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The plan to construct a new college campus in Marion County was sound when it was first proposed in 2009. It still makes sense in 2011, when the proposal, temporarily stalled by a struggling economy, has been given new life.
Recent meetings between Marion County and Chattanooga State Community College officials to discuss the campus have proved fruitful. It is possible, those involved indicate, that groundbreaking could occur by next spring for a facility that ultimately would occupy 30 acres of a much larger site on U.S. Highway 41 in Kimball. That's a suitably ambitious, but achievable, timetable.
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The combinations of signs and signals the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offense is using this season is a new twist — a means of rapid communication in the Mocs' new, fast-paced system.
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Lydia Shire's Blue Sky on York Beach, ME
Has anyone been yet? Thoughts?
I stopped in on Saturday evening at 5:00pm. The restaurant was busy with set up activity and many waiters, waitresses and bar staff were gathering to listen to the specials of the day. The restaurant had been open for only one week and the bakery area on the first floor is not ready as yet.
I must stay the restaurant looked spectacular, in my opinion. It's very open and airy; lots of chome, white leather or leather-looking upholstered chairs. There is a bar area with some small tables and chairs immediately to your right when you enter. The main dining room is truly expansive and beautiful. There is also another large bar that is part of the main dining room.
I'm looking forward to making a reservation. I did obtain a menu. The menu is divided by Hearth Cooking (chicken, oxtails, pasta with crab; Starters (raw bar, mussles, salad, soub, etc.), Maine (grey sole, white clam sauce, brick chicken, skirt stea, salmon, etc), Lobster and Spuds and Veg. I hope it's successful--and I'm looking forward to a dinner there soon.
re: LindaBarbara
Did you happen to catch an website for it? I haven't been able to guess the correct yet. Is it only dinner or did you see a lunch menu as well?
re: grittys457
This is the best i could find for you. Im not sure if they have an official website as yet. but this will give you a little look and a little about the place.(http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pb...) I hope this allows you to open the site. Earle CT.
re: grittys457
A little late, but just in case others are looking for it, here's the website...
I had the pleasure of dining at Blue Sky this weekend. One word sums it up: "WOW!" It's like NYC popped into quaint York Beach. The staff is pleasant and very attentive. NOt snobby and the Chef, Lydia, came to our table. I can't say enough about the flavors, textures and food quality. The special was fresh Nantucket scallops with the most amazing sea veggies and salsify on the side. Each course was grand and I chose the duck. The best I've had. My only complaint is that the vegetable course was additional and very pricey so I chose not to indulge. It is very pricey for this area and while worth the extra, I feel the veggie should come with the course. I had no room for dessert. I would HIGHLY recommend this spot for a very special occasion. The decor is just strikingly lovely yet simple and very cosmopolitan. I'm so excited to have a restaurant of this level in the area.
I ate at Blue Sky on Friday night and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. (I was expecting an overdone room with pompous service and an overambitious menu.) The dining room is fabulous with lots of different nooks and crannies to sit in -- it's very sophisticated. The menu is outstanding -- I couldn't decide what to order. There is a whole Lobster Menu! We shared a Lobster Pizza to start and it was so delicious, I could have stopped there. For dinner, my husband had a pork and lobster dish and I had Chicken Under a Brick. He devoured his! Mine was served in a light au jus with a smattering of a spicy sauce -- a nice balanced dish. The portions were huge, and for such an ambitious menu, I thought the quality and execution were terrific. (Loved the bread basket and the butter dusted with sea salt.) The only downsides were the unprofessional server -- very soft-spoken and young for this kind of restaurant -- and the weak "Wine by the Glass" menu. I loved it, highly recommend it and can't wait to return!
re: majik
I can't wait to make the trip up to lower Maine and stop in!
(It will make our Christmas visit to see my MIL all worthwhile.. ;-D ) Lydia Shire in York, ME, how cool is that.
Is it over-the-top expensive or manageable?
About time someone did something with that beautiful old building.
The reincarnation of Pop's Shell Shack!
Went to Blue Sky last night. The space is beautiful with no expense spared. Very comfortable, upscale feel but intended to be casual. There is a terrific bar area with a fireplace as well as a bar type sitting area near their Hearth stove for special entrees. Lydia was there and we were seated five minutes before she came over to say hello and spent some time with us. It was early so there wasn't too much going on. Although as the evening progressed I don't think she spent 15 minutes in the back of the house. I asked her for her recommendations which we had. Firstly, a textbook duck confit with golden raisins and a gingerbread toast with, I think, a maple butter. Perfect! Additionally, we had the lamb pizza with leeks, goat cheese. The flavors were rich but found it a bit greasy as lamb is often this way. Too much to eat already, we took half the lamb pizza to go. As a snack or dinner for sure this would be enough for a meal. However, there was too much to choose from so next was a Scottish salmon with cippolini onion and a broth that was both rich, deep in flavor but refreshing. Very balanced and the fish was perfectly cooked. I had house papardelle with blue hubbard squash, pumpkin seed brittle. again, very rich but some how not overwhelming and delicious. The seeds had a great crunch against the softness of the papardelle, the squash cooked just right and a buttery, fall-ish flavor that was just right on a cold night. A special mention about the bread. There were four varieties in the basket, a corn bread, a squash muffin, ordinary focaccia and an Irish soda bread with raisins and caraway seeds that was incredible. A generous amount of butter with sprinkled sea salt on top was given although the breads did not need it. French press coffee finished it off with a sharing of pumpkin cheesecake. A great evening. A note on service: very attentive although it was obvious that some work still needs to be done. A missed knife here or there, young busboys asking if we want water, etc. Little things that never put a damper on my experience but there will be those who, for this price, will be expecting something much greater. I am sure they will get there.
I found the wine list somewhat reasonable although most varietals started in the $50 range. There were a few $30 bottles but this is not their emphasis for sure. As another hound mentioned, the wines by the glass list is a little pedestrian, small but the prices there were to be expected $8-11 a glass for a 5oz pour. Not a cheap evening by any means although I can see eating at the bar as being inexpensive (just a pizza or app e.g.) $210 including tip for two. Apps $9-14, entrees $18-48 (2# lobster)
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Any websites or hours of operation. Would love to head up there Monday if they're open! Very intrigued!
