When 1st district councilman Dan “Wizard of Westside” Coffey first minted his Magna Farta, otherwise known as one of two resolutions designed to thwart the aims of developers capable of doing for his neighborhood the very sorts of things that Coffey has been congenitally unable to achieve throughout endless years of public "service", word on the street was that the England administration simply didn’t care one way or the other.The second of Coffey’s resolutions passed muster earlier this week, and it was obvious to all present save a handful of his constituents that the junkyard dog had indeed been tossed his bone, albeit a rubberized version. In the end, Coffey’s transparently contrived appeal to change zoning designations could do almost nothing to impede progress, but it might fool a few gullible voters and keep the ball in Coffey’s court long enough that he might survive to nonsensically grandstand another day.
Even radical atheist outsiders like me (raised up the hill in far-off Georgetown) know that politics embraces the art of compromise, so I suppose the Tribune’s revelation yesterday comes as little of a surprise.
Pair eyes new home for New Albany's city hall; Gonder, Coffey believe Baptist Tabernacle would be perfect fit, by Daniel Suddeath (News and Tribune).
A new spot for city hall is what some New Albany officials are suggesting for the Baptist Tabernacle, a recent purchase by the city, located at 318 E. Fourth St.
Citing the need for more space and a growing rental fee the city is paying the county for offices on the third floor of the City/County Building, City Councilman Dan Coffey believes it’s time for a change …
… When renovated, the Baptist Tabernacle would offer two floors for use, with Councilman John Gonder believing the second story would be the best for meeting rooms.
Speaking of stopped pre-digital clocks, what do you think about a councilman who vows to say aloud those things he’d never dare put in a blog?
I think it means that Steve Price doesn’t know how to operate a computer.
You may disagree, but that’s okay. After all, we’re all entitled to our opinion, right?
(Photo credit: I stole it off the Internet)
Keep your eye on the ball.
ReplyDeleteF.U.
When the ball's being handled by petty criminals, it's a good idea to keep one eye on the criminals.
ReplyDeleteThe Urban Dictionary helped me to unravel the meaning of F.U.:
ReplyDeleteThe worst grade you can get in a class at my school: An F in academics and and unsatisfactory or U in citizenship. FU. Coincidence? I think not.
Jimmy: Teacher, what's my grade.
Teacher: FU Jimmy. You get an FU in my class because I don't like you.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fu
From The Odd Couple script:
ReplyDeleteYou leave little notes on my pillow. Told you a-hundred-fifty-eight times I cannot stand little notes on my pillow. "We are all out of cornflakes. F.U." Took me three hours to figure out "F.U." was Felix Ungar.
Simon's quite the playwright but I like yours better.
I considered the Felix Unger initials, but thought the other explanation was more in keeping with the council's current attitude toward voters residing in unbalanced districts.
ReplyDeleteTrue. There aren't many playwrights in the council ranks. Gahan, Price and Coffey have been acting out the same bad drama for years now.
ReplyDeleteSomehow, though, I think the artistic term "suspension of disbelief" is applicable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
ReplyDeleteJustification
Jus`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. justificatio: cf. F. justification. See Justify.]
1. The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification.
I hope, for my brother's justification, he wrote this but as an essay or taste of my virtue. --Shak.
2. (Law) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.
3. (Theol.) The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.
Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification. --Rom. iv. 25.
In such righteousness To them by faith imputed, they may find Justification toward God, and peace Of conscience. --Milton.
4. (Print.) Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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