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Maybe you've seen the ads: On Wednesday we're co-sponsoring a special screening of Gasland at the Texas Theatre, which isn't the only movie we're screening next week. More about that later. But Josh Fox's Oscar-nominated film, as you probably know, features that now-infamous scene of a Colorado man being able to light his tap water, which oil-and-gas bizzers insist has nothing whatsoever do with nearby gas drilling, no sir, unh-unh. As former Dish mayor Calvin Tillman writes, "The natural gas industry keeps stating that the flaming water in Gasland was 'naturally occurring' methane."
Tillman, of course, doesn't buy it -- and neither do Steven and Shyla Lipsky, a Weatherford couple who, in 2004, bought 7.5 acres in Weatherford and spent the next five years and $4.5 million building their "dream home" in Parker County. But in 2010, they say, they discovered their well water was flammable -- due, they insist in legal docs filed earlier this week in Parker County District Court, to Range Production Company's fracking nearby. That, they say, wasn't part of the deal: They insist Silverado on the Brazos Development Co. told them a decade ago no oil or gas drilling would be allowed near the development. Only ... not so much.
The couple's Dallas and Fort Worth attorneys issued this release concerning the lawsuit against Range and Silverado on the Brazos earlier this week; it says the couple has "discovered that their well water contained benzene, toluene, ethane and a large amount of methane gas [and] due to the large amount of methane present, the well is no longer usable." Courthouse News has the docs, in which the couple's asking for $6.5 million.
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When Schellas Hyndman arrived as FC Dallas coach this summer from Southern Methodist University, it wasn't long before he brought SMU's Brazilian playmaker Bruno Guarda along too. With more than a suspicion of favoritism as Guarda became part of a starting line-up producing few positive results, Guarda's weekend goal in the 4-1 win at the Chicago Fire came as a relief to both coach, players and fans.
"It's going to be the first of many [goals] coming in MLS," Guarda told Diego Aparicio. "I am just glad, not just for myself, but for my team that we got a win. It came at the right time to help the team and myself."
"It's a normal thought," said Hyndman on fans' skeptical comments about Guarda's rapid elevation. "I've been getting from Bruno what I've been wanting from him for a while, and that's playing both sides of the ball and be a player to add a little bit of energy to unbalanced opposition. I would not just put him out there if he was just my favorite."
Guarda, 22, skipped his senior season at SMU to turn pro in July. He has played in every match since arriving at Dallas -- the first three as a substitute followed by four starts.
Captain Duilio Davino said that whether Guarda "is or not the coach's favorite player, it's not his fault. He is doing his job and doing it well. Little by little, he's earning respect from his teammates. He scored a goal and is stepping in the right direction."


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'Barkapooluza' this Saturday at Rack'em Billiards
July 22, 2016 Rack'em Billiards will hold "Barkapooluza" this Saturday to benefit Parker's Rainbow Bridge Animal Legacy. Live bands, raffles and more beginning at 3 p.m. Rack'ems is at 1011 SE 47th Terrace. more »»
Road Watch fo week of July 24
July 22, 2016 The Florida Department of Transportation has issued its upcoming road work report for Southwest Florida, week of July 24. more »»
Free school supplies giveaway
July 22, 2016 AMVETS65, Veterans Foundation and Dollar Tree will team up for a Free School Supplies Give-Away to be held Sunday, Aug. 7, at the Military Museum. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. more »»
Rock Out Against Domestic Violence: Cape concert to benefit ACT
July 21, 2016 An upcoming concert will benefit Abuse Counseling and Treatment and its Cape Coral services. For the first time, Rock Out Against Domestic Violence will take place on Friday from 7 to 11 p.m. more »»
Major ad firm locates national headquarters in the Cape
July 21, 2016 Locating their national headquarters in Cape Coral proved to be a good fit for one of the nation's largest automotive dealer advertising agencies. more »»
Property tax rate debate expected
July 21, 2016 City Manager John Szerlag's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2017 includes a millage rate reduction of .207 for Cape Coral property taxpayers. Since property values in Cape Coral rose by 8. more »»
Child abuse investigation continues
July 21, 2016 Local law enforcement and state child protection agencies in Florida and Alabama continued their investigations Thursday into a Cape Coral couple accused of abusing their foster and adopted childre. more »»
Yacht Club beach reopens
July 21, 2016 The latest test results taken by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection at the Cape Coral Yacht Club beach on Monday showed no presence of toxin in the wate. more »»
Cape teen accused of taking turtle egg
July 21, 2016 A Cape Coral man is accused of stealing a turtle egg this week from a sea turtle nest on Sanibel. Adrian Andre Morales-Corrales, 19, of 2111 N.. more »»
Lee County Uniform Crime Report Numbers Overall crime down; violent offenses show slight tick up
July 21, 2016 While non-violent offenses and overall crime in Lee County dropped for the first half of this year compared to the first six months of 2015, the number of violent offenses rose slightly. more »»
Parking fees waived for county boat ramps, parks and pools July 30-31
July 21, 2016 Parking fees will be waived Saturday, July 30, and Sunday, July 31, at Lee County-managed boat ramps and regional parks, and admission will be waived at the county's swimming pools in recognition of... more »»
Driver injured in crash released from hospital