WOW! We were expecting so much more and were extremely disappointed. While the food was fine, it certainly wasn't fabulous. Our waiter pleasent and apologetic. However could use some direction, he served the men of the party first and the eldest woman last. Not what you would expect when you are paying $34.00 for an a la carte steak and $7.00 for a side of broccoli. The restaurant is very pretty, but very loud! It sounded like a high school cafeteria, we couldn't here each other at the table. Maybe due to the fact that we were seated right beside an office Christmas party, ( something they should have told us about when we made the reservation). The sheer brown curtain used to seperate large parties did nothing to lessen the noise factor. We were seated at 7:15 and our dinner finally arrived at 8:55! When it did arrive it came out piece-meal one dinner at a time, with several minutes in between each one. Again the waiter apologetic and sheepish. We did have the opportunity to meet owner/chef Ms. Shire, she explained to us that the restaurant was only a month old and they hadn't ironed out the kinks. We are williing to overlook many things but Ms. Shire is an experienced restauranter and should know by know how it works. When charged such high prices, particularily in York beach, Maine, we expected to get what we paid for, a great dinning experience, and we did not. Would we go back? No, there are so many great seacoast restaurants, why go back to Blue Sky?
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Interesting observation about the sound as I meant to mention something about it. I think we were seated just about where you were as there was a table of about 12 in this little off to the side room with a sheer curtain. The restaurant was full on that side and I wanted to mention that although it weas full, the sound didn't carry all that much, the tables were reasonably apart and conversation was easy to carry on. Boy, they musta been loud for you because our experience wad the opposite (but like I said, the restaurant was empty on the balcony side behind the bar.
re: Noreaster
We were in the middle of the dinning room and it was a party of 30 in the alcove area next to us. There was a lot going on while we were there, several dropped/broken glasses and flatwear being dropped quite often.
re: outahere
There is no doubt it was much busier on saturday night then friday. We didn't experience the noise you did but there is no question there was much confusion by the waitstaff; a lot of huddling around the POS system, server not knowing what the alcohols were at the bar, another server getting our entrees reversed, missing flatware, etc. Like I mentioned, for these prices one would expect spot on service and it was not there. However, I have yet to see an advertisement or a website so they are definitely going through a soft opening so therefore these things were forgiven by me and it did not ruin or take away from my experience. But I can see how it can at those prices. However, if that kind of thing bothered me, knowing it just opened, I would wait three months
re: outahere
Wel, it's three months later and they haven't worked the kinks out yet.
i actually thought the food was very good, but the service was poor. Not a matter of a weak wait staff person having a bad night. It was clear that she hadn't had the type of training any diner should expect at a top flight restaurant.
service was slow, we frequently went unattended, and the wait person missed a dish that was ordered.
she was incapable of walking us through the menu (explaining how it was organized and what some of the highlights were). Even descriptions of individual items were hard to follow.
perhaps most irritating, she had zero wine knowledge. how can you charge $100/person and not have wait staff that know the basics of your wine?
we asked about one bottle; the wait person disappeared for 10 minutes to repeat a few words from the wine expert - which weren't especially helpful.
i don't get how the owner can expect people ot make a long drive and spend a good deal of money and then not provide basic service.
My husband and I made a reservation for dinner last evening for 8:00pm. We stopped in at 7:15pm to sit at the bar and have a drink. We were able to manage one seat at the bar, which I used, however, I had to precariously balance on the bar stool because it was broken. I thought with the attention to detail the restaurant obviously has, the owners/managers would not permit a bar to have a bar stool that was broken. The two bartenders were friendly, informative and made great drinks and at that point were were happy and anxiously awaiting a wonderful dining experience. When I checked in at the desk I was told that I wouldn't be seated before my reservation time. I told the young woman that I realized that and that I wasn't asking to be seated, I was simply informing her that we were at the restaurant and would be in the bar area. She said she would come to get us at 8:00pm.
Eight p.m. came and went and we went to the desk several times to ask when we would be seated. Finally at 8:30 the manager apologized and escorted us to our seats. We sat at the large half-circle shaped booth adjacent to the hearth bar area. I totally agree with the other posters that this is a very loud restaurant. There was a large, potted orchid plant placed at our table. I had the feeling it didn't belong because none of the other tables had this type of plant on it. Because it was large (beautiful and all, but large), people would stop by and admire it as we were eating our dinner. We also had the feeling that we were seated there because they had no place to seat us at the time of our reservation.
Our waitress was pleasant, but was not as attentive or professional as I would have expected. She never asked us if we wanted wine, appetizers or a salad. I ordered the swordfish with calamari and my husband had the pappardelle with Hubbard squash. Our meals arrived sometime after 9:00pm. While our meals were good, I did not feel that I enjoyed a great meal. This was not the fabulous dining experience I expected. The desserts were not described, the dessert menu was not provided; we paid our bill and left.
I expected so much more. I asked myself the same question, "would I return?" I think I would return to sit at the bar, have a drink and perhaps an appetizer or salad. Would I wait for a long time to be seated and then experience an expensive meal that would not be overwhelming good? My answer is No.
I agree there are other restaurants in the area that I would prefer that would provide a better atmosphere and a very good meal.
re: LindaBarbara
It sure is refreshing to see some one write an honest review, of a Restaurant that is not living up to the hype associated with the owner, and all the previews. Maybe they will get there act together. With its location and the fact that this is the Winter season in York and they are not doing a good job, does not bode well for the upcoming summer season. Earle Ct.
We dined at Blue Sky on Friday night. As we sipped our wine and perused the menu, I inquired about any "signature dishes." The waitress quickly directed us to the Lobster Pizza ($24) that used to be featured on the menu of Lydia Shire's famed Boston restaurant, BIBA. Succulent is the best adjective to describe this pie, a thin "fried dough" crust, topped with chopped scallions, fresh parsley, sauteed onions, smoked ricotta, an abundance of lobster, and drizzled with a lobster cream sauce.
The Hogue '06 Reisling ($8) paired exceptionally well with the sweet apple mashed potatoes that accompanied my husband's Sugarcane Roast Chicken ($24). The poultry was moist, but lacked flavor; we expected more interesting flavors when the waitress said it was prepared with Asian spices and soy sauce.
Though the Pappardelle Pasta with Blue Hubbard Squash and Pumpkin Seed Brittle ($22) was tempting (and recommended by our waitress), I opted for the Maple Roasted Scottish Salmon in Parsnip Stew ($28). Lacking pizazz, the wild salmon was set in a bowl containing thin parsnip broth,boiled pearl onions and baby carrots - all subtly spiced with rosemary and nutmeg.
At the suggestion of our waitress, we ordered a side of Twice Fried String Beans w/ Ginger Juice ($7), only to be notified that they were out of green beans so we settled for the "Big Broccoli" ($7). Intrigued by the sound of the Hot Raised Potato Doughnut with Lyles Golden Syrup ($4), our waitress suggested that this fried concoction might be too sweet with our dinners, so we opted for the grown-up version of Tater Tots with Green Onion ($6).
