Speedwagon's show at Arizona Pete's was awesome last night and the place was packed.
Thirtysome years and the band still "rocks".
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
5th and 6th Graders on Science
SCIENCE ANSWERS FROM 5TH & 6TH GRADERS
* The spinal column is a long bunch of bones. The head sits on the top, and you sit on the bottom.
* It is so hot in some places that people there have to live
in other places.
* Momentum is something you give a person when they go away.
* Mushrooms always grow in damp places which is why they look like umbrellas.
* The four seasons are salt, pepper, mustard, and vinegar.
* The alimentary canal is located in the northern part of Indiana.
* Thunder is a rich source of loudness.
* Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun, but I never have been able to make out the numbers.
* When planets run around and around in circles, we say they are orbiting. When people do it, we say they are crazy.
* One of the main causes of dust is DIRT.
* A monsoon is a French gentleman.
* To keep milk from turning sour, keep it in the cow.
* Genetics explains why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should.
* Water vapor gets together in a big cloud. When it gets big enough to be called a drop, it does.
* There is a tremendous weight pushing down on the center of the Earth because so many people are stomping around there these days.
* The cause of perfume disappearing is evaporation. Evaporation gets blamed for a lot of things people forget to put the top on.
* You can listen to thunder and tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it, you got hit, so never mind.
(via e-mail from a friend)
* The spinal column is a long bunch of bones. The head sits on the top, and you sit on the bottom.
* It is so hot in some places that people there have to live
in other places.
* Momentum is something you give a person when they go away.
* Mushrooms always grow in damp places which is why they look like umbrellas.
* The four seasons are salt, pepper, mustard, and vinegar.
* The alimentary canal is located in the northern part of Indiana.
* Thunder is a rich source of loudness.
* Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun, but I never have been able to make out the numbers.
* When planets run around and around in circles, we say they are orbiting. When people do it, we say they are crazy.
* One of the main causes of dust is DIRT.
* A monsoon is a French gentleman.
* To keep milk from turning sour, keep it in the cow.
* Genetics explains why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should.
* Water vapor gets together in a big cloud. When it gets big enough to be called a drop, it does.
* There is a tremendous weight pushing down on the center of the Earth because so many people are stomping around there these days.
* The cause of perfume disappearing is evaporation. Evaporation gets blamed for a lot of things people forget to put the top on.
* You can listen to thunder and tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it, you got hit, so never mind.
(via e-mail from a friend)
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Very Proud Father
Jr. just came home with a grade of 90 on his Senior project that ensures he WILL be graduating high school next Friday night.
He picked Multiple Sclerosis to do his project on as his 24 yr. old big sister was diagnosed with the disease late last year and he wanted to learn more about what she would be going through in the years ahead. In his quest to learn more about the disease I think he has helped the whole family understand and come to grip with what Tree is facing.
Grades were:
Research Paper: 2.7 out of a possible 4
Product: 3.1 out of a possible 4
Speech: 3.7 out of a possible 4
Although he didn't get a grade on community service, he had to perform at least 10 hours of community service pertaining to the topic of his project, which he did for the Multiple Sclerosis Society in Greensboro.
His 10 minute speech was what worried him the most. Looking at the grades it must be what he worked on the hardest.
Very fine job Jr. and one proud papa!
Guess he's a large chip off the old block.
He picked Multiple Sclerosis to do his project on as his 24 yr. old big sister was diagnosed with the disease late last year and he wanted to learn more about what she would be going through in the years ahead. In his quest to learn more about the disease I think he has helped the whole family understand and come to grip with what Tree is facing.
Grades were:
Research Paper: 2.7 out of a possible 4
Product: 3.1 out of a possible 4
Speech: 3.7 out of a possible 4
Although he didn't get a grade on community service, he had to perform at least 10 hours of community service pertaining to the topic of his project, which he did for the Multiple Sclerosis Society in Greensboro.
His 10 minute speech was what worried him the most. Looking at the grades it must be what he worked on the hardest.
Very fine job Jr. and one proud papa!
Guess he's a large chip off the old block.
Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't
Government auditors say that FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) paid $31 million in disaster relief for Hurricane Frances, to 12,000 Florida residents who did not deserve the payments.
"FEMA did not adequately inspect homes and used a system of aid payments susceptible to potential fraud, waste and abuse".
What do you expect??
Hurricane Frances, coming 22 days after Hurricane Charley (which killed 27 and damaged 40,000 buildings) was the 4th costliest Hurricane in U.S. history, behind Andrew '92, and Charley and Ivan of 2004.
