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Meg Olberding, city spokesperson, attributes the delay to "a number of scheduling issues."
"There's so many moving pieces," she says. "There are issues with utility and we have to order the cars. We have to get a contractor on-board for the work. So we still have a couple of things that are taking longer than we thought."
The delay, which was announced Sept. 10, is
the latest in a history of plan and schedule changes for the Cincinnati
streetcar, which saw $52 million pulled by Gov. John Kasich last year and forced
the city to abandon its Uptown connector lines. Kasich, who has been against other rail projects in the state, claimed the move was necessary to balance the 2012-2013 budget.
Today, a feud between the city and Duke Energy is causing more trouble. The city and utility company disagree over who should pay for moving utility lines to accommodate the streetcar. On Aug. 29, the city said it was considering a lawsuit to resolve the issue. Olberding says the conflict played a role in the delay.
"We need to resolve that quickly because, obviously, the longer we can't get utility work done, it'll cause delays and cost overruns," she says. "So we want to get that done as soon as possible."
Before the current spat, the city and Duke could not agree on whether manhole covers and utility lines should be eight feet from streetcar tracks or three to four feet. The city claimed the smaller number was fine, but Duke disagreed, citing fears for its workers. In a previous look at the issue, CityBeat found the city's standard was supported by experiences in other cities ("The Great Eight Debate," issue of March 6). The city eventually won out, and manholes will only be required to be three to four feet from streetcar tracks.
The streetcar has faced consistent opposition from other Republicans besides Kasich. U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot of Cincinnati successfully amended the 2013 transportation bill to ban federal funding from going to the streetcar and other light rail projects. Councilman Charlie Winburn, the lone Republican on Cincinnati City Council, said the city should stop its threat of lawsuit against Duke Energy.
Duke Energy told city officials to OK an operating deal for the streetcar before trying to talk costs. The fighting words are in the middle of an ongoing feud between city officials and Duke Energy about who will move utility lines and pipes to accommodate the streetcar. The operating details will help Duke know what "unbreakable rules" about maintenance and emergency repairs exist and where the streetcar will go, according to the company's spokesperson. CityBeat previously covered the streetcar issue and all the pettiness from Duke here.
A suspended frat is suing Miami University. The frat was suspended after a fireworks battle led to the discovery of illegal substances in the frat. The frat claims the university improperly suspended it, damaged its business and property, and made libelous allegations out of "malice, hatred and ill will." The frat says it shouldn't have been suspended without a written complaint, but Miami's spokesperson said the university is allowed to suspend students without a written complaint if there is a pending investigation.
Ohio will soon begin tying college funding to graduation rates. If only that was done with e-schools.Equality Ohio announced Columbus, Ohio made a step forward in LGBT rights yesterday. It is now among the few cities in Ohio to have a domestic partner registry, which allows same-sex couples to legally declare their relationships without marriage or civil unions. Toledo, Cleveland, Athens and Dayton also have registries.
Secretary of State Jon Husted wrote a "guest column" on his own website defending early voting rules in Ohio. Republicans are facing criticism over bringing racial politics and poor arguments into the early voting debate.
The University of Cincinnati's new interim president just got a nice raise.
The state texting-while-driving ban goes into effect tomorrow.Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio made his speech at the Republican national convention yesterday. In the speech, he criticized President Barack Obama for the current state of the economy. In return, Democrats criticized Portman for his budget work for former President George W. Bush, whose administration is widely blamed for the current economic crisis.
It seems like Paul Ryan spent a lot of time lying inThe City of Cincinnati and Duke Energy are still fighting over the streetcar. The city and company are both disputing who is required to relocate utility lines and pipes in order to accommodate for the streetcar. Cincinnati officials say Duke Energy is required to do it under state law, but the company disagrees. The city is considering legal action, so the feud might soon be heading to court.
A recent campaign event might have been mandatory for workers at a mine in Beallsville, Ohio. The miners were allegedly pulled from work, refused pay and required to attend the event with presidential candidate Mitt Romney and senatorial candidate Josh Mandel. Romney, Mandel and the mine owner have all been criticized for the move.Cincinnati Bell and StarTek plan on bringing back 200 outsourced jobs to Cincinnati. StarTek will also hire another 136 workers.
President Barack Obama's administration finalized new regulations yesterday requiring the average gas mileage of new cars to be at 54.5 mpg by 2025. The new standard is double today's standard. Lisa Jackson, EPA administrator, said on Twitter the new standards will reduce national oil consumption by two million barrels a day. The United States currently uses about 20 million barrels a day. That reduction in consumption could help combat climate change, which is partly blamed for Arctic Sea ice hitting record lows this summer.
A federal judge ruled Ohio boards of elections must count defective provisional ballots if the ballots were counted defective due to errors from poll workers. The ruling protects voters from mistakes by poll workers. Secretary of State Jon Husted is expected to appeal the ruling because he says it disagrees with state law.
