look both ways (or meanwhile, just outside my front door....)

I found out about this today while riding on the elevator. It was posted in the updates as a "Safety Alert". The rummage sale, however, is still the lead item; this was second to the last. These priorities just seem wrong.

B tried to console me saying that perhaps they didn't want to overwhelm people. But I think that one should be overwhelmed if it isn't safe to walk across the street outside your front door. Especially when you consider that they are trying to make this a town in which its residents can walk across the street and shop, eat, catch a movie, or hang out.

I want to do something, but I am not sure what.

from MSNBC
EMERYVILLE, Calif., 7:09 p.m. PST January 14, 2003 - Police are asking for help in finding the suspect in a deadly hit-and-run crash in Emeryville.

The accident happened Saturday on Christie Avenue, near Powell Street in Emeryville. Peter Palmquist was crossing the street with his dog when he was hit by a car.

He died two days later.

Police say the driver stopped for a moment, then pulled away.

At a news conference Tuesday, Palmquist's fiancee pleaded for help in finding the suspect. "Our family is very sad. We want to get this person out from behind the wheel so it doesn't happen to anyone else," she said.

Police are looking for a light-colored Mercury Sable or Ford Taurus, probably with front-end damage. Anyone with information is asked to call the Emeryville Police Department.