Because we love a good fight
Every month, it seems, there is a new cause célèbre, another matter of future-defining consequence to deal with. Sometimes it actually is something worth arguing (the Trinity River project, the convention center hotel) and sometimes it just feels that way at the time (renaming Ross Avenue after Cesar Chavez, the orientation of the Lakewood Whole Foods). The issue at hand, of course, never really matters. We just love to pick a side, dig a trench, and start lobbing grenades. And then do it all again next month.