Husted ended up firing the two Democrats on the Montgomery Board of Elections that voted for extending in-person early voting to include weekends. Democrats say not allowing weekend voting is voter suppression, but Republicans cite racial politics and costs as deterrents.New rules for juries stop the use of Twitter and Facebook during cases.
The Republican national convention is underway in Tampa, Fla. Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio will be there. For coverage, check out Twitter's Republican convention page, which tracks all mentions of the convention.Romney apparently agrees with Mandel that fact checkers don't matter. This is despite Romney's claim that President Barack Obama should stop running ads after fact checkers find them to be false or misleading. Mandel previously said he will continue saying wrong statements even after they're declared false or misleading by fact checkers.
Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland criticized Romney on his plans for Medicare. The former governor said the Romney-Ryan budget plan would "destroy Medicare as we know it."
Republicans like to say that Obamacare will get employers to drop health insurance, but a new survey has found zero out of 512 employers plan on dropping health insurance.
The U.S. economy grew at a 1.7 percent annual rate in the second quarter. The growth isn't great, but it slightly beat expectations.Apparently computer grading programs are judging student essays better than teachers.
And some scientists want to use HIV to fight cancer.
The City of Cincinnati today released the final draft for its plan to "re-establish (Cincinnati) as a model of a thriving urban city." Plan Cincinnati, which will be taken up in a public hearing on Aug. 30 at 6 p.m., is the first master plan for Cincinnati since 1980.
The primary goal behind the plan is to transition the city away from a model that emphasizes suburban living back to a more urban model. The plan's report justifies the shift by attributing it to a new societal need.
"Dissatisfied, American society is now beginning to reverse the trend (of suburban living) with the hope of returning to an environment that is more economically and environmentally sustainable, less dependent on the automobile, closer in scale to human form, and ultimately, truly more livable," the report says.
The plan will make this transition with six guiding principles: Provide more transportation choices, promote equitable, affordable housing, enhance economic competitiveness, support existing communities, coordinate and leverage federal policies and investment, and value communities and neighborhoods.
The vague principles are outlined in greater detail in the 228-page report, which can be read in full here.
One of the key parts of the plan is its expansion of options for non-automotive travel. The plan promises to focus more work on bicycle paths, support a Bicycle and Pedestrian Program and build links between bicycle systems to allow more cycling through the city. The city will also "design and construct the Ohio River Bike Trail through Cincinnati" and make the city safer for cyclists by making roads smoother and cleaner.
The plan also encourages other transportation programs. Establishing better coordination with Metro buses, building intercity rail systems and integrating the new streetcar into a greater transportation model are a few of the many suggestions in the plan. With these systems, the plan hopes to "facilitate economic development opportunities."
Beyond transportation, the plan also seeks to establish environmentally friendly programs. Some of the suggestions are developing a green construction incentive program, implementing smart grid networks and reforming the LEED tax abatement program to include additional energy efficient rating systems.
However, the plan is missing one important detail: cost. The report says Plan Cincinnati will be reviewed every year using the new Priority-Driven Budgeting process, but no estimates for cost are currently available. Katherine Keough-Jurs, senior city planner, explained why in an email: "That is not something that we provide. We have found over the years that providing cost estimates in long-range plans is problematic and the estimates can be misleading. Also, some of the Action Steps listed are not necessarily things that would have a monetary cost associated."
New details regarding the Blue Ash Airport deal have found that Blue Ash will gain $2.25 million from the deal. The new details means both Blue Ash and Cincinnati benefit from the deal by having extra funds, potentially benefiting budgets without having to make cuts or running to taxpayers for more money. The number also puts a damper on COAST's campaign to stop the new deal, which is spurred by their extreme disapproval of all things streetcar.
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted yesterday directed county boards of election to set uniform in-person early voting hours. Before the decision, Democrats were accusing state Republicans of extending early voting hours in predominantly Republican districts and keeping early voting hours shorter in predominantly Democratic districts. However, Democrats are still not pleased by the new directive because they claim it's limiting voting hours.
Supporters of redistricting reform now have a ballot issue to get behind: Issue 2. Issue 2 is the redistricting amendment supported by Voters First. If voters accept Issue 2, the redistricting process will be placed in the hands of an independent citizens commission that will be void of lobbyists and politicians. If voters reject Issue 2, the process will continue being placed in the hands of politicians, who have abused the system in a process known as "gerrymandering" to redraw districts in politically beneficial ways. In the latest redistricting process, the Republican-controlled committee redrew Cincinnati's district to include Warren County, giving Republicans more voters in the district. CityBeat previously covered the redistricting issue at length here.
Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) are adjusting to new, tougher academic standards. CPS Superintendent Mary Ronan says schools will have to develop new methods of teaching and learning to comply with the academic standards.
