While the debate is raging over whether the people of Queensland should erect a statue to the late Joh Bjelke-Petersen, you may not have noticed that there’s already a shrine to current premier and self-confessed “media tart” Peter Beattie on the very busy scramble crossing at the intersection of Edward and Adelaide Streets in the CBD. It would be a great pity if the otherwise commendable traffic-light control box beautification scheme was allowed to be politicised.