Tuesday, August 25, 2015

CM Blair's bank, the State Street exurb, commercial dereliction, corporate welfare and non-transparency.

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Lightning Food Mart is an excellent example of the durability of locally-owned independent small business. Conversely, most of State S...
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Props to Lightning Food Mart's half-century in business.

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This article is a good illustration of the qualities that independently-owned local small businesses exhibit when surviving over the long ha...

New Albany's new slogan: "Truck Through City" ... Part 98: Diesel-fueled postcard vistas of downtown on a Bored to Death of Works Tuesday!

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Oops -- they can't all be scenic vistas.

Fundamentally delayed: The New Albany Street Piano "Grand Opening" is Saturday, September 5.

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The New Albany Street Piano "Grand Opening" will take place at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 5, and it is likely to be the p...
Monday, August 24, 2015

Parking Non-Problem 2: "How to respond when someone complains 'There's no parking.'"

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It's been a couple of years since Jeff G mapped New Albany's parking supply (the photo above). Mapping is one of four responses t...

Parking Non-Problem 1. "The Real Downtown 'Parking Problem': There's Too Much of It."

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There's not enough parking in downtown NA -- just the red areas. The topic is "the gap between parking reality and parking p...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

Let's go Krogering?: Does CM Blair's fixation with a boarded-up Hardee's have to do with gas pumps and corporate welfare?

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On Friday, I emitted a rant. Council meeting recap 1: State's a trashy chain-ridden asphalt nightmare, and this sole derelict Harde...
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Road Kill 2: "The Trucks Are Killing Us."

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Photo credit (from Vancouver WA) In a densely populated urban area, big trucks should be traveling far more slowly than 35 - 40 mph, as...

Road Kill 1: "Despite improvements, driving in America remains extraordinarily dangerous."

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From the article. "Roads get wider and busier and less friendly to pedestrians. And all of the development based around cars, like...

Still confused about "road diets" and street redesign, Irv? Take a video tour and LEARN.

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What? You mean just like in this document ? Wow! Even your grandchildren can watch a video ... and comprehend facts. A Wonderfully C...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

"Ten Ways to Democratize the Economy," apart from the parties.

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I won't be long-winded about this, as the article is lengthy and thought-provoking. The fundamental difference between me and either J...

Trump this ... because it isn't funny.

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My friend Gregg Seidl wrote some very wise words on Facebook. So Trump is going to rid the country of approximately 14 million people, an...

Ottawa-on-the-Ohio: Jeff Gahan looks to Canada, and a kindred spirit in non-transparency.

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"Mr. Gahan’s campaign for re-election has so far been utterly consistent with the personality trait that has defined his tenure as prim...

Hey, ESNA.

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The missus and I live within the boundaries of the East Spring Street Neighborhood Association (ESNA). We moved into our house on Spring ...

Walking is not a crime: Dunman and others on the scourges of jaywalking in auto-erotic America.

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Photo credit: Vox (below). I walk. I walk a lot. There is me, and there are hundreds of vehicles. Conscious of the disparity betwe...

Diane pissed off the mighty Oz, and five years later ...

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... Slate Run Road still awaits attention. Is there any better example than Slate Run Road as proof that multi-modal transportation desi...
Friday, August 21, 2015

Council meeting recap 1: State's a trashy chain-ridden asphalt nightmare, and this sole derelict Hardee's must go!

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I went to last evening's city council meeting solely because the word on the street was that Scott Blair wanted to talk about demolis...
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Council meeting recap 2: Dear Jeff.

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Dear Jeff, Missed you again at the council meeting Thursday. Members of the public came to talk to the council about how the storm w...

Sept. 24 fix at the Taj Mahal: I'd prefer a genuine debate to a staged re-enthronement, but let's do it.

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I've received my letter from the League of Women Voters, inviting me to the "candidate forum" for 2015 Mayor and City Council ...
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Matt Nash kicks off 5th district campaign: "New Albany Should Expand its Recycling Program."

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For those just tuning in, Matt Nash was chosen by Democratic Party precinct heads to replace Dustin Collins on the 5th district council tick...