Think about the misdirected million dollar Horseshoe Foundation "bonus" to complete the Sherman Minton Bridge's repair work, and how far that would go toward acquiring funds for the greening of New Albany.
Imagine. Think. I must be out of my mind.
Indiana seeks $10 donations to buy hardwood trees
EVANSVILLE, IND. — A state agency is seeking donations of $10 and up toward planting 1 million hardwood trees and adding 1,000 acres of new woodlands by Indiana’s bicentennial as a state in 2016.
The too familiar self-abuse of a handful of sexa- and septuagenarians constitutes neither a history nor a future. The waste of public funds is relevant but, otherwise, who really gives a damn what the Bicentennial Commission thinks?
ReplyDeleteThey don't have much authority over anything and, contrary to their own opinion, it's not as if the concept of municipal birthday celebrations belongs to them. Is anyone *not* going to do something because the ex-mayor's wife didn't personally approve it? Thbbft!
Want green or social justice or local foodways or lesser known voices to be a bicentennial theme(s)? Then they will be. It's our party.
Post-historic New Albany: for those of us who choose life outside a narrow, glass display case.
just dont go with ash trees they wont last
ReplyDeletewould love to see a large glass display case depicting the magnificent native trees that stood here 200 years ago. Or we could just replant the native trees and have one giant display?
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