The Steamed Chocolate Cake was remarkably moist, a dense and rich pudding-like consistency, the cake was infused with a shot of coffee and served atop "sunshine sauce", a cream sauce with a splash of bourbon. The bread and desserts are made on premise each day; the pastry chef will soon be opening a bakery on the first floor of the Atlantic House.
Open only two short months, there are still some kinks that need to be worked out. While our waitress was friendly and knowledgeable about the menu, water and wine glasses were not filled in a timely fashion, twice the busboys tried to clear my plate moments after I had begun eating (don't put down your fork at this restaurant!), and it took nearly 20 minutes after we were seated for bread to be delivered to our table. With no hot water in either the mens' or ladies' bathrooms, one wonders how the chefs are able to adequately sanitize their hands before engaging in food preparation.
If you live or are vacationing in the area, it is worth a visit. I found the menu to be a refreshing change from those I see at most high-end restaurants, with interesting and unique offerings that you just don't see elsewhere.
And make sure you try the Lobster Pizza!
The Website is www.blueskyonyorkbeach.com
I've made three visits so far, one a month after opening and the last one last night and the last visit was much better.
We ate there Xmas Eve and were disappointed. (The last time I posted a detailed, mixed review at this site it was nitpicked to death by the restaurant's partisans in a months-long flame war, so I won't go into detail here.) Suffice to say it's very expensive ($100/person after tip with a very moderate bar tab) and the food doesn't match the pricing.
re: Dual
I understand your reluctance, but I must admit, I was looking forward to reading your opinion on this place in particular. I liked your review of Fuel in Lewiston and stated as much in that thread.
My opinion of Blue Sky is that it will become more of a tourist "destination" spot vs a local one. At those prices the concept may not fly in York Beach.
re: bewley
(Some of this is cribbed from a comment I posted in the more-than-noteworthy http://blog.typeadiversions.com/)
Blue Sky is a very very handsome restaurant, beautifully put together. It's located on the second floor of the reconstruction of an old hotel (Atlantic House?) which we were told was reduced to one wall and then recreated from the ground up. My wife and I were there with our two college-age daughters, who have lots of experience eating in good establishments (Bandol and Aubergine were 'our' places in Portland) and have between them put in years of time working at Fore Street, Scales, Diamond's Edge, Yosaku, Hook in Georgetown (DC) and other restaurants.
My wife and I ate at Biba several times over the years, and Pignoli was a favorite destination of mine when doing business in Boston. (I spent a fair amount of time at Locke-Ober, too, but that was years before Lydia Shire).
The thing that stays with me is that as the evening progressed, nothing much was said about the food. None of the "ooooh, you have to try this" remarks that characterize a notable meal. My wife and I both had an oxtail/yuca dish that did not impress at all. I noticed a flavor in the braising juices which reminded me of what happens when you reduce from a commercial (canned) stock: tasted canned. I'm not saying that's what was going on, but it had that effect. Any Latin notes were subdued to say the least. My kids didn't press their dishes on me so I didn't try them. The warm chocolate cake dessert was wonderful. But nothing else stood out as at all remarkable, and as I've said, the meal was pretty darn expensive.
Ms. Shire walked through the restaurant at one point, stopping at every table. It was odd, actually, because she didn't introduce herself (we thought she was waitstaff at first and couldn't figure why she was hovering) and she didn't say much: we had to carry the brief conversation. This is probably a business-building move, but may not be a good one.
The service, 6 weeks after the start of the soft launch, was still a bit scattered, but friendly without being familiar and mostly satisfactory. We had no issues with the place being noisy, but it was only about 30% occupied that Xmas eve.
Niggling?: The menu is handsome but a bit recherché; items are given fanciful names which don't always help you figure what they actually are. I was put off by the maze of exposed plumbing above me: there are condos upstairs and you see their waste pipes, plus sprinklers and large round HVAC tubes all across the ceiling. A bit of this industrial chic can be attractive, but this was just chaos. Too bad you can't paint PVC.
As I said in Type A Diversions-
"I think Blue Sky is going after the MC Perkins Cove thing.
(A) That's not aiming very high.
(B) After 6 weeks in operation they're missing widely."
(...ducks for cover)
I was there Saturday night and had a very pleasant experience. The dining room is lovely and the staff was both friendly and professional. Our waiter was on a par with the best I've had in Boston. That said, I would have to agree with previous posts that the dining room is very noisy and the food while good is not exceptional. I am surprised that the food is not more memorable as Susan Regis is there until she returns to Boston to open Scampo in the Liberty Hotel.
The bread basket is fantastic. Lydia must really appreciate good bread. She always has great bread baskets.
We had dinner there Saturday night and won't be going back. The space is very nice, we ate outside in great weather, all very pleasant.
However, the service is a ridiculous joke. The waiter was quite inexperienced although pleasant. After ordering, we waited 20 minutes for our wine to arrive, then another 20 for the appetizer (40 minutes so far) after waiting another 50 minutes (an hour and 3/4 so far) we pointedly asked for our meals. Most finally arrived after another 10 minutes with the final dishes after another 5. All in all it was almost 2 hours after we were seated when we finally got our food.
The food itself was good but far from outstanding. They have a subsection of the menu that features lobster additions to the meal. I'd pretty strongly recommend avoiding these dishes. My wife's pork chops with a small half lobster tail featured very good pork chops and totally overcooked lobster. My linguini bolongnese with lobster was good, although I've had much better, but the lobster again was overcooked and bordering on tasteless. The clams casino were mainly spiced breading, I've had far better in bars.
We spoke to the manager about this rather dismal performance and were met with attention to our description but no apology. Apparently this is what is to be expected.
The thing that was notable about the meal though was the price. With wine expect to spend about $75 to $100 per person.
My take on this is that it's a high end tourist trap.
re: NCARalph
Hooray another diner willing to tell the truth. I wish there was some way to send them all the posts about the place. Where they could see that's being written about the Restaurant. Maybe they would take a hint from the dining public and get them self's straighted out. I know its a nice place but where it is doesn't justify the prices they are asking. You can get a meal at many other places within 20 miles of the place for far less money and much better service. With just as good a meal. Thanks again for a honest post. Earle
What a drag: there is no reason in the world for a restaurant with this pedigree to be what it is (except greed?)
re: Dual
Is it worth driving from Portland to eat here? Maybe. If you take off to york for a day at the beach, and a little cottage near a mosquito-infested swamp, its worth driving from said little cottage.
It is expensive, yes, but so was the little cottage, the parking, the sunblock from the beach store, and the jamaican meat pies on route 1.
I had read lots of complaints about this restaurant, re: prices and service, so I was prepared to be underwhelmed. Our waiter was actually spot-on, talking us through the menu, and very attentive. He even described the breads when he brought the bread basket, and offered us a bottle of rose that wasnt on the menu.
