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Thursday, March 20, 2014

DNA posts exciting, incisive new farmers market poll.

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Thanks to DP for the inspiration.

ON THE AVENUES: Why does DNA happen to good people?

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ON THE AVENUES: Why does DNA happen to good people? A weekly web column by Roger A. Baylor. I’d love nothing more than to attend tonig...

New Albany Now: John Rosenbarger meets Leni Riefenstahl, and a situation comedy is born.

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The problem, as it has been for 30 years, is that John simply isn't funny. Bluegill writes: When Jeff Speck was in New Albany, ...

But I thought DNA was the political arm of England Doug's re-election campaign. Either way, it isn't very non-profit of them.

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Yesterday, NAC's co-editor made a pithy comment at Fb: "Develop New Albany: The political arm of the mayor's office....
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

The NewAlbanist: "Here’s what a market vendor wants: A market where (many) people come to buy their farm products."

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The Bookseller nails it. Somewhat tongue in cheek, he gauges the probable reaction were the city announce the farmers market's move ...

Farmers Market Polls, reality-based version. No comic books or BS.

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The Bookseller offers farmers market poll questions for thinking adults, ones that reflect genuine options, and not the potted on-line ma...

A business owner on the farmers market: "I do want what is best for my community."

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Katrina at Antiques Attic posted this comment earlier today at As the farmers market follies morph into farce, City Hall just stands there. ...

As the farmers market follies morph into farce, City Hall just stands there. Why is that?

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It ain't rocket science. lead·er·ship ˈlēdərˌSHip noun 1. the action of leading a group of people or an organization. "diff...
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Diggin' it: "Lawsuit Declares NCAA An 'Unlawful Cartel' That Illegally Restricts Athlete Earning Power."

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Power to the people. Who among us finds it acceptable to generate billions and be remunerated farthings? Especially when you read pieces lik...
Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Maybe the city could buy indoor space for the Winter Farmers Market. Would $108K do it?

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Consider going to the polling page and disrupting DNA's bush league tactics by voting for the parking garage. Wait a minute. You d...
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Yo, DNA: Here are some examples of OUR propaganda. You can have the hearts. We'll take the minds.

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It only seems right to recast the on-line poll questions in a more reasonable fashion, eh? I just hope the votes aren't going straight...

Develop New Albany's on-line farmers market "poll" is a reeking, juvenile cesspool of intellectual dishonesty.

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NAC suggests you  go to the DNA rigged polling page  and disrupt its bush league tactics by voting for the parking garage. Sadly, doing ...
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REWIND: A labor theory of basketball value.

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In 2011, this column appeared in the newspaper, and today, I'm liberating it from behind the Hanson Pay Wall. In our fast-moving world o...

On sweat equity and indie business upward striving.

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Looking over my notes these past few weeks, I detect a pattern. It might embrace those wishing to be a rock and roll star chef. Chef Mark ...
Monday, March 17, 2014

BALLE: Ruminations on themes of "local" and "sustainable."

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The stock of human knowledge advances from a willingness to continue thinking about "it", whatever "it" happens to be. T...

Of the proliferation of Feast and a micro-distilling famine.

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There wasn't much left of my meal Saturday at Feast. Efforts to wade through "business news" typically compel a crazed ...
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The non-walkable North Y ... and why you should be disputin' Rasputin.

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In general terms, New Albany's "North Y" is where Charlestown Road, Grant Line Road, 8th Street and the railroad tracks con...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Bob Russell says "God" gave you your race, not your sex.

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I am of the conviction that religion is not a tax-exempt issue at all. It is a taxable issue. By the way: GET OFF MY PORCH, Bob. Are Gay ...

"In Australia, a biddy is a two-for-one McDonald's voucher."

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It says so here  (number two). The city has called a special meeting for Thursday morning, to be attended by representatives of the “downt...
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Gentrification is a thorny matter.

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File under "topics seldom broached at city council meetings," or for that matter, anywhere else in town. It's a lengthy essay,...
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