From The Roundup (emphasis added):
| The governor's stagecraft reached another peak yesterday, as he presided over the filling of a 10-by-15-foot pothole to illustrate his commitment to transportation programs. The twist is that a San Jose City Crew had dug the hole a few hours earlier. (For more information, see metaphor) The Chronicle reports: "[Nick] Porrovecchio and his business partner, Joe Greco, said that at about 7 a.m. they became fascinated watching "10 city workers standing around for a few hours putting on new vests," all in preparation for the big moment with Schwarzenegger. But their street, he noted, didn't even have a hole to pave over until Thursday morning." They couldn't find a real pot hole anywhere? Maybe this study could have helped. Anyway, back to the Chronicle story... "'They just dug it out,' Porrovecchio said, shrugging. 'There was a crack. But they dug out the whole road this morning.' 'It's a lot of money spent on a staged event,' said Matt Vujevich, 74, a retiree whose home faced the crew-made trench that straddled nearly the whole street. 'We still have the same problems. Everything's a press conference.'" |
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