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Agnos and other progressives rally for Olague
A string of prominent local progressive leaders today offered their support to Sup. Christina Olague – including former Mayor Art Agnos, who announced his endorsement of her in the District 5 supervisorial race – in a rally on the steps of City Hall.
In the process, many voiced a need to broaden and redefine progressivism as valuing independence and diversity of perspective more than just stands on specific issues, traits they said Olague embodies. But more than anything, the rally seemed aimed to consolidating progressive support around Olague as the best hope to beat moderate London Breed in one of the city's most progressive districts.
"District 5 is often referred to as the most progressive of San Francisco's supervisorial districts. It includes a diversity of views and opinions on how to meet the challenges all our communities face," Agnos said. "And it takes a supervisor who know how to listen, to hear and respect those differing views, while working for a resolution that moves us forward."
Sup. David Campos made only a veiled, indirect reference to the problems some progressives (himself among them) have had with some of Olague's stands since she was appointed to the job by Mayor Ed Lee, but he said, "Those of us who have worked with her know what's in her heart...She has been the independent person we always knew she would be and I'm proud to stand with her today."
Several speakers made reference to Olague's working class roots, her perspective as a Latina and member of the LGBT community, and her history of progressive activism in San Francisco. Cleve Jones, Gabriel Haaland, Sandra Fewer, and Sup. Eric Mar were among those there to offer support.
"It was a big give by the Mayor's Office to appoint someone who wasn't always going to agree with him," said Sup. Jane Kim, but that was about the only positive reference to the Mayor's Office, which turned on Olague after she voted to reinstate Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, setting the stage for her return to the progressive fold.
"To be a progressive is to share an ideology that understands and believes that the best decisions for our city require the participation of all of us, no matter who we are, where we live, or how big our checkbook is," Agnos said. "As with so many who have endorsed her, that progressive label says she is a politician who understand this fundamental truth."
SF Rising board member Alicia Garza kicked off the rally by saying, "We are here to set the record straight that the progressive movement is alive and well in San Francisco." Later, she praise Olague's history as a community organizer, saying that, "She understands deeply what it means to empower communities."
Sup. John Avalos, another supervisor who hasn't always agreed with Olague in the last nine months and just endorsed last week, commended her for the courage it takes to assert her values instead of simply supporting the mayor who appointed her. He said Olague recognizes that, "We live in a city of extremes, with extreme differences between the haves and have-nots."
Another new progressive endorsement, coming in the wake of one-time progressive favorite Julian Davis' troubles, was Quintin Mecke, who said he first worked with Olague on anti-gentrification issues 13 years ago. "I trusted her work then and I trust her work today," he said. Activist Lisa Feldstein – like Mecke, a former D5 candidate – echoed the sentiment.
"I'm here because I really trust Christina and want to fight for her," Feldstein said. "She comes from a place of integrity and compassion."
When Olague finally took the podium, she said, "I am humbled by the heartfelt words of my colleagues." She also tried to help define progressivism in San Francisco, said that it "isn't about a cult of personality."
Instead, she said it's about working to building people's capacity to create an inclusive and just city. "It's about building a movement that can weather any storm," Olague said, closing by saying she'll ensure "the progressive voice is always strong in District 5 and I'll keep working to make it heard until I'm blue in the face...I am the most progressive person in the race."
All aboard! The establishment train is leaving the station. This is the best we can do. Blah, blah, blah. Complete with all the second stringers they can round up.
We need a change. This is just the same old, same old. Profoundly dispiriting.
So these are the same people (many of them) who were having "serious concerns" about so-called "progressive" Olague before her vote for the current sheriff. And now because of that ONE vote, they can't gush about her enough. Talk about gullible, naive people. All it took was one major vote, huh? I'm sure the conservative mayor is pleased now. Art Agnos endorsing her? It really is hopeless. Cleve Jones also? That's not surprising since he recently crossed a "protest line" and the protest was in favor of the transgender flag flying at Milk Plaza and Jones sided with MUMC. Ugh. There must be something in the water.
To quote the other guest commenter ("Here's your smoking gun"): "Next time PLEASE investigate, instead of operating on hearsay. YOU LAZY BASTARDS.
doesn't clear anything up.
This is all a "he said she said" thing, all that hearsay well after the fact is a muddle.
I don't know dudes chances before this, but he is done now, the progressive "leadership" jumped ship. It's a shame that a persons career can be killed like that.
I do find a bit of irony in that it's progressive again getting the blowback from their own narrow dogmatic world view.
Any of Rizzo, Olague or Davis would make a fine supervisor, as I've said for months.
which just leaves Olague. And Breed, of course. Hey they're both "women of color" - that's usually enough for the SFBG.
Hilar. One night of drunken fumbling in college 25 years ago does not a bisexual make. This whole thing is a ridiculous show and progressives are falling for it hook, line and sinker. When will The Guardian get onboard?
"...many voiced a need to broaden and redefine progressivism as valuing independence and diversity of perspective more than just stands on specific issues..."
"Agnos said... it takes a supervisor who knows how to listen, to hear and respect those differing views, while working for a resolution that moves us forward."
It's really cool to see Progressives finally begin to employ some strategy. I live in D5 and Agnos is correct, there is a wide diversity of views held by the people in this district. Despite what some extremists believe, many of the more moderate D5 residents are open to having their assumptions challenged and to being persuaded to align themselves with a more Progressive agenda. Which is good, because Progressives will need those votes if they ever want to regain any of the power they pissed away.
But the tired old technique of shouting down any doubters and declaring anyone that owns property as "evil" is never going to work. Don't believe me? A lot of pretty moderate D5 residents voted for Ross, myself included. Why? Because Mirk listened to people's point of view whether they were Progressive or Moderate. Now, try and imagine these same Moderates, who voted for Ross, casting a ballot for someone like Marcos or lilli. Can you picture it? Me neither.
I know that San Francisco Progressives get really wrapped up in the romanticism of the revolutionary atmosphere, and that they've probably been susceptible to that fantasist bent ever since they first read the little red book of Mao-isms back in college, but being more willing to compromise is a winning strategy for the future of their party. The only time non-compromise works over the longterm is when the guys on your side are holding rifles.
Gag me, you voted for Ross and agree with Agnos? And SFBG is your bible, very loco.