Democrats and Republicans clashed in court yesterday as they argued over Ohio's early voting rules. The debate focused on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday before Election Day. Under current law, only military personnel and their families are allowed to vote on those days. The Democrats and President Barack Obama want everyone to be allowed to vote on those days, and Republicans do not. The judge said he will hold off on a decision.Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick, was at Miami University yesterday. During his speech, Ryan did not shy away from bringing up the Medicare issue, and he claimed Obamacare will cut $716 billion. However, Ryan included the same cuts in his own budget plan, and they're actually savings, not cuts. The architect of Obamacare also said recently that repealing Obamacare, which Romney and Ryan advocate, would cut benefits to seniors.
Two Hamilton County commissioners are running unopposed in what some suspect was part of a deal between Republicans and Democrats. Hamilton County Democratic Chairman Tim Burke says there was no deal.
U.S. House Republicans are freaking out over the Ryan pick. Apparently, they're worried Democrats will bring
up the fact Ryan's budget plan tried to end Medicare as most
Americans know it. House Speaker John Boehner tried to calm Republicans.
Scientists have discovered a galaxy that gives birth to more stars in a day than our galaxy does in a year.
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced his running mate Saturday: U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan. Ryan is currently the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee. He is known by many Republicans as an "intellectual" in the party. He is known by everyone else as the guy who tried to dismantle Medicare. Ryan is also a Miami University graduate, and he was once a staffer for now-Gov. John Kasich when Kasich was still a congressman.
State Rep. Connie Pillich, a Democratic House member for suburban Cincinnati, is facing a tough campaign for re-election against Republican Mike Wilson. One of the reasons the campaign is more difficult for Pillich this time is the redistricting process was used to redraw her district to favor Republicans.
Hamilton County is going to be holding eight budget forums. The forums give the public an opportunity to discuss what they think should be prioritized and slashed in the next Hamilton County budget.
A new report found the 2020 Cincinnati jobs market will be dominated by health care and computer jobs as the city continues its strong growth. The report also found a surprising amount of top jobs will only require a high school diploma or an equivalent to a high school diploma.The Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST) is continuing its dishonest campaign to block the Blue Ash Airport deal, but Cincinnati and Blue Ash lawmakers don't seem too worried. At least COAST admits it's largely interested in blocking the streetcar "boondoggle," not just the legitimacy or details of Blue Ash rescinding the original deal. CityBeat previously covered the Blue Ash Airport issue here.
The number of Ohio homeowners late on mortgage payments rose in the second quarter, according to a new report. The rise reverses a trend of dropping mortgage delinquencies seen earlier in the year.
The Complete Ohio College task force will be meeting for the first time today. The group is meant to increase the amount of college degree holders in Ohio.
The Brookings Institute released a study that shows unemployment would be at 7.1 percent without cuts to government job.
Romney has called for a truce on his business record and tax history. Apparently, Romney wants to focus on issues, even though he's the one that has repeatedly brought up his business record time and time again. Seriously, is this real life?
Speaking of Romney, he will be in Ohio Tuesday.
President Barack Obama takes the old saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" really seriously.
Here is a turtle with a mohawk.
The Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST) has threatened to block a move that would allow Cincinnati to use $37.5 million from the 2007 sale of the Blue Ash Airport for projects other than aviation, $11 million of which would go to the Cincinnati streetcar.
The Blue Ash City Council voted Thursday to re-do the sale of 130 acres at the Blue Ash Airport to the City of Cincinnati. COAST says it wants to put the matter before voters in a 2013 referendum, which would halt the sale and re-instate the original agreement made in 2007 when Cincinnati made the sale.
The two cities decided to re-work the $37.5 million sale because a federal rule requires proceeds from the sale of an operating airport to be used for other aviation projects. The money would be returned, airport shut down and then the property re-sold to Blue Ash for the original amount.
"When they originally sold it they were stupid, which is typical of the City of Cincinnati, and did not realize that the proceeds on the sale of the airport have to go to other aviation-type things," says COAST Chairman Tom Brinkman. "Now that they want to get the streetcar, they want to crack that money."
Brinkman openly admits he doesn't want the money to go to the streetcar ("We're doing everything we can to make sure that boondoggle doesn't occur") but says COAST is working with a group of local pilots who want money from the sale to go to Cincinnati's Lunken Airport.
Blue Ash is confident that the ordinance they passed approving the re-sale isn't subject to referendum.
"Blue Ash believes everything enacted was lawful and would survive any challenge," says City Solicitor Brian Pachenco. He declined to discuss specifics
The city wants the airport land to build a park.
Pachenco said the ordinance wasn't written specifically to exempt it from referendum attempts, but nevertheless it falls under a section of the city's charter that makes voters unable to recall it.
COAST isn't so sure.
Chris Finney, legal counsel for COAST, said the buying and selling of land under the Blue Ash charter is subject to referendum. He said the ordinance was written to avoid using that language, but what was happening was in reality a sale.