July 21, 2016 A Cape Coral driver has been released from the hospital following a four-vehicle accident. more »»
City Manager reopens Yacht Club beach
July 21, 2016 Cape Coral City Manager John Szerlag has reopened the Yacht Club beach after the latest testing results from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection showed no toxins in the water. more »»
Council to set millage cap Monday
July 21, 2016 City Council will set the not-to-exceed millage rate for ad valorem taxes and the public hearing dates associated with the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2017 operating budget at Monday's meeting in... more »»
New voter information cards for all Lee County voters
July 20, 2016 Due to the mandated legislative redistricting that became effective after the March Presidential Preference Primary, all Lee county voter will receive new Voter Information Cards. more »»
City to close portion of Coronado Parkway to replace sewer line
July 20, 2016 The city of Cape Coral will be closing a section of Coronado Parkway Thursday, July 21, from 10 p.m., until Friday, July 22, at 9 a.m., to replace a sewer line. more »»
Moore & Scarry Advertising locates headquarters in Cape Coral
July 19, 2016 A national advertising firm has acquired a building in Cape Coral for its headquarter. more »»
Hanging up the white jacket
July 19, 2016 U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Spencer Roach said one of the most important lessons he learned during his 20 years and 16 days of service was how to be a good dishwashe. more »»
Local speech expert: Don't dump on Melania Trump
July 19, 2016 A local educator with a specialty in speech says some of Melania Trump's remarks might echo a previous Michelle Obama speech closely enough to be called plagiarism but the presumptive Republican... more »»
Couple facing child abuse charges
July 19, 2016 A Cape Coral man is facing sexual assault and child abuse charges, and his wife also faces multiple counts of child abuse, after several of their children came forward with allegations on Monday. more »»


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Kellie Pickler Returning to 'Dancing With the Stars' for Finale Week, Bringing Lady Antebellum Along
Kellie Pickler is headed back to 'Dancing With the Stars,' but she's not going to be donning her dancing shoes or showing off her fabulous form.
Kellie Pickler is headed back to 'Dancing With the Stars,' but she's not going to be donning her dancing shoes or showing off her fabulous form.
Kellie Pickler is all about going big or going home. She won 'Dancing With the Stars,' shaved her head for her friend with cancer and took not one, not two, but three shots on 'Ellen' this week.
Kellie Pickler's upcoming 'The Woman I Am' album has hit the nail on the head with helping the singer find her groove. It's Pickler at her best -- and that is a good place to be.
Kellie Pickler helped spread the message of early detection with an emotional performance of 'Someone Somewhere Tonight' on 'Good Morning America' Tuesday morning (Oct. 1). Husband Kyle Jacobs joined her on stage, while best friend and breast cancer survivor Summer Holt Miller watched from the audience.
Kellie Pickler's recent 'Someone Somewhere Tonight' video featured her 'Dancing With the Stars' partner Derek Hough as her co-star. It was incredibly intimate and overtly sensual, with lots of gorgeous natural light and suggestive dancing, but according to the singer, that's just how it came off on camera.
Kellie Pickler's new single 'Little Bit Gypsy' is a step back vocally, but not a step backward. There's no flaws in her performance, but her power is stifled when compared to her previous single.
When Kellie Pickler is on stage, she's all celebrity. But behind the scenes, the former 'American Idol' star is just a down-home southern gal. Around her house, she even goes by her real, married name: Kellie Jacobs.
Kellie Pickler has been named the winner of Season 16 of 'Dancing With the Stars,' besting Disney star Zendaya in the final two. "Grandpa Ken, we got you the trophy buddy," partner Derek Hough shouted, referring to the man who raised Pickler. NFL player Jacoby Jones finished third, with gymnast Aly Raisman finishing fourth.
Less than two months after suffering serious injuries in a terrible car accident, Gregg Lohman -- drummer for country's Kellie Pickler -- surprised the star with a triumphant return to the stage at a concert in Illinois on Friday (April 26).
The two dancers representing country music on ABC's 'Dancing With the Stars' are headed in very different directions. Kellie Pickler amazed the judges and live audience on Monday night (April 1) with a "ridiculously amazing" Jive set to 'Footloose.' Her score of 25 led the night, while Wynonna Judd's 15 for her Samba was the lowest tally.
Kellie Pickler and Wynonna Judd danced to keep dancing on Monday night (March 25) during the second episode of the new season of 'Dancing With the Stars.' Tuesday's results show could send one of the two country singers home, but if the judges' critiques and scores are an indication of what America is thinking, neither should be too worried.
Country music's two dancing women did more than enough during Monday's (March 18) 'Dancing With the Stars' season premiere to earn another week in the competition. Both Kellie Pickler and Wynonna Judd danced the Cha Cha Cha, with Pickler giving judge Bruno Tonioli reason to leave his seat and shake shake his hips.


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Two new polls suggest that in spite of the troubled economy and the anxiety of war and terrorism, Americans are spending more than ever on their yards and gardens.
Indeed, as travel and tourism is affected by the turmoil, people may be using their disposable income closer to home.
"Your home is your castle after 9-11," said Bruce Butterfield, research director for the National Gardening Association. "That's all true to a certain extent."
