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	Phil's Blogservations Wednesday, January 10, 2007 Posted by philgomes 9:33 PM Lessons From The City Of Los Angeles Lessons From The City Of Los Angeles This picture is from the corner of Pico and Hauser in Los Angeles. I drive up Hauser every morning on the way to work. Thanks to today's flat tire, I had time to appreciate this particular scene. You see... Just north of Pico, there's a recurring and persistent pothole. (Either that, or H.G. Wells' Morlocks from The Time Machine are finally making their move.) The hole gets to about 4"-8" deep before the city pours asphalt into it to even it out. Then the cycle begins again, usually in a matter of weeks. I predict the hole will hit magma by 2055. In any case, I quickly got used to slowly edging around the left of this pothole during my morning commute, especially after the first few bone-jarring, shock-absorber-testing encounters. After the most recent re-filling, however, the city apparently decided that they should simply point out the pothole. Thus, you now see this rather silly sign, pointing down and to the left, essentially saying "Look! A pothole!" On top of that, a sign showing a prohibition on trucks over 6,000 pounds. (Curiously, under the pothole-indicating arrow, there's a sign that apparently served no purpose other than giving kids something to tag.) Anyway... Feels to me that the City Of Los Angeles just kind of gave up, finding it easier to point out a flaw rather than fix it. You know... Conspicuously pointing out some kind of flaw or deficiency without really doing much about it. I won't belabor the obvious parallels to our industry and, specifically, how that industry comports itself online. Suffice to say, however, we should all be less about the pointing, less about simply filling the holes, and a helluva lot better at building roads. Technorati Tags: pr, public relations HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes[[dot}]com SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.