"How to Get the Most out of Urban Public Schools."

Odd, but I can't find the section detailing the importance of demolishing numerous urban neighborhood homes to create fresh new parking lots. Maybe it's an oversight.

By the way, this ...

 ... and many other pro-referendum yard signs have been illegally placed. Get 'em out of the verge, Families for Floyd County. We have rules, you know.

The article is:

How to Get the Most out of Urban Public Schools, by Steven Shultis (Strong Towns)

 ... I've spent so much time defending the idea of the value of the urban school experience, often being attacked by people who assume that my decision to live in an urban place was done with total disregard for my kids, that I had forgotten how important their well-being had been in the decision-making which lead my family and I to live an urban lifestyle. I've spent so much time arguing for the urban school experience (here, here, here, here, here and here, just to start) that I had forgotten that school was only part of the education my daughters received living in a diverse, traditional, and urban neighborhood.

Sidewalk parking fever -- catch it.

Thanks, loyal reader.

Maybe it's the same guy who works here.

Previously:

ON THE AVENUES: They're surely not ROLL models.

"I've devoted my life as a social worker to people with developmental disabilities, and can't even walk with them in NA if they are in a wheelchair or have gait issues."

Street spam: "One irritating business tactic to eliminate another."

(Mid-afternoon update: When I wrote on FB earlier today about the need to address street spam, Board of Public Works member Suellen Wilkinson responded: "Mayor is working on this I'm told, so is the City Council with a new ordinance I believe. When this was brought before the Board of Works a few months ago, I had suggested that the Neighborhood Associations be 'deputized' to remove such signs. The street dept is having a special day soon to gather all illegally placed signs, especially in the City's rights of way, and will do that several times until the message is received loud and clear. In the meantime, good citizens have to do what good citizens have to do!")

I like the idea. Perhaps here in New Albany, we can spend the next three years or so building consensus that street spam indeed is a problem, after which we'll be in excellent position to ignore it, again, until after another election cycle. Thanks to DC for the link.

Hollywood unleashes robocalls to fight illegal signs

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Hollywood Code Compliance Officer Irish Gardner removes a "pop-up"… (Walter Michot, Miami Herald.)

March 08, 2012|By Tonya Alanez, Sun Sentinel

HOLLYWOOD — The city has unleashed one irritating business tactic to eliminate another.

A new robocalling campaign seeks to hassle, hound and harass out of existence those pesky signs that illegally clutter public medians with offers to buy your gold and junk cars, fix your AC or rescue you from foreclosure. .

Citizens for Erikability gots 'em a new, illegal sign.

And it couldn't be located in a more appropriately metaphorical place, eh?

Not an endorsement, but rather an embarrassment.

Elections come and go, and still some candidates find it expedient to ignore Indiana Election Commission guidelines.

Just out of curiosity, NAC visited the Indiana Secretary of State’s website last spring prior to the primary, and found this illuminating information for candidates.

Political Signs and Disclaimer Requirements for Political Literature and Advertisements

WHAT is a “disclaimer”?
A disclaimer identifies who paid for certain political material and whether any candidate approves of the material if the material is paid for by someone other than the candidate.

What are some examples of political materials and literature requiring disclaimers?
Newspaper advertisements, billboards, signs, posters, yard signs, (whether homemade or commercially printed), portable billboards, brochures, leaflets, circulars, letterheads and direct mail pieces sent to more than 100 persons.

Is there a penalty for circulating or publishing literature or other material concerning a candidate without the required disclaimer?
Yes. The penalty is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a $5,000 fine, not more than one (1) year imprisonment, or both. (IC 3-14-1-3)

In a Tribune ad on Sunday, November 4, Hollis -- a former councilman during the Taft administration -- claimed to be "experience" and "knowledgable," though as should be obvious by now, not so much so that he would be aware of spelling, grammar and campaign guidelines.

Not unexpectedly, the faux professor Erika (herself perpetually challenged when confronted with rules of syntax) endorses Hollis for city council, presumably under the wisdom that such a superannuated relic could do no worse at expressing himself than she would have if not for a decisive primary refutation.

Whatever you do, please don't vote for this guy. He's looking for oil lamps to light and cranks to start his engine.

Don't we have enough Luddites in positions of authority already?