I did indeed vote for Ross, just like a lot of other people did. And I do agree with Agnos, just like a lot of other people do. SFBG is my Bible? Not sure where you got that idea. Not only do I disagree with nearly all of the political stances, I disagree with nearly all of their music reviews, movie reviews, restaurant reviews, and art reviews. I don't like the ugly colors and the 80's-style graphics they use in their hooker ads either.
Actually, I was one of Ross' earliest supporters precisely because he was able to build unlikely coalitions that achieved much more than the shrill professional progressives who've been circling the drain for the past 8 years.
And I've advanced that approach on the MTA CAC that Ross appointed me to and to which Christina has since reupped my appointment.
The professional progressives hate me because I don't toe their dogmatic political line--that government is only here to address the needs of "the most vulnerable"--and the conservatives fear me because I speak below their loudshriekers about corruption to those they consider their base.
I do not labor under the misapprehension that a single member winner take all electoral seat is something that I'd want, at least not until there is a grassroots organization of average folks who can provide the political power to contest corporate dominance of politics. Otherwise, you're working 80 hour weeks to achieve a win every nine months, maybe. I'd rather garden.
Whoa hoe hoe! So Marc Salomon is sucking at the public teat..just like the nonprofits he loves to excoriate. No wonder he's all for Olague.
There is no teat, no sucking, it is a volunteer position on an area of public policy on which I've volunteered and amassed a degree of knowledge for the past decade. The only thing CAC members get is the equivalent of a fast pass so that we can see how the system performs or doesn't. I've built unlikely coalitions there that confound the usual suspects.
"...declaring anyone that owns property as "evil"..."
Reminds of the comment by Greg I just replied to on the Buck Tavern story. I'm not sure what hardcore "progressives" envision for real estate come the revolution, but I wish they'd just come out with it.
Payback for her vote to reinstate Ross, otherwise Olague's a joke. Just check all the SFBG articles prior to Olague reinstating Ross, on how big a joke Olague is.
Hey Julian, how's the view from under the bus that all your guidance progressives threw you under?
Unbelievable, isn't it? The "Progressives" have really lost me.
A string of prominent local progressive leaders today offered their support to Sup. Christina Olague – including former Mayor Art Agnos, who announced his endorsement of her in the world.
As the old saying goes.
Whether or not you think it is ok to have a man accused and convicted of abusing his wife and on probation as the Sheriff. Classy progressives, classy.
I spoke with a friend this afternoon and told him about this article. He continued, "I guess Ed Lee told Christina to vote to keep Ross as sheriff in order to guarantee her seat and his tool on the Board and he probably laughed his ass off saying that "progressives will be falling all over themselves endorsing you after your vote. The Suckers. Just like they helped put me in office as the 'caretaker mayor.' LOL. They fell for that too." Of course Lee and Christina would categorically deny this. That's a given. The conversation may have gone something like this: Uh Christina dear, Ed Lee here, you don't need to worry about your seat on the Board any longer. You'll keep the job. Just go ahead and vote to keep Ross as sheriff and I'll act all furious about it the next day and lambaste those who voted that way (it will all be a political act as usual, just ignore it). Because I'm going to make Ross' life as much hell as possible anyway, so you'll be helping me, Willie Brown and Rose Pak in many ways. Wink, wink."
My friend asked: What do you think? I said: I thought the exact same thing. Put nothing past a corporatist politician.
They decide this election, and not a handful of pundits, endorsers and political has-been's.
The voters aren't all sheep, you know?
As the Guardian has noted, with early voting and IRV it's impossible to tell how this election will shake out.
Steve Jones has lost all creditability as a progressive voice.
I am sorry that John Rizzo is not getting more attention. He is a hard worker and would be the best progressive vote on the Board of Supervisors. The pro-development forces have two candidates in the D5 race -- London Breed and Christina Olague. Don't forget that Christina voted for 8 Washington and voted for the re-appointment of Michael Antonini to Planning.
Come on, now. Our betters have this all figured out for us. Lisa Feldstein for the win!
Let's not be ungrateful.
I can hardly wait for the Guardian's revised D5 endorsement. Christina will be Number One! Christina will be Number One! Because, let's face it, the last nine months have been magical.
More pictures of Christina too, please! There isn't anybody else in the race!
I just read this article in Fog City Journal http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/5152/new-details-emerge-in-smear. It was a smear campaign against Davis.
Good reporting at FCJ. Tim and Steve if you had spent some time investigating the SF Weekly article that was done on Julian Davis, then you may not have accepted their article on its face value.
I like Luke and FCJ, but I respectfully disagree with the tack he's taken with that article, which implies with little support that Julian is being truthful and Kay isn't. I did most of our reporting on the allegations, and I've talked to several key sources that wouldn't talk to Luke, and I've corroborated that Julian hasn't been honest about his past behaviors or how he's handled them since then. I'm sorry to arrive at that conclusion, because Julian is a friend of mine, and I'm sorry that I can't be more transparent in my reporting because most of my interviews were off-the-record. Few people would want to put themselves out there the way Kay has, particularly if the ugly political climate we see in San Francisco these days. But to "make amends" is a two-way street, not something the male transgressor simply gets to claim, and it should be obvious to everyone that if that was true then this issue wouldn't have come up.
Is Aimee Ellis one of the "key sources" you talked to? Ellis lied when she spoke at the June 6 D5DC candidates meet and said that Davis was "fired from Senator Mark Leno's office for sexual assault." Leno wrote a letter denying the charge. He said, "Julian Davis did not leave my office related to issues of sexual harassment." So, she lied in a public forum. And apparently Ms. Ellis has had it in for Julian from day one of his campaign.
Did you bother to ask Kay if she went out with Julian after the (alleged) incident?
Tell your sources to stop hiding behind the "whisper campaign" and show themselves. This furtive backstabbing behavior is despicable. Man up, I say!
No, Aimee Ellis was not one of my sources, my focus was on corroborating incidents that she didn't witness. I interviewed two women with similar stories of unwanted, below-the-clothing physical contact from Julian from the same time period (during which I personally saw Julian regulary behaving in an overentitled and aggressive way toward women on many occasions, which already lent some credibility to the charges) and several sources who corroborated that they had told these same stories at the time, including to Julian himself, who denies even hearing about these stories until recently. The stories he's now telling about what he "apologized" and "made amends" for strained credibility initially, and they have changed in recent weeks to suit the new revelations. There was also an incident of aggressive and disrespectful behavior toward a woman that I personally witnessed, which Julian has misrepresented to me, also hurting his credibility. Since our endorsement, a third woman has also come to me with stories of inappropriate behavior toward her, and I have also heard from another source who corroborated Kay's account, all progressives who have no reason to try to sabotage Julian's campaign. Similarly, I have investigated suggestions of Kay's connections to other campaigns and I haven't found any evidence to support that view, which has been the true "whisper campaign" of late.