I had the monkfish special, for 27 bucks I got a decent portion of monkfish medaillions, some rice, and something green. Mrs. Drunkenstein had the lobster pizza. The flavors of both dishes were tremendous, and the portions were adequate for Mrs. but not for bottomless pit me. A starter of grilled "homemade" mozzarella and tomatoes was pretty good, I haven't seen the mozz grilled before.
With 5 drinks, tax and tip, we spent close to 200, I think maybe 170 or something. It was rather expensive. Entrees seems to be 4 to 5 dollars more than restaurants in portland, and drinks were 9-10 bucks for example.
But the entire town is an expensive place to visit. The parking meters were still being enforced after 9pm. Beers after dinner at a nearby club were close to 5 per bottle, and we each had to pay a five dollar cover just to get in.
Its the height of summer, and the restaurant was busy, but not crowded. I think the price points may have to come down some in the off season for the place to succeed, although they appear to have very deep pockets.
re: Drunkenstein
I was very disappointed with Blue Sky. The only above average item was the crab cakes. The brussel spouts with hazelnut were good.
Unfortunately the buckwheat pasta squares came swimming in butter. There was at least a half inch of butter in the bottom of the bowl. I couldn't detect a taste of whiskey in the lobster au whiskey. The haddock and crab entree was mediocre.
The menu is confusing as all the appetizers are not listed under Starters. I ordered two different items off of the other sections of the menu only to be told they were not main courses.
The waitress was efficient and tried hard but was obviously not used to working in a high end restaurant. I don't blame her, its managements fault for not training their help.
The room was nice. A very large open space with two separate bars.
I would go back for a drink and an appetizer if I was in the area but I wouldn't order a full meal.
re: NorthShoreFoodie
It was nice to see a new review for Blue Sky, Haven't seen one in quite a while, and I can see by your description things haven't improved since the last group of postings. Which you can see by all the previous posting it was not rated to good by the patrons. So with the up coming vacation season almost upon us, its nice to get a new perspective of where not to go... Thanks Earle
re: NorthShoreFoodie
I was at Blue Sky this past weekend with some friends that highly recommended it. Unfortunately, although the restaurant participated in "Restaurant Week", they clearly could not handle the response. This special included an appetizer, entree, and a dessert. Our reservations were for 8pm and were seated within 15 minutes. We ordered our meal, however after nearly an hour and a half, we were told that 3 of the 4 entrees that we had ordered were no longer available. Are you kidding me??? Finally, we were served by 10:15. When we reminded the waitress what we would like for dessert, she had a panicked look on her face. 2 of us ordered the white chocolate bread pudding with whipped cream. When it arrived, it looked like the bottom of the barrell of a pot of oatmeal with no whipped cream. We then heard the waitress tell the table next to us that they were out of the dessert that they had ordered. For such a nice looking restaurant, I had never had such a let down. Too bad. We should've gone to the place across the street that sounded like they were having a great time. I felt bad for my friend who had recommended it, but she was disappointed too.
re: Dual
wow, I am feeling much better about my wait from the kitchen at Joshua's in Wells. Love the place, and our last visit was a bit long, but included great service and great food. Blue Sky continues to remain on our radar and continues to give us reasons not to go. Love Lydia, but have never heard a rull blown great review of this place. Either take the time to staff and train or not Lydia!~
re: gyppielou
I also do not understand it. Scampo is so damn good, and this place so bad. I have a feeling that all of Lydia's attention has gone to Scampo, and this place has been left to slowly sway in the wind.
re: aadesmd
Well, if you read this thread carefully from the top it becomes clear that Blue Sky NEVER received proper attention. It's almost as if the place were either (A) intended to rake money in from ignorant tourists, a great mistake for an upscale restaurant in the internet age (here we are talking about Blue Sky, right?), or (B) designed to lose money for some arcane business purpose.
Either way this place does not serve the dining public or its owner's reputations well.
I read another, recent review here where Blue Sky was in a list of area restaurants the poster had visited, and he encountered abysmal service as well.
re: Dual
I will NEVER patronize Blue Sky -- and I pass this on as a warning. I have been searching for a restaurant to seat a party of 8 on Christmas Day, and was very excited to see that BSky was accepting reservations for that day through OpenTable. I did call to confirm -- just to be sure. I am happy that I did....I was told that they are CLOSED and that "upper management" decided to accept reservations for 12/25 "just to see how many hits they got." My Christmas was nearly ruined.
re: Funnyredhed
You're correct. I called and was told it was actually "a miscommunication with Open Table." They are open, however, on Christmas Eve and will be taking reservations till 8:30 PM for that night.
Sounds good to me . . . I may book a table!
re: bewley
To: bewley,, I guess you didn't read any of the reviews above in the previous post, Why you would do that to yourself on Christmas Eve is beyond me! The Restaurant has problems..and issues with everything from poor service to not having whats advertised on the menu. A wait staff that's not properly trained. And I guess you can see the picture.. Enough said!
re: Earle
Yes Earle, you are correct in that I wouldn't bother spending Christmas Eve there. I've heard I should go sit at the bar and order the lamb pizza and some other apps and forgo the entrees entirely. I used to know some of her kitchen help and this was their advice to me. I have also heard some good things about the Blue Sky, but the negatives do outweigh the bad.
We had a reservation for 4 for Valentine's Day brunch at 11 a.m. When we called to make the reservation, the hostess offered 2 p.m. without even waiting to ask when we wished to come, then said theat she could fit us in at 11. When we arrived, the door to the restaurant was locked and stayed locked until 11:08, leaving us standing in a barren hallway on the ground floor, even though there are seats in the bar area where we could have sat while waiting for our table. The service was friendly, if scattered. The food was okay, but nothing great. Not worth a second visit.
re: tommy crown
What time were you actually seated, 11:08? Were you the first table to be seated? Were they running late? It just sounds a bit odd that you had a reservation at 11AM only to find the doors locked.


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• Least expensive: $800, sidewalk handrail on Highway 48 in Menlo
• Most-focused county: Dade County, whose sole listed project is a new $13 million interchange on Interstate 59
• Most requests over troubled bridges: Walker County wants to replace nine bridges at a cost of $16.6 million
• Getting wider: Fort Oglethorpe and Catoosa County asked for seven widening projects totaling $67.5 million
• Whale of a trail: $8.6 million to extend Pinhoti Trail from Floyd County to Lyerly in Chattooga County; $4.5 million for a trail on Simm's Mountain in Chattoooga; $1.4 million for multi-use trails connecting to the Chickamauga Battlefield in Catoosa
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Catoosa: $69 million
Chattooga: $16 million
Dade: $13 million
Fannin: $136 million
Floyd: $673 million
Gilmer: $52 million
Gordon: $137 million
Haralson: $92 million
Murray: $216 million
Paulding: $312 million
Pickens: $147 million
Polk: $232 million
Walker: $37 million
Whitfield: $227 million
Other: $26 million
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The list, released Thursday, includes 288 projects and $2.6 billion worth of funding, including $715 million for the seven counties in extreme Northwest Georgia.
