The next merchant meeting is Tuesday morning at the library, 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday morning's merchant meeting will take place at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, from which Mayor Jeff Gahan undoubtedly seeks to secede some sweet day.

Allow me to thank certain community-minded friends for forwarding the information, as I'm as yet not reinstated to the mailing list. That's okay. If you're a downtown stakeholder, I strongly urge you to attend, but if you can't, there's always July and August.

In related news, I'm told that Develop New Albany's new president is Rob Dunn, who was upfront and helpful as DNA's liaison with Indie Fest a couple years ago.

Congratulations to Rob. May there be glasnost and perestroika all around -- and plenty more gin if not.