My reporting and Julian's refusal to be honest about what happened or to deal with these women in way that showed integrity and worthiness of the public trust caused us to lose faith in him, unfortunately. I have no desire to harm him any more than he's been hurt by this incident, so I won't say anything more about my reporting than I have here. But just as those who sought to deny Mirkarimi's bad behavior toward his wife (rather than acknowledging it and then going on to make the case that it shouldn't cost his family their livelihood) hurt the progressive cause, and so do those seeking to blame Kay for Julian's mistakes, which he was well aware of before he decided to undergo the scrutiny of running for public office.
and I believe you have responded to this story in the way you feel is most fact-based and fair.
I myself feel a bit uncomfortable having expressed doubt regarding Kay's story and having questioned whether her attainment of a city job is on the up-and-up; I wish I hadn't stated those doubts on such a stark basis at the least, and would like to provisionally express my sincere apology to her if I have been wrong.
That said, the story still looks like a smear.
I understand that Julian has sometimes acted badly, but the crux of the matter now seems to be whether he properly atoned for it, with the fact that he sought to legally enjoin her from telling the story being taken as proof that he did not. Right?
The problem for me is that there doesn't seem to have been any reasonable way for Julian to publicly atone. There doesn't seem to have been any way for him to have been less-than-perfect *six* *years* *ago* and still stand for election to an office for which he is a qualified and popular candidate.
I don't personally know the parties involved, but I look with great suspicion on this sort of eleventh-hour revelation. It really seems like an opportunistic exploitation of the division created over Mirkarimi's prosecution and suspension.
Also, just like the attacks on Ross, there seems to be some disagreeable component to the rhetoric being used.
This is part of a comment written on FCJ.
"Going into the Weekly story Julian Davis was the top progressive candidate in the D5. That's why he had to be taken down. These charges are 6 years old and were made by an educated, middle class member of the Lee administration with resources and political motive. The SF Weekly story failed to mention these two individuals went out together after the date of the alleged incident, a fairly odd occurence given the allegation. What was that about? Would such a fact complicate an otherwise one dimensional "hit?" Of course it would."
Is it true that, " these two individuals went out together after the date of the alleged incident...?"
If so, yes that is very odd. Just curious.
Steven, Tim,
You have done a terrible job answering even the most basic questions about this case. Your "key sources" are apparently too cowardly to come forward with their allegations. According to the law, the accused has the right to confront his accusers. Yet, you expect prog voters to throw our best candidate under the bus all on your say so, when we don't even know who's behind this attack. How can we judge their credibility? Or understand what's really going on behind the scenes if you refuse to reveal what you know? I think this is a disservice to the voters.
Well, we do know that one of your (probable) sources, Aimee Ellis, was caught in a blatant lie about Davis. And that Ms. Vasilyeva is a good friend of hers who also works with the city administration. We understand that politics is a blood sport in this town (remember the Ed Lee deception?). Not to mention that this is coming in the eleventh hour in a tight race.
As Ann Garrison pointed out, "Julian Davis also didn't have any power over Kay Vasileya. He was not her boss. She had no reason to fear filing charges or making a complaint to Chris Daly's campaign manager." And there's nothing wrong or illegal about sending a cease and desist letter if you honestly believe that your character is being defamed.
Here you are jumping on the bandwagon to call for Davis to drop out, all based on a whisper campaign. Is this your idea of fair dealing? Well, it's not mine, and it won't change my vote.
Julian Davis for Supervisor!!
I really don't get this - we forgive Christina for 8 Washington, Run Ed Run, Rose Pak fundraisers, Michael Antonini....But London Breed? Somehow she's the 'moderate' we can't trust
If progressives are going to require 100% from people (UNLESS they're already powerful and influential i.e. Mar on the Ross vote and 8Wash) we're going to find that we're on a small island in a city that needs to be the vanguard of progressive politics in this country, but can realize shades of grey in between our most fundamental pillars. There are things we need to be 100% on, and I think London is with us on them. She might not be at the Buck Tavern all the time, she might not be at cocktail parties with us all the time - but she is a woman of color from the projects who has been delivering services in D5 for years.
I just don't get why progressives think London is THE moderate in this race. I'd love the DCCC to endorse a full ballot - Breed (who has the votes), Olauge, Rizzo/Thea
Oh well....
Pretty simple. London is--and has always been--on the side of big money and big power. Yes, her life story is inspirational and I believe she would be committed to delivering services to the District in a patronage and paternalistic way. But she would always be there to grease the skids for the big guys. No question.
Much like Christina, actually--except Christina has sold out for the umpteenth time while London has never had anything to sell out (which, I guess, makes her cleaner in a way).
Interesting article in the Chronicle this morning. Ed Lee has not withdrawn his endorsement of Olague and Rose Pak calls her a friend. Plenty of whisper about lending aid to more moderate opponents, which is just absolutely blowing smoke. Pretty clear where the chips are. Once again, How many 8 Washingtons did Olague buy with her Ross vote? I'll bet Lee and Pak have a pretty good idea.
Good thing we will actually have an election.
Funny how this game being run on Julian is so eerily similar to that which was worked upon Sheriff Mirkarimi, but in the former case the powers decided we didn't need to have an election; they simply assumed it was enough to *assure* us voters that we'd have decided differently "if we knew blah, blah, blah."
Now in Julian's case, these same people are telling us what we are *going* to do. Same diff.
"Lee confidante and Chinatown power broker Rose Pak, who has endorsed Olague and raised thousands of dollars on her behalf, said she will continue to support Olague's campaign despite being disappointed by her vote.
"Do you stop talking to friends?" she asked."
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ed-Lee-in-rift-with-Mirkarimi-back...
@ Corroboration, Steven and the editoral board at SFBG by your comment posted on Oct 24 th 2:54 PM you knew about Davis's alledged mis-conduct with females. It does not make sense why the SFBG endorsed him.
A lot of your readers are wondering.
