Showing posts with label The Usual Suspects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Usual Suspects. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

SHANE'S EXCELLENT NEW WORDS: Is there a -cracy word for government by the beautiful people?

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There's a song by Marilyn Manson called "The Beautiful People," but my first recollection of the phrase is from The Beatles...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

New Albany city council public hearing regarding wastewater rate change and the implementation of consumer price index is February 6.

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Here's the announcement sans satire. Yes, Virginia, it is a sewer rate INCREASE, in spite of what you may have read elsewhere...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Phipps, McLaughlin pleasure mayor, oppose Blair's 6th district stormwater impact efforts, but the investigative measure passes council anyway.

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The major story to emerge from last week's city council meeting was final approval of an ordinance establishing annual sewer rates incre...
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Saturday, December 17, 2016

Yes, Virginia, it is a sewer rate INCREASE, in spite of what you may have read elsewhere.

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The Courier-Journal came a bit late to coverage of New Albany's eleventh hour sewer ordinance, but once fully engaged, the Louisvill...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Bump? Hike? If sewer rates are higher, then that's an increase, by definition.

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Tolling is about to begin. Interest rates are going up. Rental property registration and eventual inspection will provide a convenien...
Monday, December 12, 2016

Don't forget: Back door New Albany sewer rate increases are on tap at city council this Thursday. Are you down with this?

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The city council meets this Thursday (December 15) at 7:00 p.m. in the Romper Room on the third floor of the City County Building. Annual s...
Friday, December 09, 2016

In a major victory for practical stenography, chain newspaper belatedly gets wind of sewer rate increases, helpfully regurgitates Jeff Gahan's talking points, reinforces status quo. Um, thanks.

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Sorry, but you can't convince me that the News and Tribune's persistently hands-off, forgiving attitude toward Jeff Gahan's ...
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Thursday, December 08, 2016

Ooh, ooh that SMELL: Jeff Gahan proposes arbitrary CPI pegs to raise sewer rates annually, when sewer rates already are illegally subsidized.

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Jeff Gahan, who draws a salary as both mayor of New Albany and head of its sewer board, proposes that in the future, annual sewer rate in...
Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Sudden stealth sewer rate hikes reveal the breathtaking extent of Jeff Gahan's intellectual dishonesty. Isn't it time to hold Team Gahan and its toadies accountable?

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As holder of salaried positions as mayor and head of the sewer board, shouldn't Jeff Gahan be the one -- THE ONLY ONE -- to explain ...
Tuesday, December 06, 2016

Council Crackers: Final victory over Nawbany's EPA sewer nemesis is so crucial that Jeff Gahan stayed home and watched "Walker, Texas Ranger" reruns on DVD.

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(ASK THE BORED is off drinking this week, to return on the 12th of Never, or barring that, the 13th of December. Also, there are no links...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Break out the Bud Light, because the Sanctioned Monument to the Glorious Usual Heroes of the Bicentennial Park Cash Unlimited Uprising is scheduled for unveiling soon.

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10:06 p.m. update: It has been pointed out to me that Vic Megenity's name does not appear on the plaque shown below. Remember that time ...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

I'll see your bicentennial, and raise you a Tricentennial. Whatcha got?

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In 2013, New Albany celebrates its 200th birthday, and obviously, a bicentennial is a once-in-a-lifetime event. Consequently, it would...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Bicentennial caption contest, Harvest Homecoming edition: Rent Boy Park dedicated, consecrated and crenulated.

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Insert your caption in the comments, or at FB . Photo courtesy of the 'Bune
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Saturday, May 05, 2012

Video of the "Be Local" expo earlier this week.

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Oops. I don't know what I was thinking. Here's the video: