each of the 50 aldermen.Another problem is deciding who gets the signs. A family who has lived on a block for generations may get an honorary sign -- which angers another family who has also lived on the block for generations, Fioretti said.
"There are a lot of city resources devoted to putting up these signs," Fioretti said. "It's wasteful."
Fioretti isn't the only one who's tried to curb the number: the Sun-Times points out that Ald. Tom Tunney (38th), who chairs the city council's transportation committee, has tried to do so several times but the street signs proved too popular amongst other council members, especially as a way to appease residents and accumulate for clout.
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Fioretti says firefighters worry that a person reporting an accident in a strange neighborhood may call 9-1-1 and give the wrong street because they're looking at the honorary sign.
Are people really this dumb, that they'll look up at the two street signs, one green and one brown and say there's a fire on "Honorary Frankie Knuckles Way"? *sighs*: Yes.
That's evolution at work. Too dumb to know your street, too dumb to pass on your genes.
That's evolution at work. Too dumb to know your street, too dumb to pass on your genes.
None of the older signs has the word "Honorary" on them.
That's a recent addition, maybe two years at the most.
And I have seen locations where the real street sign has been stolen & only the honorary one was left.
Marcus - Tom Tunney is the Alderman of the 44th Ward. Tom Allen is the Alderman of the 38th Ward.