It will go to the Georgia Department of Transportation for review before it is returned to regional officials for final edits. Voters can review the final list before next year's referendum.
"It will be the best thing that ever happened to us in terms of roads and bridges," said Ted Rumley, Dade County Commission chairman.
Dade officials asked for a new interchange on Interstate 59 that would provide a "gateway to the industrial park" north of Trenton.
The list was prepared by members of the Regional Transportation Roundtable, which includes a commissioner and one city mayor from each county. Across the region, projects range from an $800 handrail on a sidewalk in Menlo to a $237 million highway reconstruction between Rome and Rockmart.
David Kenemer, principal planner for the regional commission, said the tax is expected to generate $1.2 billion over 10 years, so not all of the projects will make the final list.
The list "gives you a dollar figure to look at," Rumley said, though passage of the tax measure isn't assured.
The regional commission serves 15 counties and 49 cities, the area in which the tax would be added if it is approved. Other regions across the state will vote on similar taxes.
The preliminary document has nine bridge replacements in Walker County, including spans on Euclid, Glass Mill and Hog Jowl roads.
Walker County Coordinator David Ashburn said all nine have been inspected and were found unsuitable for heavy traffic such as school buses, which now take different routes. The state has recommended they all be replaced, he said.
In Catoosa County, widening is in vogue, and many of the projects focus on creating better north-south routes between Cloud Springs Road and Battlefield Parkway, the main east-west routes.
Officials in Whitfield County asked for $54 million to reconstruct interchanges at the Rocky Face and Carbondale exits on Interstate 75 as well as a handful of widening projects.
Whitfield's most-expensive widening is a $42 million expansion of Route 286 to the Murray County line. Murray County, in turn, asked for $43 million to expand the same road all the way to U.S. 411 at Eton.
But some say the list doesn't represent what is best for all of the areas.
Rossville Vice Mayor Teddy Harris said he was shocked to see what looks like a bypass of downtown Rossville on the list.
Walker County is asking for an $18.6 million "Wilson Road Connector" running west of Rossville from Highway 2 north into Tennessee. Harris calls it a "road to nowhere" and said it could divert considerable traffic away from Rossville businesses.
"Rossville needs the 45,000 cars a day," he said, citing traffic figures on U.S. Highway 27. "Nobody in Rossville was asked about anything. If they're making a wish list for the next 10 years, why weren't we involved?"
Ashburn said the connector is intended to route heavy trucks away from town.
"It's not a Rossville bypass for the general public," he said.
Walker County is represented on the commission by Commissioner Bebe Heiskell and LaFayette Mayor Neal Florence.
Heiskell said the route could help development on the west side of state Highway 2, which the county has been trying to grow for 20 years. She said she talked with Rossville's mayor earlier this week to share her plans, but the word may not have gotten out to all of the city's officials.
She said most of the improvements came straight from the county road department, but after seeing the "ambitious" lists from some other counties, she wished more would have been included.
"There's other things we should have put on there as far as I'm concerned," she said.
Andy began working at the Times Free Press in July 2008 as a general assignment reporter before focusing on Northwest Georgia and Georgia politics in May of 2009. Before coming to the Times Free Press, Andy worked for the Anniston Star, the Rome News Tribune and the Campus Carrier at Berry College, where he graduated with a communications degree in 2006. He is pursuing a master's degree in business administration at the University of Tennessee ...


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You're hiking on an elevated mountain ridge when suddenly a boulder dislodges, pinning you against a rock wall. You:
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Question 2 of 21
While skiing you unwittingly set off an avalanche that engulfs you, leaving you buried in a mound of snow. You:
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Question 3 of 21
While you're deep-sea fishing off the coast of Mexico, your small fishing boat is suddenly caught in a squall and capsizes. You:
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Question 4 of 21
While taking a leisurely after-dinner stroll in your hillside neighborhood, you encounter a mountain lion. You:
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Question 5 of 21
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Visiting Joshua Tree National Park, you are walking a trail when a rattlesnake bites you. What do you do?
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Golfing in South Carolina you stumble upon an alligator in a sand trap. You:
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You have fallen into quicksand. You should:
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Your car has gone off the road and is sinking into a body of water. You can't get the door open. You should:
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Question 13 of 21
You are ice skating on a pond when your friend falls through the ice. You are able to pull her out, but she appears to be suffering from hypothermia. You should:
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Question 14 of 21
You are camping in the woods and a female bear with her cubs wanders through your campsite. You should:
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Question 15 of 21
You are skiing in a remote area when you suddenly find yourself caught in an avalanche. You should:
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Question 16 of 21
Your friend has been bitten by a venomous snake. You should:
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Question 17 of 21
You are on a boat in rough seas when a huge wave washes you overboard into the frigid water. You should:
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Question 18 of 21
You are hiking in the mountains when a major electrical storm blows through. To avoid being struck by lightning, you should:
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Question 19 of 21
You're lost in the desert. The temperature is approaching 120 degrees Fahrenheit and you are almost out of water. You should:
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You are at the bank when a robber puts a gun to your head and orders you to lie facedown on the floor. You should:
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Question 21 of 21
While scuba diving, you encounter a menacing shark. You should:
... Most marine biologists advise not to do anything that might agitate or injure the shark, as that could make it more aggressive or attract other sharks to the area. If you feel threatened, use a stick or other tool to fend it off, rather than your hands, and poke it in the eyes or gills instead of the nose. The widespread misconception about fending off shark attacks with a punch in the nose has spawned a joke: "If you are diving and are approached by a shark, marine biologists recommend that you swim toward it aggressively and punch it in the nose as hard as possible. If this doesn't work, beat the shark with your stump."
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'Abyss Of Passion' on TV3
Abyss of Passion, a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina and written by Caridad Bravo Adams for Televisa is coming soon to TV3 to replace Love Her To Death which is coming to an end.
Abyss of Passion or Abismo de Pasión is a love story that takes place in a tiny, traditional, picturesque village from Yucatán, which is dedicated mainly to the growth of habanero chile (a very spicy and hot type of pepper); it is a hot place and so it is the passion of its inhabitants.
Augusto Castañón and Estefanía Berger de Castañón are Elisa's parents. With them lives Carmina, Estefanía's sister, who is about to run away from town with Rosendo Arango.