For its part, Cincinnati doesn't seem too concerned with the threatened referendum.
"We're not going to talk 'what ifs' at this point," city spokeswoman Meg Olberding said. "The streetcar has had two previous referendums that have been shot down."
She pointed out that only $11 million of the sale was going toward the streetcar, and the remaining money would be available for other projects.
Cincinnati City Councilman Chris Seelbach was also unconcerned.
"COAST and groups like COAST have tried to put up every obstacle possible to prevent the streetcar from happening and we have overcome all of them," Seelbach said. "I am 100 percent positive if this comes to a vote we will overcome it again and the streetcar will be built."
Blue Ash City Council approved rescinding and redoing its airport deal with the city of Cincinnati in a 6-1 vote last night. The deal will free up $37.5 million for the city of Cincinnati — $11 million of which will go to the streetcar while $26 million will go to municipal projects. After the vote, the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST) vowed on Twitter to lead a referendum on the deal. But COAST's opposition is misguided, fueled by their disapproval of all things streetcar.
Three Greater Cincinnati universities were praised for their part-time MBA programs. The programs were in the top 100 of a U.S. News and World Report ranking.
Ohio has the second worst toxic air pollution in the United States, according to a new report from the National Resources Defense Council. The report also found that toxic air pollution has dropped by 19 percent nationwide. The report claims this drop is partly attributed to natural gas, which is cleaner than coal and has become cheaper thanks to a fracking boom in Ohio and other states. New pollution controls also played a role, according to the report.
JobsOhio is claiming to have saved 11,238 jobs and created 4,666 new jobs during the second quarter of 2012. All the jobs saved and created are expected to keep $712 million in new payroll, according to state data.
The successor to State Superintendent of Public Instruction Stan Heffner might not be much better. He also has a history of using state resources for personal reasons.
Former Judge William O'Neill, a Democratic candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court, has accused two Republican justices of taking campaign contributions from parties they heard cases from. O'Neill says the campaign contributions are a blatant conflict of interest. Mike Skindell, another Democratic candidate, chimed in to say he would recuse or refuse money instead of inviting a potential conflict of interest.
The Ohio EPA announced yesterday a new plan for cutting down on water pollution in Ohio rivers, streams and lakes. The new plan is a joint effort between Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky to make it more economically viable through incentives for businesses to cut down on water contamination.
Ohio voters can now change addresses online. The new system will save taxpayer money and combat fraud.
July was the hottest month ever recorded, and 2012 has already had more record temperatures than all of 2011. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney's spokesperson promoted climate change denial on behalf of ExxonMobil.
Romney says campaigns should pull ads that are found to be dishonest or misleading by fact checkers. Well, his campaign should get to it.
The U.S. Postal Service reported $5.2 billion in losses in the second quarter of 2012. On the bright side, a recent study found the U.S. Postal Service is the best at delivering mail.
The U.S. women's soccer team beat Japan for the gold medal yesterday.
In short, the statement claims that Cincinnati is trying to force Blue Ash into rescinding the sale of the Blue Ash Airport so a new deal can be worked that will funnel the sale money into the streetcar.
The real story behind the sale of the Blue Ash Airport is not as scandalous as COAST portrays. Some background: In 2006, the city of Blue Ash agreed to a deal with the city of Cincinnati to buy out 130 of 228 acres owned by Cincinnati at the Blue Ash Airport. Blue Ash would pay Cincinnati $37.5 million over 30 years, Cincinnati would move the airport to the adjacent 98 acres and Blue Ash would build a central park on the 130 acres.
The deal was approved by Blue Ash voters in a two-to-one margin with a related 0.25 percent earnings tax to fund the new park.
Unfortunately, things didn't go exactly as planned. As part of the deal, Cincinnati had to apply for a $10 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The expectation was that Cincinnati would get this grant, making the cost of moving and maintaining the airport sustainable. But Cincinnati did not get that grant, and it has since decided to close the airport to save money.
This is where it gets tricky. Under federal law, since the land was sold as an airport, the money gained from the sale must be used on airports. That severely limits how Cincinnati can use the sale money.
What Cincinnati wants to do is have Blue Ash rescind the original sale and then officially close down the airport before re-selling the land to Blue Ash. This would let Cincinnati sell the land when it's not classified as an airport, which would let Cincinnati use the $37.5 million in sale money on non-airport projects. Cincinnati has said $11 million of that freed-up money would go to the streetcar, and $26 million would go to municipal projects.
Everyone wins here. Cincinnati shuts down an airport that is no
longer affordable, money is freed up for other projects and Blue Ash is
a good neighbor and doesn't lose anything. It still gets the park its voters want and pays the same amount for the property.
Well, not according to COAST. Even though less than one-third of the money is going to the streetcar, COAST insists Blue Ash is getting screwed in the deal so Cincinnati can fund the streetcar. The organization claims the new deal will result in "Blue Ash's pockets" being "picked" for streetcar funds.
