Showing posts with label law and legalities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label law and legalities. Show all posts
Saturday, July 13, 2019

"The automobile took over because the legal system helped squeeze out the alternatives."

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: car-centrism, or "automobile supremacy," as the author refers to it, not onl...
Thursday, February 01, 2018

THE BEER BEAT: There's one small problem with the Growler USA franchise coming to Jeffersonville, Indiana.

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So far this week, I've learned that Louisville City FC's new stadium might include a brewpub (but why wouldn't it be Falls Ci...
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Wednesday, February 01, 2017

"Car-centric policy dominates our legal system and the way police conduct business. And it's not holding people truly responsible."

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Lest those of us who aren't employed by the city of New Albany forget: ON THE AVENUES: For New Albany’s Person of the Year, the t...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

"Birth control and Obamacare: A pious hijacking at the Supreme Court."

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The last paragraph is the clincher, but you'll have to click through to read it because I'm no human spoiler alert. Birth control...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

Burn Baby Burn: Pence "scorched" by the RFRA firestorm, as we provide legal opinions.

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And the best Silent Ron Grooms belatedly can manage is, "But all the other fascists states do it, too." Verily, the state of ...
Friday, January 30, 2015

"There is a huge difference between an insult and a threat, and ... it isn’t actually that hard to tell one from the other."

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This isn't food for thought. It's a five-course meal. Two Views on Speech , by Adam Gopnik ( New Yorker ) ... The absolutist Am...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Rick Fox on marriage (in)equality: "The only people that benefit from this situation are the lawyers."

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Really? Lawyers benefit from things like this? Speaking of which, how many different governmental agencies has Rick Fox represented, ...
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Saturday, January 04, 2014

On dopey David Brooks and legal dope.

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First came David Brooks in the New York Times . Weed: Been There. Done That. For a little while in my teenage years, my friends and I s...
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Monday, October 07, 2013

"Sock and awe."

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Time out from the GOP's attempted coup d'etat, and time in for some good old-fashioned juvenile tittering. Masturbation laws a...
Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Independently New Albany: Next NA1st small business seminar is June 12.

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It's another informative seminar from New Albany First, which at last glance was NOT using its Twitter feed to sell/lease downtown ...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Biblical truth may be YOUR truth, but it isn't mine. Discuss.

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Boy, did they discuss. I posted the following at Facebook, and we were off to the races . Biblical truth may be YOUR truth, but it isn...
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Friday, September 02, 2011

Hey, bartender, how old is that bean soup in the freezer bags?

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The lawyers can correct me on this one, but my reading of Indiana's ridiculously huge collection of statutes pertaining to beverage alco...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Riverfront three-ways: Alcoholic beverages vs. square meals?

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Earlier today, the discussion turned to legal esoterica, and as I should have known, it wouldn't be simple. CeeSaw whiffs on a fat pi...
Thursday, May 20, 2010

Can't blame this one on the Pope.

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If you haven't already seen this, go look: File under: Senseless atrocities. My advice to preservationists or anyone else who wishes to ...
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Monday, January 04, 2010

A quick primer before tonight's council meeting.

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It's the council's first meeting of the year. A new president and vice president will be elected. According to New Albany law, here...
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

HARBESON: "Maintaining misguided laws not the answer for alcohol licenses."

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The opening paragraph in Debbie's column is a true classic. HARBESON: Maintaining misguided laws not the answer for alcohol licenses Wh...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Presidential power? Let's look at the law.

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It's become customary for newly elected City Council Presidents to appoint whomever he or she chooses to all commissions and groups on w...
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Monday, September 22, 2008

It's been over two years; maybe he'll read it now.

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Contrary to Building Commissioner Ron Hartman's assertions, the city need not hire a detective agency to track down owners of dilapidate...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

The next video should be instructional.

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A video feed of the second rental registration and code enforcement meeting will be posted as soon as I can get it done. The process takes h...
Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Annual ATC holiday downbuzz.

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The Indiana Alcohol & Tobacco Commission poses a question and answers it: Is it illegal to dispense alcoholic beverages on certain days?...
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