Saturday, June 21, 2014

Baird flips, connector road flops, and the ochlocracy rules.

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This happened Tuesday. Here's the plan commission's climbdown ... New Albany commission amends plan, removes controversial r...
Friday, June 20, 2014

It's all about "public safety first" -- unless it's a one-way street, of course!

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And then we're utterly powerless and chock full of cowardice. It's the first time in months that Mayor Gahan has shown any interes...
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Mike Kopp left this one off the downtown checklist.

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Arguably, it's nearly as important as a tanning salon. Thanks to GC for the idea. "New Albany's first LGBT bar is now ope...

Geppetto wept as Rosenbarger seized the microphone.

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As we posit the potential for John Rosenbarger's ever-growing nose to bridge Silver Creek for the Greenway, students in England have ...

Fiber optic, fiber schmoptic! We've got the Come to Rotary Dial City Initiative 2014!

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Boy oh boy, the city of New Albany listens! And what elderly Democratic Party voters are telling us is that we don't need no stinki...

New Albany's new slogan: "Truck Through City" ... Part Fifteen: Forty seconds on Market Street, Wednesday morning.

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And then two other random shots as the earth moves beneath our feet.
Thursday, June 19, 2014

The Warehouse generates a tsunami.

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I expend too many brain cells pontificating about "important" issues. Occasionally readers respond heartily, and at other times, n...
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ON THE AVENUES REWOUND, PART THREE: Anatomy of a red herring.

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ON THE AVENUES REWOUND, PART ONE: Yellow lines, and what comes due. ON THE AVENUES REWOUND, PART TWO:  You actually  can  get something for...
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ON THE AVENUES REWOUND, PART TWO: You actually can get something for nothing.

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ON THE AVENUES REWOUND, PART ONE: Yellow lines, and what comes due. ON THE AVENUES REWOUND, PART TWO:  You actually  can  get something f...

ON THE AVENUES REWOUND, PART ONE: Yellow lines, and what comes due.

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ON THE AVENUES REWOUND, PART ONE: Yellow lines, and what comes due. ON THE AVENUES REWOUND, PART TWO:  You actually  can  get something f...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

"New Albany's first LGBT bar is now open."

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Both Greg Phipps and Larry Summers are reporting that the Warehouse Bar on State Street, recently under new management, will become th...
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The Universal Linen truck ignores rules of the road on a road designed precisely for that.

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We were driving eastbound on Market Street at 8:40 a.m. on Wednesday, and came to a stop for a red light at the intersection of Market an...
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Hunter S. Thompson eulogizes Richard M. Nixon: "He Was a Crook."

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(Wikipedia) Arguably, the finest political obituary in American history. It is impossible to read it without laughing aloud. It is eq...

John Rosenbarger: Yes, it's a design flaw, and yes, we know who designed it. Why can't we do anything about that?

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Today's drive to Indianapolis shouldn't be much different than a daily jaunt down Spring Street, so let's pop the tabs on a s...

New Albany's new slogan: "Truck Through City" ... Part Fourteen, and the monster trucks just keep passing through, unimpeded.

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If you'll be having a Coke, you'll need some ice. Granted, the ice truck isn't all that large. Just remember that pho...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Ron Grooms touts his tenure, forgets to take credit for his vote against same-sex marriage.

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New Albany's new slogan: "Truck Through City" ... Part Thirteen -- dedicated to the Board of Works.

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Main Street Deforestation Project: If John Rosenbarger's lips are moving, chances are he's lying about traffic diversion. Here's why.

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Each time a city official, or a mercenary contractor hired by the city, makes a statement to the effect that the Main Street Deforestation ...
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Monday, June 16, 2014

Coffee and doughnuts and downtown business tomorrow morning.

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Tomorrow morning I'm hosting a meeting of the current incarnation of the downtown business association. Please join us for our next m...

Jeff Speck on John Rosenbarger's 12-ft wide Spring Street traffic lanes: “A 12-foot lane is a 70 mph lane."

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When we took up residence on Spring Street in 2003, it was one-way arterial, three lanes wide, and with parallel parking on both sides by...