Thursday, March 25, 2004
Blurb from Utne Reader on cool politician:
Enter Antanas Mockus, an eccentric mathematician and philosopher with no political experience...During his two terms as mayor of Bogotá (1995-97 and 2000-04) his initiatives focused living standards and on the sanctity of life, using creativity and humor. To encourage Colombians skeptical of his ability to tackle the chaos and disorder of the city, he publicly donned a superman costume and renamed himself "Supercitizen". During a drought, Mockus appeared in a commercial taking a shower and asking citizens to turn off the water as they soaped --within two months, household water use was down 14% and is now 40% less than before the shortage. In a now famous move, Mockus hired 420 "traffic mimes" to gently mock people who break traffic laws." Traffic fatalities dropped by more than half, from an average of 1,300/year to about 600.
Enter Antanas Mockus, an eccentric mathematician and philosopher with no political experience...During his two terms as mayor of Bogotá (1995-97 and 2000-04) his initiatives focused living standards and on the sanctity of life, using creativity and humor. To encourage Colombians skeptical of his ability to tackle the chaos and disorder of the city, he publicly donned a superman costume and renamed himself "Supercitizen". During a drought, Mockus appeared in a commercial taking a shower and asking citizens to turn off the water as they soaped --within two months, household water use was down 14% and is now 40% less than before the shortage. In a now famous move, Mockus hired 420 "traffic mimes" to gently mock people who break traffic laws." Traffic fatalities dropped by more than half, from an average of 1,300/year to about 600.
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