He said homeowners are now spending $10.7 billion on lawn services and related landscape services per year, up from $7.6 billion - or 40 percent - since 1997.
The nonprofit group, based in Burlington, Vt., conducts polls with Harris Interactive on gardening trends. Its poll of professional services was done for five trade groups, including the Washington-based American Nursery & Landscape Association.
Robert Dolibois, the association's executive vice president, also noted a dramatic increase over the five-year span in consumer spending on professional garden construction and plant installation, which jumped from $3.6 billion in 1997 to $11.2 billion last year, a more than threefold increase.
"This is really significant," said Dolibois, who attributed the growth to several factors, including the short-term reality of a continued strong housing market and the long-term shift in American attitudes toward outdoor spaces. While once a simple deck might have been enough to provide a place to sit and enjoy the garden, "we are seeing the outdoor living room take on a much more sophisticated tone, in part because of the privacy needs - elaborate fences and trellises for a 4,000-square-foot house on a 10,000-square-foot lot."
In a separate poll by the National Gardening Association, measuring household participation in gardening, consumer spending on plants, lawn mowers, fertilizers and everything else related to the landscape rose from an estimated $26.6 billion in 1997 to $39.6 billion last year, an increase of almost 50 percent.
The annual growth rate has held steady at about 8 percent even after the economy went south (and still maintained a healthy 5 percent last year). Butterfield also attributed the figures to the continued buoyant market for houses and second mortgages as a result of historically low interest rates.
But how can people be spending more on lawn services and installed gardens as well as do-it-yourself supplies and equipment?
One reason, Butterfield said, is that many homeowners are employing others to do the drudgery of lawn cutting and leaf blowing, freeing time to indulge in the horticultural pursuits that they want to do. Almost a quarter of households now use a regular lawn and garden service, according to the poll.
Butterfield said the Dutch call this pleasure gardening, and it is seen in the astronomic growth in three areas - container gardening, water gardens and herb gardens. Consumers last year spent approximately $1.4 billion on containers and the plants, soil and fertilizers that go into them. (There is a thriving submarket in newly developed, branded annuals.) Water gardening with pond liners, pumps, filters, plants and fish is now also a $1.4 billion-a-year trade, while herbs as a category account for half a billion dollars annually.
These are relatively small compared with the three major spending areas, but they are growing at approximately 20 percent a year.
The biggest categories are do-it-yourself lawn care ($12 billion); trees, shrubs and other major landscaping elements (almost $9 billion); and flowering annuals and perennials ($3 billion).
In the survey of consumer trends for professional services, homeowners spent an estimated $10.7 billion last year on lawn and landscape maintenance; $11.2 billion on landscape installation and construction; $3 billion for landscape design services; and almost $4 billion on tree care. The total spending was put at $29 billion, compared with $14.6 billion five years earlier.
Dolibois said the numbers reflect the well-documented spending power of the baby-boom generation, whose members are nesting more now that their children are leaving home or are close to doing so. In addition, homeowners don't want to spend their precious free time mowing the lawn, or are becoming physically unable to do it, he surmised.
Butterfield said the poll also reinforced a trend long seen and keenly felt in the green industry: the shift toward big-box retailers at the expense of independent retail nurseries and garden centers.
In 1997, 40 percent of households shopped for gardening materials at home centers such as the Home Depot. Last year, the percentage had climbed to 52 percent. In the same period, the number of households buying garden-related products (including seasonal plants) from mass merchandisers like Wal-Mart grew from 31 percent to 48 percent. Meanwhile, the number of households using garden centers fell from 48 percent to 43 percent, said Butterfield.
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Don't start in with any foolish 'but David James Elliott is from Canada.' The man is and always will be Lieutenant and then Commander and then Captain Harmon 'Harm' Rabb Jr. of "JAG." We're sorry, that's just the way it has to be, so why exactly he's going undercover as this David Nelson fellow who lives with a member of the Canadian Coast Guard we don't know. It is only a guest-starring role on the series, which may make it a short-term assignment for Harm, but Mac can't be happy about it, can she?
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Freeze after freeze expected this week in Milwaukee area
Looks like the growing season is just about over in southern Wisconsin.
The National Weather Service has issued a freeze watch for Monday evening through Tuesday morning and is forecasting freezing weather at night in much of southern Wisconsin for the rest of the week. In the first widespread freeze across the southern portion of the state, temperatures are expected to drop into the mid to upper 20s Monday night with slightly warmer weather near Lake Michigan.
The cold temperatures are a bit tardy, statistically speaking. Madison registered its first freezing temperature of the season on Saturday, the latest first freeze in the last three decades. On average Madison reaches 32 degrees by Oct. 2 while Milwaukee typically gets that first freeze by Oct. 19.
Below-freezing temperatures will kill the last of the flowers still brightening porches and patios as well as other sensitive vegetation and any remaining crops still in fields, according to the National Weather Service.
Folks heading to work and kids waiting at bus stops in the mornings should bundle up since below-average temperatures are expected this week. That's because the jet stream is dipping south over the Great Lakes region, ushering in colder air.
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Mayor Tom Barrett, Sheriff David Clarke to appear tonight on CNN over gun control stances
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke will appear together on "Piers Morgan Tonight" on CNN.
