Cosmetic San Diego and the US Open

The US Open Golf Tournament is going to happen at Torrey Pines in a week or so. I ride my bike through there every day and the cosmetic changes have been dramatic. For a bunch of fat, rich white guys the city (which can't seem to fix the pothole in our neighborhood streets) have somehow:

• Repaved a good portion of the road leading up the Torrey Pines grade of the coast highway
• Repainted all of the lane markers and bicycle lanes
• Cleaned off all the nearby roads (including the bike lanes, which they never gave a crap about before)
• Pruned all of the trees along the coast highway within a quarter mile of the golf course
• Blown new ground cover on to all of the medians and roadsides
• Carved an access road between the coast highway and the eastern side of the golf course (it would have taken an act of congress and an environmental impact statement to get this done for any other reason)
• Actually manned the ranger access station to the Torrey Pines Beach parking lots and beach access - in the 6 months I have been riding the route I have never before seen a human anywhere near the structure

Its remarkable what an influx of fat cats can do in motivating the city to actually do something. I'm certain it will fall into disrepair once they all leave.