But Blue Ash is not paying for the streetcar. It is paying for the 130 acres of land to build a park. It has been paying for that land for more than five years now. What Cincinnati does with the money from the sale is of little relevance to Blue Ash.
That hasn't stopped COAST from doing its very best to link the deal to the streetcar. After all, when something is remotely related to the streetcar, it's a sure bet COAST will be there, trying to "hold the line" against the project, which the organization sees as wasteful spending.
That's where irony comes in. The organization is adamantly against any new spending and taxes. That is its basic purpose. But in this case, the organization is so blinded by its disapproval of the streetcar that it is actually opposing a deal that saves Cincinnati money. By freeing up $37.5 million in funds and closing down the airport, Cincinnati is stopping unnecessary spending and gaining a new, temporary revenue stream. That will let the city continue funding other projects without higher taxes or raising overall spending.
In other words, the deal is doing the exact kind of thing COAST promotes. But if there's anything COAST is more determined to stop than extra spending and higher taxes, it's the streetcar. Screw any principles and standards. If something is slightly related to the streetcar, COAST will be there to oppose it.
That's why COAST's Twitter feed is filled with these kind
of petty retweets (from @GOCOAST): "Coming soon to Cincinnati. RT @lzzbott:
Got punched in the back and five dollars stolen from me at the trolley
This kind of flimsy connection is how the organization opposes the streetcar.
COAST says it is not alone in its opposition. In the Blue Ash Airport statement, the organization claimed that the City Council's streetcar "boondoggle" has been blocked at "every turn," citing the pulling of funds by Gov. John Kasich, Hamilton County commissioners Chris Monzel and Greg Hartman and Congressman Steve Chabot.
The statement leaves out one important group of people that has approved the streetcar: Cincinnatians. Just like the park deal was approved by Blue Ash voters, Cincinnati voters have approved the streetcar twice — once in 2009 and most recently in 2011.
For an organization that claims to want to protect taxpayer money, COAST seems out of touch with the proven interests of taxpayers in both Blue Ash and Cincinnati.
Mayor Mark Mallory is working to thwart an effort by Cincinnati's own U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) to prevent federal funding from being used to construct a streetcar in the city. Chabot offered an amendment on June 27 to the 2013 Transportation and Housing Urban Development spending bill that would bar federal transportation money from being used to design, construct or operate a "fixed guideway" project in Cincinnati.
Mallory called Chabot's move "nothing but a political stunt." Mallory today said in a press release that he is reaching out to legislative leaders in both the U.S. House and Senate to remove the amendment. Mallory said he's also making calls to the White House.
"Steve Chabot seems determined to stop progress in Cincinnati," Mallory said in the release. "He seems determined to make sure that other parts of the country thrive, while Cincinnati is left in the past. That is not the kind of leadership that we need in Washington, D.C.."
The city has procured a $25 million federal Urban Circulator Grant. That funding would not be jeopardized, as the Chabot amendment would only apply to federal funding for fiscal year 2013.
The U.S. House approved the amendment on a voice vote. To become law, it would have to be passed by the Senate and signed by the president.
"Far from a necessity, the Cincinnati streetcar is a luxury project that our nation and our region simply cannot afford," Chabot said during testimony on the House floor.
Some opponents of the amendment worry that it could prevent funding for other transportation as well.
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, fixed guideway
refers to any transit service that uses exclusive or controlled
rights-of-way. That means the ban on federal funding to those modes of
transportation could apply to ferryboats, designated bus or carpool
lanes and aerial tramways in addition to streetcars.
Chabot's office did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. (Andy Brownfield)


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"News Reader," you're posting on the blog of an alternative weekly. The Tennessean is a daily newspaper, you know, for the "real news." The two can't be compared. Go get a NYT subscription if you want real news. Gannett is awful.
Exactly Brother Zoombah! I don't know why we even read or take the time to comment on this stupid blog! It obviously blows! Everytime I read it, I get extremely upset!
A few news items I see at the Tennessean:
Fast food workers protesting for a living wage
State wants execution dates for 11 inmates
Walking Horse trainer indicted
Apparently the "rude survey" was thought to be something more interesting and important to write about than those stories. Yes, here's where the real news is and not in the "fish wrap."
Metro has only been billed for writing an editorial for only one Tennessean writer...Gail Kerr. She lost all integrity the moment MP&F sat down with her then sent in the invoice.
Thanks for the school reporting.
The schools that consistently lose children - there should be a focus (money, personnel, curriculum, outreach & advertising, whatever) to attract and retain future zoned kids. This is assuming MNPS wants to keep a particular school open.
Getting your child to a magnet, charter or otherwise non-zoned school reflects a choice by a family to do something more difficult in anticipation of a better school experience. MNPS should take this decision-making process as a serious indicator that the zoned schools at less than some capacity (70%, 60%) really are not attractive and need major changes.
