The business of democracy and civic responsibility has brought with it a tidal wave of clutter. In Sheung Wan, as Queen's Road East intersects with Queen Street, political parties have hijacked the safety railings with huge canvas banners appealing for votes. These elections took place ages ago.
On the banner is a photo of some grinning candidate, smiling no doubt at the prospect of a corner office in the new government offices in Admiralty.
I think I'm going to cut these down. Will this be littering? I don't think so, as it was the politicians who stuck them there in the first place.
Further along Queen's Road, the good citizens of Hollywood Terrace have placed a street blockade in front of an elevator. A petulant notice stuck on the door of the lift two years ago points out that the elevator was a gift to the community, allowing Sheung Wan people easy access from Queen's Road up to Hollywood Road. However, it adds that they couldn't get advertising or sponsorship, so it is shut down and you can take the vertiginous staircase of about a hundred stairs instead.
What mean-spiritedness by the elites of Hollywood Terrace, one of the swankiest blocks in the neighbourhood. They obviously don't see themselves as part of a functioning community with old folk and people with prams.
If this elevator was in service, it would alleviate the need for a new escalator in Sai Ying Pun. Instead it stands like Ozymandias' forgotten monument.
It's the simple things like these that help the environment and the community. We all know that, despite our chief executive being filmed slapping his thighs and declaring that his people are not happy about pollution, Guangdong factories are going to keep pumping out clouds of murk. The good news is that, if the toxic filth continues to coat our city, we won't be able to see our political poster boys.