FEMA had to hire and quickly train 2,000 extra inspectors, who, needless to say, were probably still not very well qualified.
FEMA is charged with going into an emergency situation, (people with no shelter, food, water, clothing, electricity) and getting those people aid as quickly as possible.
Sure there are going to be some bogus claims. Hell, if they had to verify each and every one we'd still be down there verifying from Andrew in '92.
So what do you want??
If FEMA starts doing more inspections and verifying prior to giving aid, they will be criticized for taking too long in getting aid to the victims.
If FEMA does what they need to do to get the aid out more quickly, it becomes easier to defraud.
It's a no win situation.
Personally I think FEMA did a damn fine job in Florida, with 4 storms in 5 weeks.
The auditors evidently have 12,000 names of bogus claims paid. I suggest they contact these people, make them pay restitution or go to jail.
Then they can worry about other "systems of aid susceptible to fraud, waste and abuse", such as welfare, food stamps, Medicare and Medicaid.
"FEMA did not adequately inspect homes and used a system of aid payments susceptible to potential fraud, waste and abuse".
What do you expect??
Hurricane Frances, coming 22 days after Hurricane Charley (which killed 27 and damaged 40,000 buildings) was the 4th costliest Hurricane in U.S. history, behind Andrew '92, and Charley and Ivan of 2004.
FEMA had to hire and quickly train 2,000 extra inspectors, who, needless to say, were probably still not very well qualified.
FEMA is charged with going into an emergency situation, (people with no shelter, food, water, clothing, electricity) and getting those people aid as quickly as possible.
Sure there are going to be some bogus claims. Hell, if they had to verify each and every one we'd still be down there verifying from Andrew in '92.
So what do you want??
If FEMA starts doing more inspections and verifying prior to giving aid, they will be criticized for taking too long in getting aid to the victims.
If FEMA does what they need to do to get the aid out more quickly, it becomes easier to defraud.
It's a no win situation.
Personally I think FEMA did a damn fine job in Florida, with 4 storms in 5 weeks.
The auditors evidently have 12,000 names of bogus claims paid. I suggest they contact these people, make them pay restitution or go to jail.
Then they can worry about other "systems of aid susceptible to fraud, waste and abuse", such as welfare, food stamps, Medicare and Medicaid.
"We See The Light"
It looks as though Tax Director Jenks Crayton will be re-instated at the County Commissioners meeting tonight, after more than a month of paid leave while a N.C. Dept.of Revenue investigation was taking place.
Seems that 4 of the 6 Democrat Commissioners that voted to place Crayton on leave have finally "seen the light", after their personal vendetta (second investigation) turned up no wrongdoing on Craytons' part.
It should have never gone this far after the first SBI investigation cleared Crayton, but with our partisan politics in Guilford County, the Democrats had to wage their own little war.
Let's hope that now they can stop all their childish bickering and bullshit, and try to do something good for the county.
Jenks, I'd keep one eye over my shoulder. Bruce and Skip have made you their target, and no doubt they'll keep shooting until they hit you.
Seems that 4 of the 6 Democrat Commissioners that voted to place Crayton on leave have finally "seen the light", after their personal vendetta (second investigation) turned up no wrongdoing on Craytons' part.
It should have never gone this far after the first SBI investigation cleared Crayton, but with our partisan politics in Guilford County, the Democrats had to wage their own little war.
Let's hope that now they can stop all their childish bickering and bullshit, and try to do something good for the county.
Jenks, I'd keep one eye over my shoulder. Bruce and Skip have made you their target, and no doubt they'll keep shooting until they hit you.
Friday, May 13, 2005
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Jenks Crayton---What's Next??
The second investigation report is out.
After the SBI found no wrongdoings on Craytons part, the N.C. Dept. of Revenue presented its findings today.
The N.C. Dept. of Revenue found "no evidence of any wrongdoing by Crayton as it relates to his duties under the state's property tax statutes."
Isn't this what he has been saying all along?
Seems like our Democrat Commissioners have a burr up their ass when it comes to Jenks Crayton,(well 2 or 3 do but they always vote along party lines) and are trying their best to get rid of a tax director that consistently ranks at the top for tax collections in the state.
In the meeting where they voted to suspend Crayton until the second investigation was complete, Bruce Davis, Paul Gibson, and Kay Cashion with her index cards of notes, all said they have heard "serious accusations" against Crayton.
Not one wanted to come forward and discuss the accusations in public, or give Crayton a chance to respond, they just wanted an investigation and Crayton suspended.
So now Crayton has been cleared for the second time and the Democrats are not happy.