Mommy, this stupid blog made me wet and mess my Captain Kirk jammies!
The anon at 9:08 isn't me. I'm the 9:19 anon. Also, rather amazingly, I got the "internal server error" message again with that post, but I refreshed the page and saw that my post actually went up before trying again. Hey Moost, I bet you could somehow work those error messages into your conspiracy theory! Interesting how it just started happening, huh?
Moost, yes I did post twice because after the first time it said "internal server error" and the post appeared not to go up. So I posted again, got the same message, and then decided to refresh the page before trying again, and saw that the post was now there twice. Happy now?
But I LOVE that you've now developed a conspiracy theory around me. It sounds so furtive and exciting! And hey, here's something else you'll like - I knew Oswald.
This is indeed a bad deal for Nashville, and Tygard was exactly right to try and protect the taxpayers. Almost as bad an idea as the AMP. I am one liberal who thinks both of these items are bad for the city.
And you can rationalize Gail Kerr's ongoing fawning, sycophantic public relations effort for Dean all you want, Eric, but you are just wrong. She deserves to be "shredded" for falling hook, line and sinker for any b.s. the Dean Administration throws her way. Her problem is that she hasn't done any real reporting for many, many years; never leaves her office except to get lunch; never actually does any investigation or legwork (as actual reporters or even columnists used to do); and still manages to stay on payroll while more gifted, energetic, qualified and useful staffers -- including real reporters -- are cut loose in Gannett's regular layoff cycles.
This blog is a perfect example of that.
Moost MP&F has (unpaid) interns trolling the webz in an effort to supress dissent. It's a great business model.
Moost MP&F has (unpaid) interns trolling the webz in an effort to supress dissent. It's a great business model.
Moost MP&F has (unpaid) interns trolling the webz in an effort to supress dissent. It's a great business model.
But which states have the most bloggers who write (mostly just because they think they need to write something about something) about idiotic surveys such as which states are the rudest and which states have the smallest penises (Florida obviously has the biggest one)? I bet Tennessee ranks high! And the small penis survey really should be overlapped with the rude survey. Probably a correlation.
Interesting that someone would jump after I said something about MP&F social media. hmm.
Interesting that someone would jump after I said something about MP&F social media. hmm.
You seem to hit post twice, post twice
Shoot, I've been saying that for a good while. It mostly has to do with the Xianists, though.
I hope by now everyone sees there is a group of people who try to win every argument by claiming that their stance is the "progressive" one. I have tried doing this but you have all seen my ruse.
Just to clarify, someone is claiming that the spending of large amounts of public money and using public resources for the benefit of very rich developers (with no measurable benefit to any actual citizens) is "progressive.". Ugh. Maybe I am more progressive than I give myself credit for since this turns my stomach.
Please, someone spend money on this neighborhood that will actually improve their lives.
LMAO! Sounds like a good time to me......
Please back up why you think the current Sounds stadium is located in the "Ghetto"
What constitutes a Ghetto in your opinion?


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LANSING (AP) -- A proposal to use $208 million from Michigan's school aid fund to help pay for other programs is advancing in the state Legislature.
The Democratic-led Michigan House passed the measure to use part of the state's school aid surplus to help cover a general fund shortfall by a 57-47 vote Wednesday, mostly along party lines.
The measure now goes to the Republican-run Senate.
The proposal to shift funds picked up more support this month after it was learned Michigan is getting more than $300 million in unexpected additional federal schools aid.
Lawmakers and Gov. Jennifer Granholm are trying to erase a general fund deficit of $302 million this fiscal year and a shortfall of $484 million for the year that begins Oct. 1.
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North Leigh boss Mark Gee is backing his side to continue their Calor League winning run at Mangotsfield United tomorrow.
The Millers won their seventh successive league match with a 1-0 victory over Thatcham on Tuesday to stay top of Division 1 South & West, but Gee sees no signs of complacency setting in.
"We have a good mix of youth and experience and we've all been in similar situations before," he said.
"We're not getting carried away. We've got a very tough run of games coming up soon against four or five of the teams around us so I think we'll have a better idea of where we are after Christmas."
He added: "It's worked out well for us this year because we've started the season with a good run – usually we're playing catch-up by now!"
Gee is set to name an unchanged squad, with Michael Alexis (hamstring) the only absentee.
Banbury United manager Edwin Stein has urged his side to tighten up for their Premier Division game at home to Truro City tomorrow.
The Puritans have only kept one clean sheet so far this season and Stein admitted it was causing him concern.
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Jimmy Tupou, Jason Emery, Jordan Taufua and Ofa Tu'ungafasi scored the tries for New Zealand, who will face South Africa in the final after they saw off Argentina 35-3.