That hardly seems to equal him being declared "a top candidate." More like - wishful thinking.
when designed by one's opponents, it's a foregone conclusion what the results will be
Any he may want to release to buttress his claim to be a serious candidate?
disparaging him.
How interesting. Maybe I am a double-agent for Julian.
Other new stuff we haven't reviewed yet: the not-screened-for-critics-because-let's-face-it-these-movies-are-critic-proof Paranormal Activity 4, and Tyler Perry's first Madea-free enterprise in some time, Alex Cross.
They dated after this alleged incident??????
Is there any truth to that?
The Davis charges
"Don't know how many times I have to say this, but we did NOT know about Kay's allegations, or anything close to them, when we made our endorsement. When we found out -- and checked the story out pretty thoroughly -- we made a decision."
Posted by tim on Oct. 24, 2012 @ 3:08 pm
"There was also an incident of aggressive and disrespectful behavior toward a woman that I personally witnessed..."
Posted by steven on Oct. 24, 2012 @ 2:54 pm
He made a pass, at a woman, at a singles bar or at a party!
towards women is "making a pass."
Your sniveling excuses for this inexcusable behavior are shameful.
I doubt that all or even most women feel this way and that must drive you batshit crazy.
The likelihood of you knowing ANYTHING about how women feel, in particular about having their tits or asses grabbed against their will, is next-to-none.
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Officials in Louisa County are on the scene of a train derailment.
A spokesperson with the Louisa County Sheriff's Department said a train carrying gravel and clay overturned on Fredericksburg Avenue near Main Street around 10:00 a.m. Tuesday morning.
The train partly owned by Buckingham Branch Railroad and CSX was on its way to Doswell, Virginia. There were no hazardous materials on the four cars which overturned, or any of the other twelve forming the train.
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By RENEE FITE
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Local residents opened their holiday decorated homes to the public Sunday, while helping raise funds for a local nonprofit.
The Tahlequah Branch of American Association of University Women Christmas Tour held its annual Homes for the Holidays tour Sunday, drawing both local and out-of-town visitors.
AAUW member Sophia Sweeney was selling tickets at the host business, Vintage On Main.
"The community has a chance to get involved through this fundraiser," Sweeney said. "We use the money to fund student scholarships."
Sweeney, who hadn't taken the tour yet, said the Northeastern State University President Dr. Steve Turner's house was drawing a lot of attention.
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Another AAUW member, Irene Wickham was finishing her home tour so she could volunteer at the Goody Shoppe in the Turner home.
The shop featured cookies, mint fudge and an assortment of tempting treats from 50 cents to $5.
"It's fun to visit the houses and get ideas for decorating and remodeling," Wickham said.
It's a good fundraiser, too, said Wickham.
"People in the community seem to like it; they buy the tickets," she said. "People come from out of town, too."
Proceeds from the ornament sales and Goody Shoppe are also used for the organization's Woman to Woman Conference and to help support a girl at Girls State.
The newly renovated Blue Fern Bed and Breakfast was also drawing a lot of visitors, who admired the eclectic decorating style in the old home, now painted a vivid blue outside.
"It's such fun to open the house and get feedback from the community," owner Cordelia Dixon said. "I want Tahlequah to know we have a place if they have company or want a nice night out."
Amber George, Paula Burris and Karen Carey were traveling together and the Blue Fern was their first stop.
"We always come [on the tour]," said George. "We like to support AAUW and I love any home decorating."
Amber Cowan, AAUW member, was a hostess at the Cody and Kim Parker home.
"I like to see the different styles of the homes, varying decorating styles and when hosting, I enjoy the interaction with the community members," Cowan said, "And I enjoy getting to introduce so many people to AAUW."
Kim said they were happy to be asked to show their new home.
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On Saturday, April 27, New Albany High School students attended prom and after-prom festivities. Congratulations to the 300-plus New Albany students who attended after-prom. By choosing food, fun, games and music over other activities, you have set a great example for others to follow.
A special thanks to Vicki Lete and her group of volunteer parents for their work in organizing and hosting after-prom. Vicki, the other parents and the New Albany High School students brought after-prom back in a big way while creating a safe and exciting experience!
Lastly, many businesses and individuals in the community recognized the importance of this event and donated generously. After-prom would not have been such a success without your kindness and ability to see the big picture.
Congrats to all for promoting healthy activities for New Albany High School students and making our community a great place to live, work and play.
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We, Transformation Network, a Christian nonprofit organization specializing in work force development and staffing, want to publicly acknowledge the many contributions a local organization has made toward the success of our business.
Kathleen Crowley, senior director of business retention and expansion at One Southern Indiana, claims "doing business is all about making connections — connections to potential customers, ideas and funding." From our prospective, One Southern Indiana has been just that connector. They have aided in the establishment of our new office in Southern Indiana, and in providing us with a personalized approach that has allowed us to accomplish in weeks what would have taken us months, if not longer.
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Thank you Kathleen and to your entire team at One Southern Indiana. We applaud your efforts and your encouragement.
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Nathan Vasher, a former Pro Bowl cornerback with the Bears who was cut by the Chargers at the end of training camp, has been signed by the Lions, according to the Detroit News.
The Lions allowed 362 passing yards in Week One and will look to Vasher to help plug some leaks in the secondary. Vasher played six seasons in Chicago, starting 46 games and making a Pro Bowl appearance in 2005, when he had a career-high eight interceptions. He recorded only one INT in each of the past three seasons, a reason he fell out of favor with the Bears' ball-hawking approach.
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I write about biz dev and entrepreneurship.
One of the biggest problems in business development, partnerships, and sales is managing your pipeline. A close second is managing, tracking, and keep up to date with your email inbox. I've tried many tools to help both issues but each has had its shortcomings. About a week ago a friend tipped me off to a company called Yesware, a tool for salespeople that tracks emails, create templates, CRM sync, and more. With his endorsement I immediately added it to my business and personal Gmail accounts.
My inbox was transformed into a hyper-aware entity. As my day commenced I started to realize that I was getting smarter by the minute. That really important email I sent in the morning to a team member was still sitting in their inbox, unopened. I decided to head over to their desk to talk about the important matter I had emailed them about. Efficient, smart, and useful. I've only been a user for a week, but I've already upgraded to a paid account.