Alfonsina, his wife, finds this out and alerts Augusto about it. On the other hand, Estefanía tries to discourage Rosendo from leaving his family; however, they die in a car accident.
Carmina takes advantage of this situation and makes Augusto believe that his wife was cheating on him.
Out of spite, Augusto gets married with Carmina even though he is not in love with her. On the other hand, Alfonsina decides to send her son, Damián, to study abroad in order to keep him away from Elisa, who is close friends with him, and who obviously, Alfonsina doesn't approve.
Years later, Damián returns to town as an adult and engaged with Florencia Landuchi, whom he met while studying in a boarding school in Italy. Paolo Landuchi, Florencia's uncle, is impressed by Elisa's beauty, but she is not attracted to him, so he tries to rape her having Carmina as an accomplice.
Damián falls in love with Elisa and she feels the same way about him; this situation makes his old friend Gael become his rival, as he has been in love with Elisa ever since they were kids.
Augusto finds out about the relationship between Damián and Elisa and, hounded by the betrayal ghosts of Rosendo and Estefanía, he threatens Elisa with killing Damián. Elisa accepts to marry Gael to save Damián's life, decision that deeply hurts Paloma, her best friend, since she has always been in love with Gael.
This is a fascinating story about four youngsters, whose destinies and happiness are seriously damaged by the resentment, the ambition, and the betrayal that rules in the adults' world.
Abyss of Passion starts airing on March 21, 2013 every Thursday & Friday at 1800hrs (06:00pm).
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Higher cost projections by BlueCross BlueShield last week for health care insurance after the Affordable Care Act is implemented next January were quickly followed by Gov. Bill Haslam's lamentable decision to reject a federally funded expansion of Medicaid/TennCare for an estimated 180,000 lower-income workers in Tennessee for the next three years. But while cost factors in both cases reflected current U.S. health-care cost trends, neither event gave significant attention to the root cause of this nation's excessive health-care costs relative to the stunningly lower cost of excellent universal care in all other rich industrial nations.
The staggering difference merits serious scrutiny.
Many other rich countries run single-payer, non-profit health insurance programs (think, Medicare for all) financed under an income tax. Several, like Germany, allow or require higher-income citizens to buy private insurance. Regardless of their insurance mix, most other rich countries spend about half of what the United States spends for health care as a percentage of their Gross Domestic Product.
In 2010, the last year for data points on GDP spending, the United States spent 17.8 percent of GDP on health care. By contrast, Australia spent 9.1 percent; Spain and the United Kingdom, 9.6 percent; New Zealand, 10.1 percent; Canada and Switzerland, 11.4 percent; France, 11.6 percent. The average health-care spending was 9.5 percent in the 34 member countries (including the U.S.) of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development.
Perhaps more significant is that health-care indices in the United States generally trail the OECD's healthiest countries in such factors as longevity, wellness, infant mortality, obesity and chronic diseases. Which raises an obvious question: If the United States' spending on health care, now more than 18 percent and almost double those of other OECD countries, cannot be justified by common measures of good health, why is it doubly costly?
As anyone who has visited friends and hospital patients in today's modern, high-tech international competitors -- or consumed their prescriptions drugs or been scanned by their exported imaging equipment -- the cost difference is not attributable to lack of the most modern care standards and health-care equipment. Patients in most other rich nations, moreover, have more doctors per 1,000 population and are typically allowed longer hospital stays.
In fact, the difference in health-care costs and spending in the U.S. versus other rich nations results mainly, and simply, from far higher charges by providers and hospitals than most in other rich nations, according to data reported by the International Federation of Health Plans.
The average 2012 cost per hospital day, for example, was $476 in Spain, $731 in the Netherlands, $853 in France, $964 in Chile, $979 in New Zealand and $1,472 in Australia. But the average cost in the United States was a whopping $4,287.
Scanning and MRI imaging typically costs is in the $300 range in Netherlands, the U.K. and France, but jumps to an average of $1,121 in the U.S. A hip prothesis costs five times more in the U.S. than in Spain. Costs of prescription drugs in the United States are similarly a sharp multiple of costs abroad, primarily because Republicans forbid Medicare, which pays for 60 percent of prescription drugs in the U.S., from bargaining with pharmaceutical companies on prescription drug prices.
Routine office visits to doctors, surgical procedures like angioplasty, and major surgeries -- i.e., bypasses and hip and knee replacements -- are similarly disproportionately costly in the United States versus other rich countries. Total hospital and physician costs for an angioplasty in rich, medically modern Switzerland, Netherlands, France and Australia are from about $5,300 to $7,600, but it cost an average of $28,182 in the U.S.
The cost for heart bypass surgery runs a similar course -- from roughly $14,000 to $23,000 in five of the top European countries, to an average of $73,420 in the U.S.
The cost difference can't be explained by technology, availability of care, quality of doctors and hospitals, costs shifting for care of the uninsured or medical outcomes. Providers simply charge more, and Americans simply pay more of their dollars for health care. Health-care experts here would argue that our fee-for-service system and provider competition incentivizes and spurs higher costs. But there's something else at work: unreasonably higher charges all around. Yet our leaders aren't talking about that.
How cut costs without death panels? Free up consumers to choose less costly options, and free up providers to offer whatever they think there's demand for.
How absurd to make Mother Theresa buy condoms for Hugh Heffner, so to speak. Let him pay for his own hobbies.
If single payer systems provide better results and cost far less, then why do so many Americans go apoplectic at the very mention of...s-i-n-g-l-e p-a-y-e-r???
It has to be that the propaganda aparatus of the medical community has convinced enough people that the current US system is somehow superior when clearly it is not.
Medical costs are one of the big reasons why the US is less competitive than other countries.
nucanuck, I prefer to call a spade a spade. No, I'm endeavoring to over come my racist upbringing, so don't go there. I am talking about medical industry profits are the reason costs keep going up.
Making every effort to remove the profiteers from health care is the path to righteousness. No, I'm not going all preachie, I'm just trying to relate.
"We have the best health care system in the world" (if you must appeal to willing dupes) but it is as you say a "Single Payer System" in the Veterans Health Association." It is having some access issues right now, but the outcomes are better than John's Hopkins, Mayo Clinic and Mass. General, with half the cost of the rest of health care in this country.
By cutting out the profiteers (did Jesus charge for healing - just relating) Medicare saves about 15% over insurance companies, with better outcomes and the VA is 35% less costly than Medicare, and you guessed it, with better outcomes. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/08/17/va-clinic-care Once Veterans get past the part of VA health care that is still like private care (access) they agree it is the best health care anywhere and the outcomes prove it.