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Henry Slade grabbed a try which he converted late on, but the Irish ran out deserved winners and will face France in the fifth-place play-off.
The French beat Australia for the second time in as many games but found life much tougher than their bonus-point group win, eventually coming out on top 19-17.
Eric Escande's three penalties sent them into a 9-0 lead but a try from Lindsay Crook, and five points from Matt Lucas put the Wallabies in front.
France responded with a try from replacement hooker Jean-Charles Fidinde, and after Nicholas Frisby had given Australia back the lead, replacement fly-half Daniel Laranjeira won it for the French with a drop goal.
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LOWELL ŌĆō Lowell wind project opponents gathered on Lowell Mountain Tuesday, all day, to show their disapproval of the wind project now under construction. Blasting occurred at approximately 12:30, but it was on the other side of the ridge, far from the protesters. Opponents reported that signs were being posted in the area to prevent them from getting to close to the blasting zone.
NEWPORT, VT - Co-defendants Christopher Lakin and Ty Morrison Jr. entered not guilty pleas at their arraignments in Newport on Oct. 18th. Both are being held on outstanding warrants and on bail of $50,000 each. Lakin pleaded not guilty to four counts of burglary, possession of burglary tools, careless or negligent driving, driving on a suspended license, and attempting to elude a police officer. In related matters, Morrison plead innocent to four counts of burglary and one count of possession of burglary tools.
ISLAND POND - A 15,000 square foot building located on 1.99 acres on Meadow Street in Island Pond has been offered to the Town of Brighton free of charge. At the last Brighton Select Board meeting two weeks ago, the board began researching the cost to maintain the building. Joel Cope, town administrative assistant, said, "We collect $10,000 in taxes on it a year." A recent tax bill shows only about $2767 of that amount is received by the town in municipal taxes, while $7267 is paid in non-residential education tax.
NEWPORT - Nestled in the backwoods of the Northeast Kingdom, far from the hustle and bustle of city life, lives Kevin Harkey. He moved his family from Long Beach, CA to the Green Mountain State 10 years ago. Harkey has worked on such animated films such as The Lion King, MickeyŌĆÖs Christmas Carol, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan and many others.┬Ā Much of HarkeyŌĆÖs work has been a┬Āstoryboard artist. A storyboard artist, explained Harkey, puts the script to visuals.┬Ā
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GREENSBORO - For the last 57 years, three generations of the Smith family have embraced locals and guests alike at the Highland Lodge. But last week the family concluded that it was time to close. The changing times, a world of technology, and the recent economy all contributed to this decision. When you can no longer keep technology out of the dining room, the traditional inn model is too far outdated.
GREENSBORO - After 57 years of welcoming guests through its doors, the Smith family has decided to close the Highland Lodge. A combination of factors brought the family to this decision, and they are not the only ones. Over the last decade, the number of inns, lodges, and bed and breakfasts in the Kingdom have slowly declined. Is this because of the economy? Or is it something more?
NEWPORT - Newport City Firefighter Will Lowell, with the help of Felicia Flint, a second grade student from Coventry Village School (CVS), explains safety gear used by firefighters. As part of Fire Prevention Week, Flint and other CVS students visited the Newport City Fire Station Thursday. There will be an open house at the station on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be department tours as well as hog dogs and hamburgers.
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This article emphasizes redundancy in five categories:
five Cs of survival:
■Containers: primarily for water (preferably something you can bring to a boil)
■Cordage: shelter, medical, trapping, fishing and more
■Cutting implement: too many uses to count
■Combustion: fire (food, warmth, light and security)
■Covering: should be waterproof
It goes on to say that a representative of each of these categories should be kept on your person during a BO as well [and maybe EDC : 'every day carry' ]
Just one more way to categorize necessities.
From the same source of articles was advice for including these five items:
1) Energy [as in: caffeine { super-charged drinks or No-Doz pills} cuz sometimes a crisis has to be handled beyond our normal abilities.
[This is VERY important if you are addicted to coffee. Ever been deprived of it for a couple days? Mean headache and sluggish brain. I found a powdered (add water) form of one of the super-caffeine drinks. Tried it once to see how I react, since I DON'T drink coffee. It's now in BOB. If I have to stay charged in a life-threatening crisis, I'll use it. Otherwise...ICK! ]
2) Alcohol ( the drinking type) for cleaning wounds {ouch}, sedation/pain relief, etc
3 ) Weapon - defense[lions and tigers and bears...oh my! ], hunting for food, knife has many uses,
4) Vitamin supplements [weighs less than a pack full of apples and carrots...]
5) Duct tape
--Several of these have multiple uses.
--You would have to be careful [alcohol usage] and legal [weapon] with a couple of these.
What do you think?