Yesware was founded in 2010 by Matthew Bellows (CEO and photo above), Cashman Andrus (CTO) and serial entrepreneur Rajat Bhargava, who sits on their board. In April 2012, Yesware raised a Series A of $4M from IDG Ventures and Golden Venture Partners (alongside Google Google Ventures and Foundry Group that participated in their $1M seed round in 2011). During this time, the Yesware staff has grown to 17 employees, and users have increased from 5,000 to more than 120,000+. There are also a few high quality customers using Yesware, including: Groupon Groupon, GoodData, Xactly, HubSpot, Brightcove Brightcove, Adroll, Demandforce, and Cloud Sherpas.
After playing around with the tool, I sent my praise to the Twitter-sphere and connected with the CEO, Matthew Bellows. I had a chance to ask Bellows a few questions about his business, the future of sales, and other tools to help you become awesome at business development/sales/partnerships.
Alex Taub (AT): Where do you think the future of sales is going?
Matthew Bellows (MB): Sales is at the start of a quiet revolution. It's being driven by several factors: the broader availability of information, a more aggressive lean-forward approach to purchasing, higher expectations for enterprise quality software experiences, and more process-driven tactics to running sales teams. When customer behavior, customer expectation, and internal management processes are all in flux, it's a very interesting time to be in sales. As a meditation teacher once said, "Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news."
AT: What is the most interesting thing you've learned since starting Yesware?
MB: As a salesperson, I started Yesware thinking that my ability to sell was going to be a defining factor in our success. In fact, our board members really had to hold me back from selling in the early days. They knew, and taught me, that before the product was actually ready, it's counter-productive to sell. I wrote a blog post about the experience here). Overall, the role of the product, especially in the enterprise world, has gotten more and more important. In the old days, a great sales and marketing organization could make up for a mediocre product. That's changing now, and traditional enterprise companies are struggling because of it. I think that's one thing plaguing Microsoft Microsoft. So I've learned that product is central to marketing and central to selling, as well as central to the customer experience. That's a big shift from how B2B companies traditionally operate.
AT: Where does mobile fit into your roadmap?
MB: We get asked this question every day, and it's always on my mind. In the long term, Yesware will be everywhere a salesperson is. If you are working on email, Yesware is there for you now. If you are making phone calls, Yesware should be there for you. If you are on the road, Yesware should be there to help you close more deals.
The thing is, we're a small team delivering an enterprise-grade product to almost 150,000 salespeople all over the world. We've bitten off a lot by integrating Gmail and Salesforce, helping salespeople close while exposing customer response data to their teams. So we haven't gotten to mobile yet. But we will. I promise.
AT: What other tools do you recommend for sales/bd/partnership people to use to be more successful?
MB: I'm a big fan of Mobile Day which makes conference calls so much better. I love PrepWork which emails you primers on the people you are meeting with later in the day. I'm fascinated about sales compensation (I interviewed Dan Pink about it here. Xactly has a great product for mapping innovative approaches to that thorny topic.
Speaking of Dan Pink, his book is great for everyone interested in sales. It's called "To Sell is Human." He takes modern social science and applies it to sales in a refreshing, human, and motivating way.
AT: What are you focused on in 2013? What is important for you guys?
MB: We've done a decent job of making Yesware helpful for salespeople, and we need to do more of that, but in 2013 we really need to improve how we help sales managers. Teams are more collaborative, and sales management has changed a great deal from the old carrot-and-stick methods. This year you'll see Yesware help managers help their teams be more successful.
AT: You talked about how a B2B product has to really be ready before you start to sell. Isn't that counter to the "Lean Startup" method that's so popular now? How do you know if your product is ready?"
MB: Great question. No, seriously, there is a big emphasis in the startup literature about "ship early and often" and "if you aren't embarrassed by your product, you waited too long to ship" I agree with both of those sentiments actually, but they pertain more to product development than they do to sales. Ship early, and be embarrassed, but before you build a sales function, make sure your product supports a scalable sales effort. I wrote about this in an article called "You're Not Ready for a Sales Hire."
The way to know that your B2B product is ready for a dedicated sales effort is by inbound interest. Seriously. You should have customers emailing you, calling you, sending you meeting invites, because they want to talk about how to buy your product. Before that happens, don't spend a dime on marketing or selling. Focus exclusively on improving the product experience. Once you start getting inbound interest, then you can start to sell.
Update: If you are looking for a solution for Outlook, check out Toutapp.
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Great thoughts here Alex.
If you're looking for email tracking awesomeness and templates for Outlook (80% of the Sales world still uses Outlook actually), be sure to also check out ToutApp: http://toutapp.com/video.
Oh – and in addition to email open and click tracking which is pretty cool, wait till you try Attachment tracking. That'll really make your Inbox come alive. And don't worry, if you really want Attachment tracking, ToutApp works inside of Gmail as well. Salesforce too. Also the iPhone.
This is a great article!
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We use gmail business applications. We want SLA and email escalation features, can this help ??/
sounds interesting my company HeyBubble live chat software should look into this.
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It's probably worth noting that this software isn't going to work with all recipients. For someone like me that uses a text-mode mail client on my own home server, there's simply no way. Even for less contrarian/eccentric folks, things like NoScript and the like will inhibit many mechanisms that might be used. In a situation like offline delivery, this completely breaks down.
Frankly, this kind of software *ought not* work — my MUA (mail user agent) ought not be be leaking this kind of information to a sender. Aside from basic semantic concerns (are you notified as to whether I open a letter from you? at best, you can get some kind of delivery confirmation), I certainly don't want spammers to know which mails happened to get through my electronic and organic filtering.
I wish Yesware the best, and am glad you're finding it useful, but realize that it's not going to be completely accurate.
@superabound – That was my exact question. Poorly written article tells everything you don't need to know about this program, and nothing you do need to know. Hey, writer, how's about telling your readers what the program does instead of just hyping it? Novel concept, I know.
Exactly! What does it do? This article doesn't contain any useful or interesting information about the product!
This is a terrible review with bad writing and a non-sequitir interview. Really, Forbes?
Mainly you can track when someone opens an email you've sent them. It will tell you when and where they opened it (location and browser).
Another email tracking tool is ContactMonkey (contactmonkey.com), which provides real-time information about if, when, how often and where an email was opened, as well as the device or Web browser used.
In terms of how ContactMonkey is different from its rivals, there are two key features: an always-on sidebar that displays in real-time who opens your emails, and an in-email information box that shows recent activity around a particular email.