The topic will be Clarke's recent public service announcement ad in which the sheriff tells residents that personal safety isn't a spectator sport anymore, and "I need you in the game." »Read Full Blog Post(113)
Singing, acting both stellar in 'Figaro'
Actors are taught to act and opera singers are taught to sing - and all too rarely do the twain really meet.
The Florentine Opera Company's production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," directed by Candace Evans, cast that notion aside Friday evening with a spot-on blend of absolutely sterling singing and audience-connected acting. »Read Full Article
Theatre Gigante taps dark, creative energy in 'Electra'
While her father is out of town on business, her mother takes a lover. When her father comes home, Mom and her new consort stab him. She herself is thrown out of the house. Her baby brother now lives in exile.
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Centreville Amusement Park located on the Toronto Islands is open this weekend, you can catch the ferry at Harbourfront. http://www.centreisland.ca/about.html
The Old Spaghetti Factory is family oriented and kids usually love it.
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Centreville is a great place for a six year old, and beats Ontario Place.
And the subway is fun for little boys. But you need to be in the front car, so he can look out thewindow, or in the last car.
For the most fun meal, go to the Rainforest Cafe, in the Yorkdale Shopping Centre. This looks to be a long way away, but the syubway goes directly into the shopping centre, and then it's just a shoort walk. Get on the subway at Dundas and Yonge (just south of the hotel) and go SOUTH to Union station and then the train changes direction and heads north again, to the Yorkdale Station.
Lots of fish tanks, roaring elephants, servers who like kids, and lots of food kids like, plus decent foood for adults.
Closest kid-friendly restaurant to the Chelsea is a Swiss Chalet on Yonge Street. Go out the side door of thehotel (alongside the cafeteria) walk a short, short way to Yonge, turn right/south, and you are almost there.
Fun food --hot dogs and French Fries from a truck in front of either Toronto City Hall or the convention centre.
My friend Max turned six today, and he had dinner at Club Lucky / Kit Kat Too, in the entertainment district, on John Street, just north of Adelaisde, across the street from Chapters giant book store. Max knows his way around Club Lucky; his dad owns the place. It's a medium fancy restaurant, but the sstaff are used to having a little boy around the place, and know how to make kid-friendly pasta or would make him a sandwich, while grownups enjoyed a good dinner.
Open Friday and Saturday; closed Sunday.
You might try Sunday brunch at the Bright Pearl in Chinatown, on Spadina a couple of blocks north of Dundas. Since you get to see what the Dim Sum is before you order it, junior will have an idea of what he's getting.
And then there's Mr. Greenjeans, in the EAton Centre, just south fo the Sears store. A couple of blocks from the hotel; excellent kids menu, and the food for grownups is pretty good too. I eat there volunrtarily even without a kid in tow, especially when I'm looking for a hamburger.
Back to street food. Some kids enjoy visiting the St. lawrence market, especially when they can see pigs heads and other gross things. Down there, back bacon on a kaiser roll is a kids favorite,a dn they can eat it outside on the balcony that surrounds the building.
And the cafeteria inside the Chelsea has lots of things kids like -- pizza, sandwiches, various drinks -- and the prices are reasonable and the quality is good, and the location can't be beat.
Don;t forget to bring bathing suits -- the Chelsea has a water slide.
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Some 30 years ago my kids enjoyed Toronto Island and the Science museum and I am sure they are both better.
About the subway--in a flash my son went up a different exit and went "missing". I was frantic! The police listened but were emphatic that he would work his way to the top and present himself where we all stood.
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…NOT us!
The enemy - of established single-family neighborhoods in Bellingham - is the person who recently had this to say about the Sunset Commons rezone application for the former DOT property on the south side of Sunset Drive in the Sunnyland Neighborhood:
"You know, a lot of the feedback we got about this neighborhood proposal talked about multi-family not matching the existing development pattern. I understand the concerns about neighborhood character. I really, really do.
"We have the pressure of trying to figure out how to accommodate population in all of our neighborhoods, including Sunnyland.
"So we have to figure out what we're going to do when opportunities like this [application for increased density and multi-family zoning] present themselves in a single family neighborhood.
"And, to be perfectly honest, the argument that multi-family doesn't match the existing development pattern is the number one reason to consider multi-family - because we have to put some multi-family in single family neighborhoods. Not everywhere in them, and not unilaterally; sensitively and thoughtfully, but we do have to consider that for the livability of all of our neighborhoods."
So, let's break this down:
First, instead of focusing on the "vitality and character of established residential neighborhoods," our enemy chooses to focus on the "existing development pattern." Huh? Since when is the existing development pattern equivalent to the vitality and character of a neighborhood?
Second, when our enemy talks about the "pressure of trying to figure out how to accommodate population," exactly what pressure are we talking about? In terms of accommodating population, does the GMA require the city to do any more than to "identify sufficient land for housing?" [RCW 36.70A.070(2)]
Is our enemy claiming that the city has not identified "sufficient land for housing?"
Really? Then wouldn't our Comp Plan be out of compliance with the Growth Management Act (GMA)? Is it?
