Showing posts with label David Barksdale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Barksdale. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

House fire in the 3rd district turns the spotlight to the importance of corner buildings, and how few city officials understand it.

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It's unlikely the owner will be stepping forward to save the house, given that his serial neglect over a period of years surely contr...
Wednesday, November 06, 2019

Question: Did David Barksdale's support of the Reisz Mahal cost him re-election?

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Now that the election is over, maybe I can finally start writing about what I REALLY think. Or maybe not. Either way, to kick things ...
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Monday, October 14, 2019

GIVE GAHAN THE BOOT: (Monday) The Reisz Mahal luxury city hall, perhaps the signature Gahan boondoggle.

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Last week was Harvest Homecoming, and my city's favorite festival kept me pinned to the tarmac, but now we're back to what passes...
Thursday, April 18, 2019

Researcher says: "In most cases around the country TIF did not fulfill its main goal of boosting economic development."

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The reason why we're always talking about TIF? TIF benefits are routinely exaggerated TIF abets pay-to-play political patronage ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Hello darkness, my old friend: Is David Barksdale yet again the council's swing vote on Gahan's Colonial Manor power play?

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"Shades of the Reisz Mahal," said the  spider to the fly . The Green Mouse has been told that occasional Republican councilma...
Friday, March 29, 2019

This Barksdale campaign yard sign is misplaced and needs to be moved ASAP to a better location. BTW, we have a suggestion.

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This yard sign placement is egregious, don't you think? Ah, but the Reisz Mahal Luxury City Hall, which Barksdale's critical fi...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

The Jeff Gahan Money Machine, Part 17: Denton-Floyd feels M(ighty) Fine -- and the resulting Reisz Krispies Treats never tasted better to Mayor Gahan.

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Previously: The Jeff Gahan Money Machine, Part 16: Last week's minutes from the Board of Public Works and Safety reveal big donors da...
Saturday, January 19, 2019

Inhumane working conditions then and now -- or, can you explain to us again why David Barksdale deserves another council term?

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Without Barksdale's help, how could Gahan have achieved luxury in our time? Remember last summer when at-large councilman David Ba...
Friday, January 11, 2019

It's a municipal election year in New Albany, and the GOP is serious.

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I stopped by Kolkin Coffee today to observe the scene as the Floyd County Republican Party rolled out its slate of candidates for municip...
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Friday, December 28, 2018

Meme wars erupt as the Reisz Mahal tops the Tom May Content Multiplier's list of top five reasons not to vote for Jeff Gahan in 2019.

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As a New Year's resolution for 2019, let's work together to ensure that every last elected official responsible for the Reisz Mahal ...
Friday, November 23, 2018

Inhumanely treated Amazon workers in Europe go out on strike because Bezos didn't give them a new city hall.

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Good for them -- Amazon's workers in Europe, that is. 'We Are Not Robots': Amazon Workers Across Europe Walk Out on Black ...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Barksdale made HIS bad choice, and now it's unlikely the Moser Tannery can survive any more of Deaf Gahan's tender loving care.

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Who'd have guessed he studied architecture? You'd think it was an elective at veneer salesman's school. Moser Tannery photo ...
Friday, August 17, 2018

Seismologists record earthshaking Tree Board orgasms as Schoolmaster Barksdale's chain saw strikes again.

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It's been a tough week if you're a downtown New Albany street tree. When one of your brethren decided to strike a blow against ...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Not a single tree in this city has a chance so long as David Barksdale and Jeff Gahan wield the chain saws, and Freud would have a field day with the phallic symbolism.

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$10 million to alleviate "inhumane" working conditions in the City-County Building, but not a farthing to spend on real peop...