Wednesday, January 21, 2015

New Albany's new slogan: "Truck Through City" ... Part 71: Neighborhood "quality of life," 80,000 lbs at a time.

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This baby was flying . It's amazing how they can block whole houses. It's more amazing that City Hall still insists there i...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

BREAKING: Rogar Bayler leaks plan for new city hall at 922 Culbertson.

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Duh -- I mean, he left Ceausescu out. Keep me posted on that public access request, will you?

Change of venue for Wednesday's planning meeting of Two Way Streets Now.

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Take note. Not only are those damned outsiders conspiring against NA's peculiar one-way institution as the mayor blissfully snores a...

New Albany's new slogan: "Truck Through City" ... Part 70: BOW takes a bow as Warren Naps.

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On Monday morning, there were three Tiger trucks this size on the street between 3:00 a.m and 3:30 a.m. I'm starting to feel them lat...

A belated goodbye to A Costumiery.

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In January of 2012, Dale Moss (then still writing for the C-J ) wrote about the owners of A Costumiery, who were having a very hard time of ...

The PC: Ripped straight from the pages of an Onion satire: “13 white males not really so eager to discuss issues like racism and sexism.”

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I don't always use space at NAC to tout my beer writing at Potable Curmudgeon , but today is an exception. The column appears on Mondays...
Monday, January 19, 2015

BREAKING: Proposed yard signs for the new "There's Only One Way to NA" anti-Speck group.

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I'm told the first organizational meeting will take place in Clarksville, the second one in Floyds Knobs, the third ...
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Damned outsiders conspiring against NA's peculiar one-way institution as mayor blissfully snores.

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When John Smith first divulged his status as an outsider in Stay Inside City, he was greeted with the predictable pleasantry from a New A...
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Dr. King, Pa Hibbard and some Public Enemy.

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With characteristic tone deafness, several Southern Indiana school systems ( including NA-FC ) are using MLK Day as a snow make-up day. I ca...
Sunday, January 18, 2015

Ditching the fatalism and pushing for change in politics. Is it time?

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A second Sunday link from the Guardian , but only because it makes sense. Granted, the context is British. However, the content applies v...

Voting: Financial security, illiteracy and moral framing.

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Frequent reader S introduces the topic of voting (and non-voting) patters of the financially insecure with this comment. This probably sa...
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"Faithophobia: Add it to the list of my crimes."

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Sunday is the week's best day for reconsidering religion, don't you think? Add faithophobia to my crimes: I have no respect for r...
Saturday, January 17, 2015

Next meeting of downtown businesses is Tuesday, January 20, 8:30 a.m. at Louis Le Francais.

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Notice courtesy of Kim Johnson.  In November, David Duggins attended with the obvious intent of squelching discussion of Jeff Speck's ...

"Impure thoughts about suburbia" and New Albanian corridors.

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It's interesting reading about "the virtues of America's aging inner ring suburbs." The topic was raised by Diane Benede...
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Indianapolis firm being paid to inventory city's decrepit street signage.

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A friend reports: Something called VS Engineering has been inventorying signs around the city. I know some in our neighborhood ...
Friday, January 16, 2015

New city council game of chance: Horseshoe Party Affiliation Roulette.

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Last night, city council president Pat McLaughlin once again appointed 6th district Independent Scott Blair to serve with John Gonder on ...
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Mayor 2015: Two or more Republicans for the price of one?

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There'll be a Republican candidate for mayor in the fall. According to the News and Tribune's Daniel Suddeath yesterday, it will...

An elegiac Pillsbury evening in the council chamber.

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As the reporter White points out, the union's contract with General Mills stipulates discussions in the event of a "decrease...

SCOTUS Friday: "Historic day for gay rights?"

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It was one of my favorite stories from last year. Pence takes to his bunker as Indiana's gay marriage ban is ruled to be unconstituti...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Green Mouse says: Randy Smith to contest 5th district council race ...

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... as an independent. In 2011, running as a Democrat, the Bookseller came tantalizingly close (less than two dozen votes) to snatching t...