Our health-care system has been a blank-check and deep-rooted for so long that all have forgotten that solutions are out there. For starters we could find out what the best value countries in the world do, then copy the best practices of each one. But then that would require co-operative efforts from our politicians, health care providers, insurance companies and citizens.
Failure to capitalize "U.S." in the headline of this editorial. Edit the paper.
I also assume that the CEO of Blue Cross is simply lying about that sudden 30% jump. They are in business to make money, and that is what they are trying to do - justify raising their prices and profit, and criticize those who would try to reign in their profiteering.
One does not become the head of a large insurance company by being honest.
"For starters we could find out what the best value countries in the world do, then copy the best practices of each one. But then that would require co-operative efforts from our politicians, health care providers, insurance companies and citizens." - EaTN
Exactly right, EaTn. And it would also require that America step down off of its high horse and let go of its egotistical notion that we are "exceptional," blessed by God, and somehow better than every other nation. The notion of American exceptionalism has been taken to such extremes that our arrogance and stubbornness are killing us. Actually we have a lot to learn from many other nations who are doing some things far better than we are, but so many Americans think that it's a sign of weakness not to show off our brute force at all times, like a bull in a china shop, and do everything the "American way." Better to be uniquely American and wrong, they think, than to believe any other country has anything to teach us. This nation was/is truly blessed with an abundance of natural resources that could have made it great for a long time to come, but we have perverted those blessings in a way that has caused us to become great for all the wrong reasons. We have focused so much on enriching the few at the expense of the many that whatever blessings we had, they are now destroying us from within, like a cancer.
JonRoss, you are flat out wrong! If the Progressives had had their way with health care, we would now have an efficient single-payer system. Instead we have this cobbled together appeasement for the insurance companies and big Pharma as a result of trying to work with the GOP members of Congress. You not only share the blame, you get most of it!
"anticorp obamacare was jammed down our throats and up our arses with no debate and no accommodations to people who objected or wanted something slightly different. Debating and sparring is not in the Democrat/Progressive/Obastard dictionary." - JR
Yes, and FDR "jammed" his policies down the throats of recalcitrant conservatives too. He said that he welcomed the enmity of his detractors. Would that Obama acted more like FDR and less like some wimpy centrist. If he would stop trying to appease the Republicans and you teabagging conservatives and be the bold progressive that we libs THOUGHT we were electing we could be on the road to recovery and prosperity instead of stuck in this meaningless tug-of-war with you regressives who are bent on taking us back into the Dark Ages. The longer we waste time debating with you clueless righties and libertarians who have no vision or plan or grasp of reality the deeper we sink into the abyss.
How about wait times in these other countries? Or what about cancer survival rates? Why do so many people come to America to get health treatments if our system is so bad? Comparing what other countries spend doesn't paint the whole picture.
Furthermore, why must the solution be a single payer system. Are the only choices keeping the status quo or going to single payer system?
The liberal experiment has failed. We have been borrowed huge amounts of money, expanded the size of the government workforce, and kept interest rates at zero and we have got nothing to show for it. Maybe we need to try something else like cutting government, stop raising taxes, simplifying regulations and getting rid of Obamacare.
JonRoss, The ACA was a compromise (sadly) to the GOP. Richard Nixon first introduced it. The Heritage Foundation promoted it. Romney successfully installed and our president ran for office on change.
The system before ACA was giving us double digit premium increases. They are already down below 5%. It could be much better if the 21st Century Conservatives would swallow their hate for the supposed Godless Infidels long enough to see the forest.
There is a little discussed bit of knowledge about politics. The opposition passes your most difficult legislation.
Want your power back? Lead on Single Payer health care. Aren't you proud of how you treat our Vets? They get the "Best Health Care Everywhere." Google it...
Steal it from us Libs. Payback is a b!^@#... I use to vote Republican often when they were for more than Corporations.
"The liberal experiment has failed." - NF
What a crock of BS. For the last 30+ years, ever since Reagan sat on his golden throne, the conservatives have seen to it that the money has been funneled upward instead of distributed in a more equitable way that would enable more people to enjoy a higher standard of living. Their self-serving philosophy of "starving the beast" has paid off for them and weakened many of the progressive policies and programs, and now they try to make the claim that those policies failed simply because liberalism itself is a failure. NF, you either know the lie but spread it anyway, or you are simply too stupid and gullible to think for yourself and you swallow the spoon-fed bile being fed to you by Faux News and loony Limbaugh and the other wing-nut air-heads on the air waves.
rickaroo said the conservatives have seen to it that the money has been funneled upward instead of distributed in a more equitable way that would enable more people to enjoy a higher standard of living.
This report from the Treasury Department says differently.
Rick1, you must take Thomas Sowell seriously. He often refers to income mobility charts to make his flimsy case against minimum wage and the reality of poverty and income disparity. He's a dimwit.
Anyway, it's funny that you should pick the period when Clinton was in office, when he raised taxes and turned a deficit into a surplus. Bush inherited that surplus and the nation still enjoyed some lingering prosperity, but then wages stagnated and finally the sh#t hit the fan in 2008. I am not denying that there have been brief periods of prosperity in the past 30 or more years, regardless of whether a Dem or a Repub was in the White House. But "income mobility" charts are a skewed and convoluted way of gauging the health of the economy. It's easy to play fast and loose with the figures to get whatever result you want from them. Income disparity is a much better indicator of how overall wealth is distributed and how healthy or unhealthy the economy is. If the minimum wage were what it should be, relative to the cost of living, a working person would be making at least $10/hr. today. Just imagine how much the welfare and food stamp rolls would be reduced if people were making a decent living wage. If wages had kept pace with what the typical CEO makes, he/she would be making at least $25-$30/hr. Now, I'm not saying that a burger flipper deserves to make $25/hr. But then, nor is any CEO deserving of making over 300 times what the average worker makes. I don't think that CEOs today are any smarter or work any harder than CEOs of 30 years ago, when they made approximately 24 times what the average worker made.
You can tout your income mobility chart all you want to, but when a person with a full-time job can't afford health insurance because it costs more than the mortgage on his house, or a young person can't go to college without incurring tens of thousands of dollars of debt,or a person who has worked at Walmart or Target for 5 years still has to get food stamps or Medicaid because they're only being paid $8/hr., then there is something really screwed up about our country and our economy.
rickaroo, the report covered Clintons last term and Bush first term. Clinton did raise taxes but that was in 1993 and the economy did not respond favorably at all. It wasn't until 1997 when the Republican Congress a tax bill that balanced the budget and cut capital gains taxes from 28% to 20% and established higher limits on tax exclusion for IRAs and estates.
Since you seem to have a problem with the salaries CEO's make do you also have a problem with the money pro athletes and Hollywood stars make?
How much should a CEO make?