The seemingly obvious flaw in this approach would seem to be that most email clients these days, especially mobile, provide multi-line previews of emails, and many systems/apps give "toast" or "alerts" that preview email… so very often you read and digest an email without ever technically opening it. I haven't tried the service, as I can't see a way around this. There also is the issue of text based email viewers that won't pull an embedded data.


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Gaylord Perry
- Position(s):
- Born:
- September 15, 1938
- Bats:
- Right
- Throws:
- Right
- Height:
- 6' 4"
- Weight:
- 205 lbs
- Major League Debut:
- 4-14-1962 with SFN
- Allstar Selections:
- Hall of Fame:
- 1991
Gaylord Jackson Perry (born September 15, 1938 in Williamston, North Carolina) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 1991, Perry win-loss record 314 games over a 22-year career starting in 1962.
Perry, a five-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game, was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in each league, winning it in the American League in 1972 with the Cleveland Indians and in the National League in 1978 with the San Diego Padres. He is also distinguished, along with his brother Jim Perry (baseball), for being the second-winningest brother combination in baseball history--second only to the knuckleballing Niekro brothers, Phil Niekro and Joe Niekro. While pitching for the Seattle Mariners in 1982, Perry became the fifteenth member of the 300 win club.
Despite Perry's notoriety for doctoring baseballs (throwing a spitball), and perhaps even more so for making batters think he was throwing them on a regular basis – he even went so far as to title his 1974 autobiography Me and the Spitter – he was not ejected for the illegal practice until August 23, 1982, in his 21st season in the majors.
Like most pitchers, Perry was not renowned for his hitting ability, and in his sophomore season of 1963, he is said to have joked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." Other variants on the story say that someone else said it about him, but either way, on July 20 1969, just minutes after the Apollo 11 spacecraft carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon, Perry hit the first home run of his career.
Gaylord Perry was named after a close friend of his father's, who died while having his teeth pulled.
Pitching style
Perry claims he was taught the spitball in 1964 by pitcher Bob Shaw (baseball). Perry had a reputation throughout his career for doctoring baseballs, and was inspected on the mound by umpires and monitored closely by opposing teams. On August 20, 1982, he was ejected from a game against the Boston Red Sox for doctoring the ball, and given a 10-day suspension.
Perry reportedly approached the makers of Vaseline about endorsing the product and was allegedly rebuffed with a one-line postcard reading, "We soothe babies' backsides, not baseballs." Former Manager Gene Mauch famously quipped "He should be in the Hall of Fame with a tube of K-Y Jelly attached to his plaque."
Gene Tenace, who caught Gaylord Perry when they played for the San Diego Padres, said: "I can remember a couple of occasions when I couldn't throw the ball back to him because it was so greasy that it slipped out of my hands. I just walked out to the mound and flipped the ball back to him."
Minor leagues
Perry was signed by the San Francisco Giants on June 3 1958 for $90,000, which was a big contract at the time. He spent 1958 with the St. Cloud, Minnesota team in Class A Northern League (baseball), compiling a 9-5 record and a 2.39 ERA. In 1959 he was promoted to the Class AA Corpus Christi Giants, where he posted a less impressive 10-11 record and 4.05 ERA. He remained with the team as they became the Rio Grande Valley Giants in 1960, and an improved ERA of 2.82 earned him a promotion to the Class AAA Tacoma Rainiers for the 1961 season. At Tacoma, he lead the Pacific Coast League in wins and inning pitched in 1961.
He had a brief call-up to the Major Leagues in 1962, making his debut on April 14 against the Cincinnati Reds. He appeared in 13 games in 1962, but had a high 5.23 ERA and was sent back down to Tacoma for the remainder of the year.
At Candlestick Park on September 17, 1968, two days after his 30th birthday, Perry, pitched a 1-0 no-hitter over the St. Louis Cardinals and Bob Gibson. The run came on a first-inning home run by light-hitting Ron Hunt—the second of the only two he would hit the entire season. The very next day, the Cardinals returned the favor on the Giants on a 2-0 no-hitter by Ray Washburn—the first time in Major League history that back-to-back no-hitters had been pitched in the same series. Jersey Retired by San Francisco Giants; : Gaylord Perry: P, 1962–71
Cleveland Indians (1972-75)
Before the 1972 season, the Giants traded the then 32-year-old Perry and shortstop Frank Duffy (baseball) for 28-year-old flamethrower Sam McDowell. After that trade Perry went on to win 180 more games in his career while McDowell won only 24 more. Perry went 24-16 in 1972 with a 1.92 ERA and 1 save, winning his first Cy Young award. He stood as the only Cy Young winner for Cleveland until 2007 (CC Sabathia). Perry continued as Cleveland's staff ace until 1975. He went 70-57 during his time in Cleveland, but the team never finished above 4th place. Perry accounted for 39% of all Cleveland wins during his tenure. Tensions between him and player-manager Frank Robinson led to Perry's trade to Texas in June 1975. Gaylord Perry remained as Cleveland's last 20-game winner (21 wins in 1974), until Cliff Lee in 2008.
Texas Rangers (1975-77)
On June 13, 1975, at the start of a three-game series with the Texas Rangers (baseball), the Indians traded Perry to the Rangers in exchange for pitchers Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown (baseball), and Rick Waits. Perry would win nearly 80 more games in his career than the three combined. With the Rangers, Perry formed a one-two punch with Fergie Jenkins, with Perry earning 12 wins, and Jenkins 11, during the remainder of 1975. However, the Rangers, who had finished 2nd in the AL West in 1974, slipped to 3rd place that year.
The next year, with Jenkins moving to Boston, the 37-year-old Perry became the staff ace, winning 15 games against 14 defeats. The Rangers, however, slipped to 4th place in the AL West. But then, in 1977, the Rangers surged to 2nd place in the AL West, winning 94 games, a total that the franchise would not surpass until 1999. Perry again won 15 games, this time against only 12 defeats, in a rotation that included double-digit winners Doyle Alexander, Bert Blyleven, and Dock Ellis.
San Diego Padres (1978-79)
Before the 1978 season San Diego acquired Perry from Texas in exchange for middle reliever Dave Tomlin and $125,000. The 39-year old Perry wound up winning the Cy Young Award going 21-6 for San Diego while the 29-year-old Tomlin never pitched for Texas and pitched barely 150 innings the rest of his career. Perry's 21 wins in 1978 accounted for 25% of the club's victories all year long, and he became the first pitcher to win Cy Young awards in both leagues. In this season he became the third pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters, accomplishing the feat two weeks after his 40th birthday.