Third, our enemy acts like a developer's application for an upzone to increase density and allow multi-family development is such a rare and unique thing. What? Aren't these "opportunities" presented on a regular basis? And doesn't our Comp Plan already comply with GMA requirements whether or not rezones are applied for and approved? Are density and multi-family upzones actually required for the city to meet its GMA obligations? If not, then where is this pressure coming from?
Fourth, our enemy claims that "the argument that multi-family doesn't match the existing development pattern is the number one reason to consider multi-family." Really? The # 1 reason?
Is it possible that our enemy is not familiar with the March 1995 State Senate Bill (SSB) 5567 that amended the same section of the GMA requiring the city to "identify sufficient land for housing?" You know, the same bill that admitted that the GMA wasn't working? The bill that stated,
"There is concern that these [GMA planning] requirements not only do not adequately protect single-family residential neighborhoods, but increase pressure to rezone established single-family neighborhoods to allow development of apartment buildings and commercial uses."
So, what did the legislature do? They amended the GMA to require that the housing element of the Comp Plan ensures the "vitality and character of established residential neighborhoods" so as to "protect single-family residential neighborhoods" and prevent the pressures described by our enemy from wrongfully causing "our leaders" to rezone "established single-family neighborhoods to allow development of apartment buildings and commercial uses."
Is our enemy not familiar with SSB 5567 and the GMA?
What gives?
Dick Conoboy // Thu, Jul 26, 2012, 1:11 pm
Ah yes, Larry. The squeal of incoherence is deafening. One need go no further than the protracted debate on the Padden Trails rezone which mercifully died a long overdue death from confusion and exhaustion.
David Camp // Fri, Jul 27, 2012, 3:08 pm
Why is it that the planners always find some way for us poor taxpayers to pay for some grandiose scheme designed to accommodate people who not only don't live here and aren't planning to live here, but are merely projected to live here sometime in the future? Consider your water and sewer bill, which has increased at about double the rate of inflation for the past six years or so - why? Because the sewer plant can't handle the number of people projected to move here over the next twenty years.
I say - let them stay where they are. And if they want to move here, let them pay for a new sewage plant. The existing one, which we have already paid for, works just fine for the people who paid for it.
Mike Rostron // Fri, Jul 27, 2012, 10:21 pm
The arguments for infill are mostly straw men at best. Farmlands are protected by passing laws to protect them from development, period. Many who should know better continue to put forth the same tired and dishonest arguments which only serve to set up false choices for the intellectually lazy and historically uninformed, and do nothing to inform the discussion or shed light on the real issues. The council is or should be well aware that much of Sunnyland is already zoned multifamily, and there are many areas of the neighborhood that are closer to the downtown with better access to bus lines and other amenities, and which would be better places to try experiments like the "infill toolkit" (really just a genteelism for higher profits & more flexibility for developers, largely at the expense of existing property owners and city taxpayers).
Certain members of the council and Jeff Thomas keep suggesting that neighborhood associations are not normally allowed or encouraged to make proposals on "site specific" developments, and they keep changing the rules to make it as difficult as possible for neighborhoods to have any real input. Some members of the council and the planning department have been doing their utmost to make it sound like SNA had no legal right to put forth a proposal. Hogwash! In fact our proposal was illegally moved from the docket after it had been previously docketed several years earlier. The DOT site is a subarea and Neighborhoods have full authority and even an obligation to have a say in developments such as this which affect large areas of the neighborhood. As the disingenuous councilman already knows, neighbors are even allowed to comment on and oppose modifications on individual lots in many instances.
Regarding Bellingham proper, there are hundreds of acres of unused or underutilized (from the standpoint of developers at least) properties available, many already zoned as multifamily, that should or could be used before shoving unwanted infill down the throats of folks who have invested heavily in neighborhoods where they have a right to expect consistent zoning. Moreover, ADUs are already permitted in single family zones. This is assuming we even need infill at all! Historically our growth has been slow, and the rapid growth of the previous few years an aberration. Moreover, developers are motivated by the need to make high profits, not improve our city. Slow lot by lot development in single family neighborhoods is something folks can adapt to. We should be pushing for MORE gardens, trees, and rural character within the city limits in single family and even multifamily zones, and MORE preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods (A recent study shows some 83% of Sunnyland noncommercial buildings are historic according to the federal definition of the term).
Many developers and certain community zealots would have us think our choice is only between accommodating inevitable population growth - that we must become another Seattle or Vancouver, or gobble up our farmland with old style suburbs - also hogwash! There are other choices, though such avaricious folks promote growth with that other false postulation that without growth there are no jobs - again hogwash! We have not even begun to discuss the most important question for Bellingham: just how large a city do we want? If we do want to continue on as a small city - say 80,000-100,000, we can take positive steps as a community to do so. That discussion has yet to even take place in an honest and open manner, and it would seem the developers and certain city and county leaders do not want the citizens to even have a voice in those decisions. We should take up that discussion before we start tossing about more grandiose plans for our Brave New City.
We do agree that it is good to have some types of European style mixed housing/business in certain areas of the town. We believe this is happening/will happen without encouragement of developers who by and large are a nefarious bunch (I say this as a life-long building contractor and carpenter who has worked for a few). As they have on James St. and Meridian near Haggen, businesses will convert and add on to older homes or build new facilities in more organic ways, and there is no pressing need to raze existing historic housing or radically change existing already endangered single family neighborhoods for projects that are better suited to the downtown or other more suitable areas. Furthermore, we would like to see it a requirement that every would-be developer should be required to restore an existing historic building before they are allowed to build even an outhouse in this city!
