Somewhere in New Albany, the ears of certain retrograde elements spokespersons must be twitching – assuming that unlike Councilman Cappuccino, they actually read.
"We're being progressive," says Commissioner Steve Bush, as quoted at the close of today’s Tribune article by Kyle Lowry, “Commissioners vote in favor of $6 million building.”
Lowry’s topic sentence says it all.
“After a lengthy debate that has continued for several months, the Floyd County Board of Commissioners voted to accept the County Council's recommendation to build a new $6 million dollar facility to replace offices currently operating out of the substandard county annex building.”
While NA Confidential happens to disagree with Bush’s “progressive” context in the specific instance of the Commissioners’ vote of approval for building a new annex, as opposed to embracing a truly visionary master plan that would consolidate city and county offices downtown, we’ll concentrate on the larger picture.
An elected official – a Republican, no less – has used the word “progressive” publicly, and for attribution.
Have any laws been broken here?
Is an investigation planned?
Furthermore, how does Bush’s startling enunciation of previously taboo semantics play amongst New Albany’s entrenched Brambleberries, who are committed to “no progress at any price?”
Inquiring minds want to know, so using an elaborate coded system of strategically placed flower pots and pencil scribblings on page 4 of the ‘Bune, NA Confidential has managed to make contact with “Anonymous,” press secretary of the Brambleberry sect, to ask:
“What do your people think about Commissioner Bush’s unexpected use of the word ‘progressive’ in the Tribune today?”
ANON:
Propertytaxsewercatastrophewastemayor’sSUV
bigmesswecan’tfolkscutthefatadultDVDjimmyyou
workforuslittlefolksburdenEDITthankgodforlaura
propertytaxlittlepeoplenewfangledparkingcriminal
conspiracygaragepointyheadsaaaaaaaaAAAARGGHHH …
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ReplyDeleteFurther reading: Another view: Floyd County Commissioner Charles Freiberger on the proposed Grant Line Road annex
Now that progressive is in his vocabulary maybe he will go on to learn what it means. The more appropriate word in this case would be regressive.
ReplyDeleteLets look at what else the commish are up too -- passed a new subdivision rule, passed new stormwater regulations, funded a strategic planning position, hired the best building commissioner NA ever had. The annex is something good people can disagree on where it should go, there are valid points on all sides. But the current commish are definately not on the mayberry side of town right now.
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