Poor urban planning is something we can accuse our city officials of, who are plagued by some kind of edifice complex, bad taste and, worst of all, bad stewardship of the city’s monies. They are so into sticking the sorriest businesses and ugliest buildings onto the Baguio landscape polluting our vision with ugliness.

Don’t get me wrong, the more holidays the Philippines has, the more money Baguio City makes because we always get a healthy volume of tourists the minute a long weekend is announced. But recent proposed legislation caught my eye and I cannot say I agree with it.

There! An ugly photo, finally, of my beautiful city! Because one of the things that ruin our landscape is the sight of those electricity wires attached to tall wooden poles (in some cases, the poles are made of cement) in front of our houses, our businesses with hundreds of wires sticking out and going in different directions. Some of those poles are supported by steel wires that are attached to the sidewalks so that the poles will not fall.