Again such supposedly beneficial developments are always foisted on the working classes, who have most of their assets tied up in their homes, and who do the most to make such neighborhoods pleasant. What makes Bellingham unique and attractive are not the latest fads and fashions of the developers, or even the mostly well-intentioned efforts of city planners and leaders, but the simple lot by lot efforts of working class citizens. Why must we always be at the beck and call of the corporate owners? Shouldn't all of their schemes be automatically suspect? What are their motives? In a word - profit. The infill toolkit is a subterfuge developers came up with. The term "NIMBY" was invented by developers to discredit the working class folks who have struggled for decades to own their own homes. They would have us all live as impoverished college students or worse in their highly profitable cubicles. This isn't downtown Tokyo or Manhattan. We don't have to live like that here, and if that lifestyle seems attractive Seattle and Vancouver are a short distance away. We can have our cake and eat it too - but only if we citizens take control of the development of our city, and don't give it up to the profit-first-and-citizens-be-damned carpetbagging developers.
As we said in this forum previously: the devil is in the details when it comes to infill. Each project must be carefully examined on a case by case basis. It may be a contentious process, but it is the property owners and taxpayers who will be stuck with the results long after the developers have pocketed their money and moved on to the next "low hanging fruit." (To quote a local developer.) We applaud the four city council members, Gene Knutson, Teri Bornemann, Michael Lilliquist, and Seth Fleetwood, who supported the efforts of the many residents of Sunnyland who have given of their time and energy these last several years in drawing up and promoting this proposal - a modest and well reasoned request for single family zoning, allowing more than twenty new homes to be built where presently there are none. As for the three council persons who actively opposed the neighborhood proposal; as the old song goes, "If you can't say something nice, say nothing!"
Tip Johnson // Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 9:04 am
Since the late seventies, during development of the original comp plan, I have repeatedly encouraged people to compare the parts that help citizens build community to those that help people make a profit, those that assist and encourage folks to put down roots versus those that enable people to cut and run.
I remain convinced it is possible to craft a plan and land use code that encourages and protects community. I can attest to decades of citizen work to accomplish this aim. I must admit, sadly, that it is rarely accomplished and codified as such.
Elizabeth Jennings // Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 4:31 pm
Hello, neighbors and proximal neighbors! I write this 1) in thanks to my neighbors who have been tireless advocates for our quality of life here in Sunnyland, but also 2) as an appeal for civility, and 3) as a plea for a more inclusive conversation about the need for affordable multifamily housing in Bellingham, staring here in Sunnyland.
First: Thank you to the SNA and its planning workgroups whose volunteers have sought to include the most local of voices in community planning. It's tough work, and I appreciate your thoughtfulness and commitment. I regret I was only able to participate for the first two years of the DOT (Sunset Commons) rezone discussions, but personally I got tired of dissenting opinions being branded traitorous to the neighborhood. As I have said in this forum in the past, I don't agree with all the recommendations in the proposed amendment, but I do agree that the city should docket the SNA proposal as an act of good faith. We need to start the public process on this issue, and it makes sense to me that the neighbors' proposal be the starting point for the next phase of deliberations.
Second: Can't we be nicer? What does it gain us as a neighborhood or nation to brand people "the enemy"? This is the very reason I have a difficult time encouraging neighbors to get involved. In response I hear: "It's too mean." "It gets personal." I believe Larry has many fair points, such as yes, the SNA is one of the legally-recognized entities that has legal standing to propose plan amendments. I agree with many (if not most) of his factual points in this post. However, the rhetoric here is anti-democratic in that its result is intimidation and suppression of speech. How does this tone advance the neighborhood's cause? Call me a dope (or enemy or whatever you want to call me), but I actually trust in the good faith of our elected officials. That doesn't mean they know everything, or that they will always agree with me, or that they always make the right decision. But they're not my enemy. If someone's wrong on the facts, can't we help them understand our point of view without sinking to calling names?
Third: In addition to Larry's many sound facts regarding the GMA, there are other facts to be considered in neighborhood planning, such as a clear and immediate need for more affordable multifamily homes, and Sunnyland's ability to accommodate it. *Gasp!* Yes, we need more apartments in Bellingham, and I'd welcome some of them in the Sunnyland Lower West Side, here where so many of our historic buildings are already duplexes+. No, I'm not a shill of the developers. I'm a six-year homeowner in one of the most diverse (economically, age, renter/owner, ethnicity, etc.) neighborhoods in the city: Sunnyland Lower West Side. City-wide, incomes are down, rental vacancies are down, rent is higher, so more working families are struggling to make ends meet. I think our diverse, multifamily neighborhood has the capacity to support more affordable housing. You can bet that I'll be an advocate for appropriate design and impact mitigation, but come on—we need affordable housing now, and it makes sense for it to be close to downtown, services, transit and all of the other amenities that we on the Lower West Side enjoy. If our single-family neighbors north of Alabama don't want infill in their area, could we do a zoning "trade" like they did in the Lettereds or create a new creative solution to take advantage of the Lower West Side's multifamily and mixed industrial status? There may be many other options available to us, lots of great ideas and options, but when neighborhood planning focuses on the trees, I'm afraid we're missing the forest.
