The late U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill coined the phrase "all politics are local." For me that translates to the state of disrepair of the sidewalks in my neighborhood. Per my family physician's orders, I have taken walks after dinner. Twice in the past few years, I have seriously injured myself on grossly misaligned sidewalks. The offices of Councilman Stanly Chang and Trevor Ozawa have been very responsive to my concerns about this deteriorating infrastructure. I have not gotten a similar response from City government. The horrendous treatment of my council member Trevor Ozawa by Jesse Broder Van Dyke, Kirk Caldwell's Communication Director, displays the arrogance inherent in the administrations of Kirk Caldwell and Mufi Hannemann.