In 1979, Perry posted a 4.05 ERA and an 12-11 record before quitting the team on September 5, saying he would retire unless the club traded him back to Texas. The Padres traded Perry to the Texas Rangers (baseball) on February 15 1980. Many Yankees players had complained about Perry during his stints with the Rangers, and the club even used a special camera team to monitor his movements during one of his starts at Yankee Stadium. Perry finished the season with a 4-4 record for the Yankees.
Atlanta Braves (1981)
Perry's contract was up after the 1980 season and he signed a one-year, $300,000 contract with the Atlanta Braves. During the 1981 Major League Baseball strike 1981 season, Perry, the oldest player at the time in Major League baseball, started 23 games (150.7 innings) and had a 8-9 record. and won his 300th game on May 6 1982, the first pitcher to win 300 since Early Wynn did so in 1963. On August 20 he was ejected from a game against the Boston Red Sox for doctoring the ball, and given a 10-day suspension. It was the second time Perry had been ejected in his entire career, and it was his first ejection for ball doctoring. In August, Perry became the third pitcher in history to record 3,500 strikeouts. In the final months of the season, Perry experimented with a submarine delivery for the first time in his career and took a no-hitter into the eighth inning against the first-place Baltimore Orioles on August 19.
In 1983, he became the third pitcher in the same year to surpass longtime strikeout king Walter Johnson's record of 3,509 strikeouts. Steve Carlton and Nolan Ryan were the others.
He announced his retirement on September 23 1983.
Post-playing career
Perry retired in 1983 after pitching for eight teams (the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers , San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals). It was during his time with Seattle that he kicked noted The Second City actor Jim Zulevic out of a late night party in a Chicago hotel.
Perry retired to his farm in Martin County, North Carolina, North Carolina farm where he grew tobacco and peanuts, but had to file for bankruptcy in 1986. He briefly worked for Fiesta Foods as a sales manager, and later in the year Limestone College in Gaffney, South Carolina chose Perry to be the College's first baseball coach. Perry was there until 1991 when he retired.
Despite his admission of illegal pitches he was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1991 and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In 1999 The Sporting News ranked him 97th on their list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players.
Perry supported the Republican Party (United States), campaigned for Jesse Helms and contemplated a bid for Congress himself in 1986.
On July 23 2005 the San Francisco Giants retired Perry's uniform number 36.
Perry was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame on March 9, 2009.
Due the number of Games Perry lost (265) and lack of postseason glory, the Washington Post called Perry's bid for the Hall of Fame "dubious". Bill James lists Perry as having the 10th best career of any right-handed starting pitcher, and the 50th greatest player at any position. In 1999, The Sporting News placed Perry at number 97 on its list of "The Sporting News list of Baseball's Greatest Players." One eerie thing about Perry's career is his similarity to Phil Niekro's: each had a special pitch they used almost exclusively (Niekro's was a knuckleball), each had a brother who were good, but not as good as their Hall of Fame brothers (Phil's brother was Joe Niekro), each had a short stint with the Yankees at the end of their career (Niekro's was in 1984 to Perry's 1980), each played at the same time period, born within one year of each other, and are 4 wins apart (Perry has 314; Niekro has 318), and each of the Hall of Famers has a nephew who is a pro athlete, who is a son to the lesser brother. Gaylord's nephew Chris is a pro golfer, while Phil's nephew Lance is a pitcher.
Pitching statistics
Perry is one of five pitchers to win the Cy Young Award in both the American and National League (Pedro Martínez, Roger Clemens, & Randy Johnson being the others). He held the record for most consecutive 15-win seasons since 1900 with 13 (1966-1978) and was 2nd all-time to Cy Young, who had 15 (1891-1905). Greg Maddux surpassed both men, with 17 in a row (1988-2004).
Personal life
Perry's wife, Blanch Manning Perry, died on September 11 1987 when another car ran a stop sign and hit her car broadside on U.S. Route 27 in Lake Wales, Florida, Florida.
His nephew, Chris Perry (golfer), is a professional golfer who has won a tournament on the PGA Tour.
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By BRADEN LAMMERS
Several approvals were granted at the Jeffersonville Board of Public Works meeting Wednesday related to ongoing bridge work.
A contract was approved with Walsh Design Build Team — the contractor completing the downtown portion of the Ohio River Bridges Project — to allow them access to Jeffersonville's waterfront and the Ohio River Greenway in order to begin construction.
Along with allowing the contractor access to greenspace along the waterfront, City Engineer Andy Crouch requested a closure on Fort Street at Riverside Drive to the floodwall starting Monday. The purpose of the closure is to allow homes along the road to be relocated. In addition, the new northbound Interstate 65 bridge will have support piers placed in the actual roadway on Fort Street, according to construction documents.
While the closure Crouch requested is set to last only until July 12, it is expected that Fort Street will not reopen.
"I anticipate that they'll be coming to us before that asking if they can take it over," he said of contractors.
The contract requested with Walsh Design Build Team and the road closure were both unanimously approved.
Two project coordination contracts with the Indiana Department of Transportation related to the Big Four pedestrian and bicycle bridge were also approved Wednesday. A contract for a cut-out in the floodwall at Mulberry Street and a lighting contract with INDOT for the Big Four Bridge were both unanimously approved.
The city is on the hook to pay for 20 percent of the cost on each of the two projects, with the remaining 80 percent of the costs coming through INDOT.
Cost for the floodwall cutout totaled $453,420, which leaves Jeffersonville's share at $90,684. The cost for the lighting package on the bridge totals $2.2 million, with Jeffersonville's cost equaling about $440,000.
Mayor Mike Moore said the two contracts approved were originally part of the design of the Big Four ramp. However, he explained that the project came in over budget, partially because of the canal plan that would tunnel under the floodwall. As a result of the bids coming in over budget, the lighting package, which subsequently was revised, and the floodwall cutout were removed from the bid package.
"If we had not went and made those changes at the first of the year to get the project out to bid, we'd be sitting here today without a ramp," said Jeffersonville Corporation Attorney Les Merkley.
But Moore noted that despite the two pieces of the project being bid outside the original bridge ramp, it has not added cost to the original project.
"The cost isn't going up," he said. "The $10 million project that the state said you've got to give 20 percent to, which we did, we're still well inside those numbers."