In sum: In relation to Larry's original post, I'm not arguing for or against a specific number of homes on the DOT site. I'm not officially putting a dog in that fight (again), lest I get accused (again) of being a traitor to my neighbors. Instead, I'm asking that we refrain from broadly branding some decision-makers and other people with differing viewpoints as "enemies" of our neighborhood, and I'm asking for a more neighborhood-wide approach to planning, so we can accomplish multiple goals. Sunnyland has both single- and multi-family zoning (and commercial, light industrial, public and other zoning). Can't we discuss the future of our neighborhood civilly, in a way that includes all opportunities, as well as the need for protections for history, character and other assets? In my experience, incendiary rhetoric does more to marginalize people who have good ideas than it does to encourage democratic participation. If you only want to hear your own ideas, keep up the mud-slinging. If you experience an echo chamber, it will be because everyone else has been intimidated into leaving the party.
I look forward to working with all of you in ways to build up our sense of community in Sunnyland, rather than tear down individuals. Stop by to play horseshoes any time!
Best regards from the Sunnyland Lower West Side,
Elizabeth Jennings
Larry Horowitz // Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 5:09 pm
Thanks for sharing your insights. While I am in total agreement about our need to remain civil (especially when neighbors share ideas amongst themselves), having been through a seven-year battle to protect both an ecologically sensitive urban forest & wetland habitat as well as the quality of life in my own neighborhood, IMHO, it is naive to believe that appeasing those who plan to do you harm is an effective strategy. Fortunately, Churchill recognized appeasement wasn't working for Chamberlain, and I am thankful for the other community leaders who recognize that appeasement won't work for the neighborhoods.
It's bad enough when the city fails to enforce its own laws that are designed to preserve our quality of life. It is simply intolerable when city officials are either ignorant of - or choose to ignore - state regulations like the ones adopted by SSB 5567.
I sincerely hope you are successful with your approach, and I encourage you to engage with others that way. But to expect those of us who have spent thousands of dollars and thousands of hours fighting for the quality of our lives to appease those who threaten our neighborhoods is unrealistic.
Warm regards to you as well,
Elizabeth Jennings // Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 5:39 pm
Larry: Thanks for your kind reply! I'm still curious: How is civility appeasement? Or is discussing increasing affordable housing in the multi-family and light-industrial area appeasement? I did not propose acceding to the demands of your opponent. I did take issue with the content of your post, but rather with the rhetoric. How does calling names and branding some people as an "enemy" (as a strategy or tactic) help you accomplish your goals? What will this accomplish for your cause?
Larry Horowitz // Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 7:53 pm
I do not believe civility is appeasement, nor have I claimed that it is. Appeasement is a policy aimed at avoiding confrontation by making concessions.
The person I have observed (with tongue-in-cheek) as "the enemy of established single-family neighborhoods in Bellingham" has taken an overly aggressive position vis-a-vis multi-family zoning in these neighborhoods. In fact, this person is the one who has attempted to use intimidation and suppression of dialogue. If you re-read what this person had to say, you'll see that there's little room to negotiate. Perhaps your suggestions would be better directed there.
Neighborhoods are typically in a reactive mode. Seven years ago, when the battle I participated in began, I started out very differently. But it didn't take long to learn that you cannot negotiate effectively without standing your ground.
The developers and certain city officials (both elected and appointed) have historically been the aggressors. (Did you attend any of the meetings where former planning director Jorge Vega tried to convince us that upzones and UGA expansion were our only choices and began to force them down our throats?)
Most of us just want to live in peace… undisturbed. Unfortunately, that option has been taken away from many of us. I don't agree that identifying the enemy has anything to do with "calling names or branding." I am simply observing the aggressive nature of this person as well as the comments, which are in direct conflict with the GMA and goals of most single family neighborhoods in Bellingham. Having successfully fought a prior battle by standing firm, I fully expect this strategy to succeed in accomplishing the goal of preserving the character of Bellingham's established single family neighborhoods.
Could I be wrong? Sure. That's why I fully support your approach. I don't have a monopoly on successful strategies, and I suspect you don't either.
By the way, in your first comment you wrote, "I agree with many (if not most) of his factual points in this post." I'd be curious as to which factual points you do not agree with.
Warm regards,
Tip Johnson // Wed, Aug 01, 2012, 2:23 pm
So I watched the tape and I have to say, I am getting sick of that bogus argument.
It is remarkably similar to one I have heard over and over from developers and realtors (those profiting from neighborhoods as compared to living there). It goes like this:
First some genius planner or policy maker comes up with a rationalization for siting an incongruous use. That use brings more severe impacts, noise, light, traffic, trash, parking, etc. Residents of adjoining properties sell or move and rent. Properties run down and the next adjoining properties similarly devalue. Usually some sharp realtor buys them up, encourages transitional uses and skimps on upkeep. Eventually the whole area looks dysfunctional and some slick land use attorney comes to council and says, "Gee, you guys already screwed it up. Now you should rezone it and let us finish it off." This is the classic cut and flip strategy of making money through transition. That, my friends, has nothing to do with stable neighborhoods.