If you offered a job that paid that type of money would you turn it down?
I noticed you mention the numbers are skewed but you offered nothing to support this so you bring a black man conservative into the conversation by mentioning Thomas Sowell, which shouldn't surprise me since you have made it perfectly clear how you feel about black conservatives. Keep playing the race card when you are losing the argument.
"I noticed you mention the numbers are skewed but you offered nothing to support this so you bring a black man conservative into the conversation by mentioning Thomas Sowell, which shouldn't surprise me since you have made it perfectly clear how you feel about black conservatives. Keep playing the race card when you are losing the argument."
Strawman. Ad hominem. YOU are losing the argument, rick1.
Excellent rendering of the facts Rickaroo. Clearly rick1 copies and pastes Conservative think tank spin giving them little or no thought.
Furthermore as it did to you, it immediately leapt off the page at me the first half of the period was Clinton and Gore righting the ship and the last delivered the results. The reverse of course was at the hand of George Bush and Dick Cheney.
anicorp, The facts are the Republican Congress presented a tax bill that balanced the budget along with tax cuts in 1997 which Clinton signed. The facts are the last half of the 1990's the economy took off after the tax cuts were signed into law. The facts are the economy sucked after Clinton rose taxes in 1993. These are not talking points, they are facts but they do not fit your agenda just like they do not fit rickaroo.
"The facts are the Republican Congress presented a tax bill that balanced the budget along with tax cuts in 1997 which Clinton signed."
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 was proposed by the Democrats. That bill raised billions in extra revenue by cutting taxes on lower income people and raising taxes on the upper 1%. It also required that we maintain a balanced budget. That act, along with reduction in spending, raised more revenue and reduced the debt.
"The facts are the last half of the 1990's the economy took off after the tax cuts were signed into law."
Only after taxes were increased to raise revenue in 1993. You keep neglecting the importance of raising the $400+ billion in revenue.
"The facts are the economy sucked after Clinton rose taxes in 1993."
False. National debt, unemployment, and the poverty rate went down. Median family income increased every year after 1993. Interest rates even went down after 1993 because the economy was, in fact, improving.
"These are not talking points, they are facts but they do not fit your agenda just like they do not fit rickaroo."
They are talking points. I have no doubt that you got them from some sort of WingNut propaganda source. You only present the facts as you want to see them. You only see the WingNut side of the coin. Tax increases work, especially when you couple it with spending cuts. They worked in 1993. The economy improved because of the tax increase in 1993. You would rather mistakenly give all the credit to the Republican Congress in 1997 when, in fact, had it not been for the Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 proposed by the Democrats, the Balanced Budget Act and Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 would never have happened.
Welcome to the real world, rick1. Where WingNut facts are not facts at all.
If you want to hang something on Clinton it should be his embrace of the repeal of critically important bank regulations. That one act has put the country and the developed world into a sea of economic dispair where the bankers control everything and are sucking our country dry. Until that is reversed, we will continue downward. Count on it.
nucanuck said
"If you want to hang something on Clinton it should be his embrace of the repeal of critically important bank regulations."
The Gramm, Leach, Bliley Act was signed by Clinton. It was a Republican bill and it was veto proof legislation.
He could have just not signed it though. I think that was about the time of his impeachment for lying to hide adultery. I could speculate he was up against the wall and feeling the better course at the time was to be compliant with his tormentors.
I won't though. He could have stuck to name rank and serial number.
Good points from both of you, nucanuck and anticorp. Whatever Clinton's true motive at the time there's no doubt that he is as culpable as anyone for contributing to the housing bubble and financial bust, on account of his evisceration of Glass-Steagall. He's also guilty of not listening to Brooksley Born, the chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission during his time in office. She was the lone voice crying in the wilderness that the derivatives market was a house of cards and on the verge of collapse. He ignored her entirely and chose to listen instead to his economics "experts" Greenspan, Rubin, and Summers, who were themselves making money in the derivatives market and saying in unison how it would be best not to try to reign it in but leave it alone, that it would self-regulate. They were almost to the point of mocking Born outright.
Clinton did some good things (creating a surplus out of a deficit is itself worthy of a gold star, for sure) but he leaned a little too far right, IMO, and embraced too much of Reagan's anti-government philosophy.


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No matter how experienced a barfly you may be, rest assured that your friendly neighborhood bartender has seen and heard it all during his or her time slinging pints and mixing drinks in your local watering hole. According to Joe Bruno, director at the American Bartenders School of New York, these are the most common facts that the majority of people imbibing are unaware of.
There's an anonymous quote floating around the web stating that a bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory. That said, in the best and worst of times (which can sometimes occur in the same evening), it's often the barkeeper who'll not only keep your glass full and spirits up, but prove to be the equivalent of a street corner therapist, albeit one that serves alcohol. The following are profiles of some of the more intriguing mixologists we at the Long Island Weekly have crossed paths with, be it on land or at sea. And if finding out what each one's signature drink is and how to make it isn't enough, we've even included some bar facts to absorb as you enjoy your libation as you read this. So drink up.
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Now, we're supposed to be really scared. It was bad enough when the news broke last week that third- through eighth-graders around New York had performed horribly on new state math and English tests. But when U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and state Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. said that the results were even worse than expected, many parents and other taxpayers were overcome with consternation.
"Worse than expected?!"
"With all of the school taxes I pay?"
"Local officials, principals and teachers had been telling us our kids were doing fine. But now?"
Long Island is no place for a classic automobile.
To be sure, ours is a car culture. For better or for worse, the late Robert Moses saw to that. If given the option to take the train, the masses seem to prefer braving the Stressway any day of the week — even with gas averaging $4 a gallon.
Of course, we're talking about your average commuter, putting around in one of the myriad overgrown jellybeans that pass for transportation these days. Winter storms? Check. Salted roads? Got 'em. Salty air? Pretty tough to escape it, what with that whole 'island' thing. None of this really matters when your daily driver is mostly plastic.
I love the U.S. Open. One of my favorite events is Arthur Ashe Kids' Day. One of the organizations proceeds from ticket sales goes to support is the National Junior Tennis and Learning Network (NJTL), a nationwide group of more than 600 nonprofit youth-development organizations that provide free or low-cost tennis, education and life-skills programming to more than 325,000 children each year. It's the kind of altruistic event that I could see local charity Tennis Racquets For Kids, Inc. (TRFK) fitting in with quite nicely. This non-profit organization is devoted to introducing underprivileged children to the sport of tennis by giving donated old racquets (in playable condition) to them. While Great Neck cardiologist Dr. Gary Mintz is the point man for TRFK, it was his now 20-year-old fraternal twins Zachary and Paige who came up with the concept five years ago.
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