Sentinel Staff Report–
This week’s Letters to the Editor discuss AI mural concept designs, and the dangers of lack of street lighting on roadways at night.
City selling AI slop as mural designs? Yesterday I received an email from the city inviting me to vote for a city hall mural design. Four choices were presented, each one looking very much like it was generated using AI prompts, not humans.
I have two human daughters who are excellent at illustration and watercolor. I’m sure there’s at least several thousand human artists within the city limits. Why has Citrus Heights Arts chosen to provide only AI-generated choices for painting a mural? Are you not able to find any human artists in Citrus Heights to contribute four ideas for a mural that humans will paint, humans will pay for, and humans will look at?
–Aaron Tweeton, Citrus Heights
Too Dark: August of 2020 was my first night in my new home in Citrus Heights, I looked out the kitchen window and thought the neighborhood was having a black out. I was surprised to learn that there are no street lights on residential street. For the major roadway like Madison, the only lighting comes from the Fair Oaks side of the street. I worry about not seeing someone crossing the street and hitting them, it takes time to brake when driving the limit of 55, requiring you to scan and hope no one pops out. Lately I have been seeing E scooters and E Bikes blasting past intersections without stopping, and in the darkened streets you can’t see them approach.
On April 30th, I saw the motorcyclist killed at the bend before Home Depot. I felt so sorry for his family as I saw them gurney his body away. That corner is so dark, I don’t know the circumstances, but if not for the lights of CHP, I would never had seen the black cycle in the roadway as I approached that curve.
I know certain neighborhoods have purchased their own street lights. Is this the only alternative for Citrus Heights? Who decides where to install them? I have paid for street repairs in order to get something done in a timely matter, but paying for permanent lighting is a whole ‘nother thing. Thoughts?
–Jason Pulido, Citrus Heights
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