Has anyone else noticed that the "pressure…to accommodate population in all of our neighborhoods" never actually extends to the neighborhoods with the largest lots and the best views? I say, if you want folks to believe there is a purpose higher than profit in neighborhood upzones, then start with some projects in Edgemore or the upper Samish neighborhood, maybe South Hill or Geneva. Otherwise, it's just more covert code for running roughshod over the common folk.
Sure we need more affordable housing, but that would be far better addressed with a detached accessory dwelling provisions than neighborhood upzones. Besides, affordable units will benefit from better views, too. Yep, start that plan in Edgemore, Councilor. If it flies there, we'll talk about it in Happy Valley.
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By ChrisJoosse
Jun 3, 2012
rating: 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
|The pitch is quite long if you belay from directly downhill of the dihedral. 70m rope came in handy, especially on the descent. Full value!
By Ryan Hoover
Mar 25, 2013
rating: 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
|Stunning line thats very intimidating from the base. Second pitch is a 11a finger crack followed by some 10- liebacking into a fun finger traverse and up a slab that leads you to the top. Also a great pitch! Bring small gear, two ropes and/or a bunch of long slings, the second pitch is longer then it would seem. I ran out of runners and had one rope, and paid the price with some horrendous drag. Full value!
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By wayne wallace, May 26, 2014
save a green camalot for the crux, and most importantly DO THE SECOND PITCH!!!!! It is awesome.
By Jessica T, From: seattle, wa, Jun 20, 2014
I used a number #4 to protect the top section, though maybe could do it without will have to go back.
By Chris Mutzel, From: Seattle, Washington, Feb 23, 2015
I was here yesterday for some mid-February climbing, who would have known...
This is the second time I have done this pitch and still just as good. Unfortunately I forgot how to handle the crux and blew the final mantle-ish move the anchors. I would recommend a blue c4 (3") at the very very top if you are a bit concerned about doing the same thing. Took a nice swing into thin air.
The second pitch was too dirty to climb. Next time will have to bring the brush...
By Noah D, Mar 27, 2015
Just climbed this yesterday and it was great. The second pitch is clean enough to climb and also very fun. I lost my hat and it got stuck in a tree. It is a brightly colored Patagonia hat if you want to return it.
By brandonia, Jul 13, 2015
The 1st 15' of the 2nd pitch is dirty, but after that it's perfect. once above the lichen, climb the right side of the obvious flake (crux) to a nice right facing corner. the corner peters out and a tips traverse to the left appears (mental crux). do your good deed for the season and bring a brush for the first 15'. watch the rope drag. agreed, great pitch!!
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Sep 8, 2015
|Single set to #3 is fine, with doubles in .75-3. A .75 protects the last move just fine without having to haul a #4 up there. Bring a set of nuts, there are bomber nut placements, too. Great route!
By Jaddles
Sep 10, 2015
|This may or may not be a new thing...but it seems there is now a rap station (it looks pretty new and I don't think it was there when I first did the route last year - May 2014) down and left (climbers) of the anchor which would allow you to get down off the 1st pitch without having to tag a second 60m rope for the rappel. Can anyone confirm?
By clint helander
From: anchorage, alaska
Sep 13, 2015
|yeah there are some chains that allows for two rappels with a single 60m rope. A 70 makes it back to the ground in one rappel.
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Sep 15, 2016
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|Intimidating but soft. Rock is quite grippy and feels somewhat underclimbed. 70m with knotted ends + trending left gets you down in one rap. #4 was nice at crux. Bring lots of gear, doesn't matter what kind as there are many, many pro options.


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A true Italian legend the APE, fondly referred to as a demon on three wheels. Originated by The Piaggio Company in Italy the APE, meaning bee. Its combination of simple functionality and economy appeals to many markets. A combination of ultimate economy with a payload up to 800kg and seating for one or two, this little busy bee has proven to be most popular across many sectors. From being an integral part of any business including retail, advertising, outdoor events and deliveries to racing at Rye House in Hertfordshire.
There are many practical benefits to the APE but the main point, as always with iconic designs, is just that you want one!.
These adorable vans have hundreds of applications, from a multitude of inter-industry applications to Coffee Carts and promotional tools.
Perfect for product launches, events, outdoor marketing, mobile retail, these little motors pack a real punch when it comes to turning heads. At
B-Ape, we have Ape vehicles available to HIRE or BUY including the resources to fulfil any bespoke brief. Our services* include: signwriting the vehicles, creating
impactful branded vehicles for promotion to arranging a full conversion for mobile food and beverage traders. (*for commercial use only)
Click the link below to see our full range of vehicles and technical specifications.B-APE RANGE
These vans can be seen used by florists, decorators, coffee carts, gardeners to name but a few, even cheeky Essex boy Jamie Oliver could not resist one of these vans !
Join the likes of Jamie Oliver, the Top Gear team, Centre Parcs… and get noticed? Trust the Piaggio Ape range of vehicles to turn heads and get your product /service out to the masses. You can use Piaggio Ape for almost anything you can think of!
The Ape 50 panel van can be driven from the age of 16 on a CBT licence and with prices from £4281.92 + VAT it really is worth a trip to the bank …