Friday, July 06, 2007

Oooh ... AHHH ... it's trognonymous hate mail!

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The acrid aftertaste of anonymous snailhatemail is always easier to swallow when chased with a Progressive Pint from NABC (pictured above, ...
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Thursday, July 05, 2007

2nd annual Bastille Day Biere de Garde Dinner at Bistro New Albany on Sunday, July 15.

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On Sunday, July 15, Bistro New Albany & NABC are co-sponsoring our 2nd annual Bastille Day Biere de Garde dinner, to be held at Bistro N...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Lucy pulls away the football: Another 3rd district 3-way for November.

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Geez , NAC is starting to feel profoundly marginalized. Are they trying to tell us something? According to the July 4 edition of the Tribu...
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Pick a Striegel, any Striegel: Guest columnist seeks truth in all the wrong places.

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I saw the headline on today’s Tribune “Opinions” page, glanced idly at the photo displayed alongside, and did a double take that hurt my nec...
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If the fire house becomes city hall, where does the fire house go?

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During the course of a meandering Saturday posting here at NAC , we referred to an intriguing proposal made by mayoral candidate Doug Englan...
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

The roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd?

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“The city council is up to here with the sewers … (there’s) more than enough money to fix them things.” -- a cappella anatomical and gramma...
Monday, July 02, 2007

Light council agenda offers theatrical opportunities aplenty, so bring your own popcorn and a bucket.

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Just the facts, ma’am: Here is the agenda for tonight’s city council meeting , courtesy of the city clerk’s always informative web site. The...
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Saturday, June 30, 2007

A few headlines for a midsummer weekend: Plotting pachyderms; sewage heist; conjoined CMs vs. police; and Taj Ma(city)hall.

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Note to readers: The senior editor is taking a vacation day on Sunday, July 1. We’ll be back on Monday morning. ---- Headline: No quorum at...
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Friday, June 29, 2007

Ask a Mexican?

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Like many others, I learned of “Ask a Mexican,” a column in the Orange County Weekly, by way of an article in last Sunday’s New York Times :...
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Thursday, June 28, 2007

Birthday greetings to Idealogy.

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You may recall Allen Howie's guest columns for the Tribune a little while back. The writing gig seems to have ended, and that's unf...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

My guess? "The Gary” probably doesn't subscribe to this one.

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It gladdens my contrarian heart that numerous Tom Paines of the current era continue to question orthodoxy and spread discontent. The follow...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Indiana Court of Appeals sides with New Albany Community Housing on Linden Meadows.

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Here's a story that slipped beneath the community's radar screen last week, and understandably so given the Floyd County shooting tr...
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Monday, June 25, 2007

Deadly descriptive phrases in the English language, from the United Kingdom to Councilman Cappuccino’s patio.

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I caught this on the Internet last week: An upcoming video game from the maker of the "Grand Theft Auto" series came under fire Tu...
Sunday, June 24, 2007

The household credit card statements don’t lie: Downtown New Albany is coming back.

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In fact, the numbers are clicking frantically past my eyes like the inflated scores at an arena football league game, and increasingly, the ...
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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Cardinal Ritter birthplace marker dedication, reception on Sunday, July 22.

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Thanks to Ted Fulmore for keeping us posted.
Friday, June 22, 2007

More on CSX, the 15th Street corridor, sandbagging councilmen and steroidal egos.

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Permit me to expand on the hurried posting from last evening. If you're just tuning in, please read it first: Does the CSX railroad ...
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Does the CSX railroad "own" the 15th Street right of way?

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Near the end of last evening's City Council meeting, during non-agenda public speaking time, CM Larry Kochert unexpectedly divulged that...
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Thursday, June 21, 2007

How to extend your fringe, to curb your butt, and to recite the Lord's Prayer -- and other city council items.

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The agenda for tonight’s city council meeting can be found here. Buried in the “tabled ordinances” area, where it has been moldering since l...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Tomorrow: Blood drive honoring Officers White and Denzinger.

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The following reminder came yesterday from an NAC correspondent, and is detailed in Whole community shares grief , by Harold J. Adams ( The...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Surreal senselessness.

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You're probably aware that there was a shooting yesterday near Georgetown. From this morning's Louisville Courier-Journal : Teen sus...
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