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April 26, 2011
Freer Curator Lee Glazer on the Newly-Restored Peacock Room
When a British shipping magnate Frederick R. Leyland asked the expatriate American artist James McNeill Whistler to redecorate his dining room in 1876 and 1877, a dispute arose between the artist and his patron. Whistler had promised "minor alterations" but lavishly painted the room with plumed peacocks and feather patterns on the ceiling and shutters. Leyland refused to the pay the artist his fee. Charles Lang Freer, founder of the Freer Gallery, later bought the room and shipped it to his mansion in Detroit, before donating it to the Smithsonian.
The Freer Gallery has now restored the famous Peacock Room to its 1908 glory. "The Peacock Room Comes to America," the first special exhibition in the room since 1993, opened April 9. The Freer's Curator of American Art Lee Glazer discusses the lavish room and the artist who created it.
Why peacocks?
Whistler was inspired by images of peacocks in Japanese art, and they also appealed to him as emblems of pure beauty.
Can you see evidence in the room of Whistler's anger?
The mural over the sideboard, pointedly titled "Art and Money, or, the story of the room," depicts Whistler's quarrel with Leyland over the price of the room. Whistler is the poor peacock on the left, the silver crest feather a reference to the artist's famous white forelock; the bird on the right, with coins around his feet and embellishing his breast, represents Leyland. If you know the references, it's pretty nasty. But the evidence is all in the anecdote. The image itself fits harmoniously enough into the overall blue and gold decoration of rest of the room.
What did Freer see in this room? It must have cost him dearly to have it shipped from London?
Freer was actually ambivalent about the Peacock Room. He favored artistic subtlety, and the Peacock Room seemed embarrassingly gorgeous. But he bought it, as he said, "out of a sense of duty" to his friend Whistler. Once he reassembled the room in Detroit and filled it with his own collections of Asian pottery, however, he made his peace with it.
Why did you decide to take out the blue and white porcelain and reinstall it with Freer's rough-textured, iridescent stoneware and pottery?
The Peacock Room has had this incredibly dynamic, cosmopolitan history, but visitors to the museum have experienced it as a static icon. By changing the pots, we've made it possible for people to tap into a lesser-known chapter in the room's history and given it a very different look and feel that will encourage a new appreciation of the room's infinite variety—of surface, color, pattern and light.
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Marine in Mauve # 1
Double signature, Butterfly in the apex center and signed
Also remounted on white board signed "Loaned by Miss Anthoney " -
Question does the Freer Gallery have any information on this particular piece of Art by James McNeil Whistler.
The consumate Marine portraying himself in Mauve the color of the day in 1856-7 ?
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I no longer lend my silk sponges and chamois strips not since the day someone I lent them to could not find them. But I didn't know that until several days later. I had to go feel around in the large rubbermaid clay reclamation bin after dozens of folks threw their slop and failed pots in the bin. I had to go in deep down to see if they were there; they were.
Yes, and then when they go through the pug mill to be rewedged into the throwing clay-what a mess they make for the thrower!
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I'm okay. I don't take the Metrolink. I take a light rail line.
But the judge of my buddies takes this train. I don't think he's at work today because his wife died in her sleep two days ago.
Man, this is awful.
Edit: Just checked with my buddy. As I had thought, his judge did not come in today.


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A fascinating three-part series has appeared thisweek at New York Times.com. It is an exploration of the well known story of the Union soldier Amos Humiston found dead at Gettysburg with no other identification than a photo of three chilrdren in his hand. The series explores the odyssey of this photo and how it eventually became tied to three children in New York, the Humiston orphans and their mother believed to be the widow of the deceased soldier in question. The series makes a great detective story. I won't give any other details because I don't wnat to give away the story. I highly recommend this to Gettysburg fans and to folks who enjoy a good detective story. |
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Thanks for the heads up. Good story. This is one of the great human stories of the battle. Interesting sidebar is one of my ancestors was in the 9th La (Hayes Brigade) which followed Costers Brigade into the town. Doc C |
Posted: Thu Apr 2nd, 2009 01:28 am |
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I envy you. I am still trying to document any ancestors who might have fought in the war. The only one that might, I say "might,"be an ancestor was one who is said to have deserted at Gettysburg. Oh, well, at least I know why I am such a coward about scarey things. |
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Thanks, Fan. That's one of those oft told stories about Gettysburg that I've never heard the ending to, and always wondered about. There are so many of those story snippets having to do with Gettysburg especially that, to me, help humanize the battle. When I visited the cupola in the Seminary about a year ago, I also got to spend time with Wayne Motts of the Adams County Historical Society. There are rooms and rooms of artifacts from and associated with the battle in Schmucker Hall, where the cupola is. Motts was more than willing to relate story after story about particular items in their collection, stories that I hadn't heard anywhere else. I have a particular interest and fondness for stories like Hummiston's. I'll have to check it out! Pam |
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Doc: My GGGF was to the right of yours, fighting with the 8th LA. Could one of our ancestors have made Humiston's kids the most famous orphans of the CW? |
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