Merkley added the project is outside the city's control.
"At the end of the day it is not a city project," he said. "We do not bid it out, we do not select the contract, we have no control over the contractor."
Crouch added that because the city does not have control over the lighting contract, there is uncertainty surrounding when the work will begin, and in turn, when the ramp will officially be opened. The current estimated opening date for Indiana's bridge ramp is Aug. 31. Kentucky's portion is open at Louisville's Waterfront Park.
INDOT is expected to open bids on the lighting and floodwall contracts for the Big Four bridge ramp May 1.
Moore will sign an executive order to change the names of two streets in the Claysburg neighborhood in Jeffersonville.
Concerns about the roads were initially brought up at a meeting several months ago because there were two roads in the city named Pennsylvania Avenue. One of the streets is near the Ken Ellis Center and the other is in the Capitol Hills neighborhood.
Before the names are changed, Moore said he held a community meeting with people in the area to gather their input. He said at Wednesday's meeting he received unanimous support to change the road from Pennsylvania Avenue to Bates-Bowyer Avenue.
In addition, Green Street will change to D.L. Motley Jr. Way.
The new signs are expected to be in place after the Kentucky Derby and no private residences will be affected by the name change.
Joe Fackler, superintendent of operations for Southern Indiana Railway, requested a road closure to tear out and replace a railroad crossing on Utica-Sellersburg Road at Hidden Creek golf course.
The closure was approved for three days, from May 7-9.
The board of public works agreed to enter into a 30-day trial contract with VeriCorp to conduct background checks for the city.
VeriCorp claimed that it will save the city about $20 per background check. According to city officials, Jeffersonville conducts about 300 to 350 background checks per year. The total annual savings, if the contract meets expectations, would total more than $6,000.
Board of Public Works Director Rick Lovan said several benches in Glossbrenner Park will be replaced and are being paid for by the Taste of Jeffersonville committee.


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The Home and Remodeling Show at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly was packed Saturday, with aisles filled with metro-area residents speaking with home improvement experts selling everything from fireplaces to fountains.
The three-day event, which started Friday, continues Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $10 per person, $3 for children ages 6-12 and free for children 5 and younger.
One of the big draws on Saturday? Josh Flagg, one of the hot-shot real estate agents on Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles," who spoke to a large crowd Saturday about, what else? How to sell your home.
Some of his top tips for Kitchens:
- "The number one thing when you are selling your house is your kitchen. Followed by the bath, followed by everything else," Flagg said. "This is where you want to spend your money," he said. Be sure your kitchen is up to date. Flagg suggested replacing outdated countertops using marble or granite — or saving money using marble tile or Silestone.
- Another way to save, Flagg said, on updating kitchen appliances is by purchasing refurbished and/or returned appliances with warranties or "bundling" appliances and purchasing them all together for a deal, and buy wholesale.
- Refacing cabinets and painting them is a way to save money on kitchen cabinetry.
- Don't offer cash to buyers to remodel your home if you're trying to sell it, Flagg said. "They're going to negotiate with you anyway. They're going to want more than it will cost you to do it yourself. Might as well do the work yourself, so that way they don't have a bargaining tool."
- Don't use hardwood floors in the kitchen; marble or porcelain tile in the kitchen for flooring or a high-end laminate for a wood.
Updating the Bath
- Be sure the floor is some kind of tile or easily cleaned floor, no carpet or wood flooring. Porcelain tiles that look like a hardwood floor are not too expensive.
- No wallpaper.
- Heated floors? "Radiant heating is a fortune to do." For resale value, unless you really like it and it's for you, Flagg says don't do it.
- Steam showers: "If you're selling a $100,000 house, don't spend $4,000 on a steam shower; if you're selling a $1 million house, add it. If you want it for yourself, do it."
In general, when preparing your home for sale
- When staging your home: Put away all photos, mail, remote controls, magazines, snow globes. "You don't want to have stuff like your George Foreman grill out; put it away."
- A lighter color on the ceiling than on the walls will make your ceilings look higher.
- Be aware of the smell: Bake fresh cookies
- Pick up laundry
- Mow the lawn
- Plant flowers
- Turn on fountains
- Play light music, classical
- Make sure counters are clean, no dirt anywhere
- Ask Realtor to put cookies out.
- Be sure your real estate agent holds an open house with brokers, "a brokers' caravan."
Flagg summed it up — know your buyer, spend smart, appeal to senses, remove your specific tastes from home, find good contractor.
Flagg is the author of two books: "Million Dollar Agent: Brokering the Dream," and "A Simple Girl: Stories My Grandmother Told Me."
You can talk to remodelers at the show Sunday. Here's the schedule:
Sunday, Jan. 2011 a.m. - Noon
Daniels Design and Remodeling
Remington Construction LLC
Noon - 1 p.m.
Daniels Design and Remodeling
Two Poor Teachers
1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Two Poor Teachers
The Window Man
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Remington Construction LLC
Two Poor Teachers
3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Two Poor Teachers
Sustainable Design Group
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Robert E. Beach Architects LLC
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Services for Maxine Shannon Sinclair will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Tom Sikes officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery.
Mrs. Sinclair, 90, of Meridian died Friday at Anderson Hospital.
Maxine was a homemaker and a member of the First Christian Church where she was a member of the Charter Circle. A former member of the Dalewood Garden Club and XYZ of Central United Methodist Church. She loved her family and everyone who met her she made an impression with her friendliness and happy outlook on life.
Survivors include a son: Fred Albert Strehle, III and wife Diane of Drew, daughter: Linda Sinclair Holloway and her husband Richard of Meridian, grandchildren: Shannon McElroy, Rich Holloway, Dallas Strehle and Adam Strehle and his wife Suzanne; great grandchildren: Kristen McElroy, John Clinton McElroy and Walt Strehle, a sister; Hilda Jo Stanford of Gulfport; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husbands: Fred Albert Strehle, II and Bill Sinclair; parents Mac and Lillie Irene Burkes Shannon; sisters: Hazel Brown and Loray Cameron Davidson.
The family requests memorials be made to First Christian Church of Meridian.
Pall Bearers will be: Christopher Ryan Hern, Morgan Michael Hern, Dallas Strehle, Adam Strehle, Rich Holloway and John Clinton McElroy.
Family may sign the online guestbook at robertbarhamffh.com.
Visitation will be Monday from 11 am – 1pm at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home.