Showing posts with label Shirley Baird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shirley Baird. Show all posts
Monday, January 02, 2017

Trump's victory encourages women to run for office. Let's hope they do so right here in New Albany, in spite of the Democratic Party's Gahanesque 2015 outrages.

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It's instructive for New Albanians to recall the 2015 election season. In close cooperation with Democratic Party chairman Adam Dic...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Planned Parenthood, primary endorsements, Ayatollah Coffey, and Feeling the Bern.

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Before Christmas, as some new variety of Neanderthal right-wing offensive against Planned Parenthood seemed to be mounting (I tend to los...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Planned Parenthood resolution pulled from Thursday council agenda, so I guess the Coffey spontaneous combustion is off, too.

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It just isn't fair. I had a meme ready, and shit. If it helps, NA Confidential resolves to support Planned Parenthood. So do I....
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Monday, December 14, 2015

The Ayatollah Coffey sharpens his knives for a Thursday evening orgy of ward-heeling religious ecstasy.

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There is a special city council meeting tonight for the sole purpose of deciding how much to tithe to the Floyd County Solid Waste District....
Thursday, October 01, 2015

Finding solutions to a region's heroin epidemic.

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At last week's League of Women Voters debate, incumbent at-large council representative Shirley Baird made an earnest effort to address ...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Yard signs beach blanket bingo.

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Last night at the NAHA forum, I asked incumbent at-large councilperson Shirley Baird (D) whether it was legal to plant political yard sig...
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Friday, April 03, 2015

What they're saying: A correction. Shirley Baird is in opposition to RFRA.

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Thanks to the Bookseller for offering this correction. At-large council incumbent Shirley Baird (Democrat) expressed opposition to RFRA at...
Monday, February 16, 2015

NA council: The at-large scrum of nine contestants for three jobs.

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For the Democrats, it's six contestants, three jobs. Standalone web sites are linked by candidate name; Facebook (or other) links foll...
Monday, July 07, 2014

Mrs. Baird poses in updated Delacroix painting, embraces Highland Oaks People Power Revolution.

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Just once more, let me get this grassroots democracy thing straight. When neighborhood residents flooded the Plan Commission to demand ...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Baird flips, connector road flops, and the ochlocracy rules.

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This happened Tuesday. Here's the plan commission's climbdown ... New Albany commission amends plan, removes controversial r...
Monday, March 31, 2014

Mrs. Baird inadvertently reveals the crux of the $321K farmers market lotto: "There was not a lot of discussion about it."

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I've already provided concise instructions, but I'm only an idea guy. I can't make them pay attention. DNA can come out of ...
Monday, November 04, 2013

Budgetary back alley to the Farmers Market? Let's face the music and dance.

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In 2011, with the third Doug England term lurching toward an unceremonious and largely moribund conclusion, it became imperative to expa...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Bile and acrimony on tap as city parks secession bid appears on city council agenda.

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Suddeath's piece is uncommonly long for the newspaper (1,400 words), and that's good, because this issue isn't simple. Speakin...
Tuesday, August 07, 2012

At August 6 meeting, council's fund transfer a crutchfelt gesture.

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Ignoring the larger debate about the appropriateness of transferring city council discretionary funds to the board of works, let's focus...
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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Quartet of unendorsed at-large council hopefuls: Baird.

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Last week, NAC surveyed the November 8 slate of at-large council candidates , including three each from the two major political parties. We...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Decision 2011: Reluctantly votin' for the lowdown mind-bending at-large blues.

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During a week-long survey of alleged options in New Albany's forthcoming municipal elections, we've spent a fair amount of time clut...
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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Just the same way I'm impartial when it comes to light beer.

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I haven't laughed so hard since King Larry voted yes, and then no, and then abstained ... on three readings of precisely the same ordina...
Monday, May 07, 2007

NAC’s Primary Primer: At-large council (D) endorsements.

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The year 2007 is shaping up as pivotal for the city of New Albany, and not coincidentally, a primary election comes to us on Tuesday, May 8,...
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Saturday, May 05, 2007

Laws, shmaws ... we don't need no stinkin' laws.

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Just out of curiosity, NAC visited the Indiana Secretary of State’s website and found this illuminating information for candidates. Politic...
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