Now we can have a Democratic Commissioner Investigation of the Tax Department of Guilford County, North Carolina. Then they can spin it anyway they like and get rid of Crayton.
As I've said before, Crayton works at the will of the Commissioners. If they don't like him, why don't they fire him? Why spend taxpayer money and time on unnecessary investigations, or are you trying to make it not look political?
GOOD LUCK!
I just hope Crayton has the balls to sue you all for slander and defamation of character.
UPDATE: Sue from "Sues Place" was at the meeting today and has a good rundown of things.
After the SBI found no wrongdoings on Craytons part, the N.C. Dept. of Revenue presented its findings today.
The N.C. Dept. of Revenue found "no evidence of any wrongdoing by Crayton as it relates to his duties under the state's property tax statutes."
Isn't this what he has been saying all along?
Seems like our Democrat Commissioners have a burr up their ass when it comes to Jenks Crayton,(well 2 or 3 do but they always vote along party lines) and are trying their best to get rid of a tax director that consistently ranks at the top for tax collections in the state.
In the meeting where they voted to suspend Crayton until the second investigation was complete, Bruce Davis, Paul Gibson, and Kay Cashion with her index cards of notes, all said they have heard "serious accusations" against Crayton.
Not one wanted to come forward and discuss the accusations in public, or give Crayton a chance to respond, they just wanted an investigation and Crayton suspended.
So now Crayton has been cleared for the second time and the Democrats are not happy.
Now we can have a Democratic Commissioner Investigation of the Tax Department of Guilford County, North Carolina. Then they can spin it anyway they like and get rid of Crayton.
As I've said before, Crayton works at the will of the Commissioners. If they don't like him, why don't they fire him? Why spend taxpayer money and time on unnecessary investigations, or are you trying to make it not look political?
GOOD LUCK!
I just hope Crayton has the balls to sue you all for slander and defamation of character.
UPDATE: Sue from "Sues Place" was at the meeting today and has a good rundown of things.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Saturday, May 07, 2005
Saturday
Saturday.
No work. 74 degrees. Beautiful sunny day.
Whatcha' gonna do? Work in the yard? Wash the car? Clean the house?
NOT!!
Then come on down to the Carolina Blues Festival in Center City Park, Greensboro NC.
The Matt Hill Blues Band, John Dee Holeman, Kenny Neal, The Holmes Brothers, and Michael Burks will all be there performing and will make for one great festival.
Saw Michael Burks at the Blue Bayou on Thursday night and his set alone will be worth the price of a ticket. The guy is just awesome.
Beer, wine, food will be there. They even have a kids area in which Abe Reid will be performing.
What better way to spend a Saturday?
I'll see you there. Just look for the old man wearing glasses with a goatee.
Hopefully in a vertical position, but with Jr. as the designated driver, who knows.
No work. 74 degrees. Beautiful sunny day.
Whatcha' gonna do? Work in the yard? Wash the car? Clean the house?
NOT!!
Then come on down to the Carolina Blues Festival in Center City Park, Greensboro NC.
The Matt Hill Blues Band, John Dee Holeman, Kenny Neal, The Holmes Brothers, and Michael Burks will all be there performing and will make for one great festival.
Saw Michael Burks at the Blue Bayou on Thursday night and his set alone will be worth the price of a ticket. The guy is just awesome.
Beer, wine, food will be there. They even have a kids area in which Abe Reid will be performing.
What better way to spend a Saturday?
I'll see you there. Just look for the old man wearing glasses with a goatee.
Hopefully in a vertical position, but with Jr. as the designated driver, who knows.
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Will It Ever End?
With this happening and more to come, is there an answer?
Recently becoming unemployed myself, due to my printing job of 24 years "moving" overseas, I know how these people feel.
If we keep this pace up, pretty soon we'll all be working in grocery/fast food, for the government, or in healthcare.
Unless someone finds a way to ship the sick people out.
Recently becoming unemployed myself, due to my printing job of 24 years "moving" overseas, I know how these people feel.
If we keep this pace up, pretty soon we'll all be working in grocery/fast food, for the government, or in healthcare.
Unless someone finds a way to ship the sick people out.
Friday, April 29, 2005
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
The Lighter Side
Great Truths of Life
* Once over the hill, you pick up speed.
* I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
* If it weren't for STRESS I'd have no energy at all.
* Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
* Some days are a total waste of makeup.
* If the shoe fits......buy it in every color.
* If you're too open-minded, your brains will fall out.
* Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
* If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.
* My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
* If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
* Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
* A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
* Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
(via a friend)
* Once over the hill, you pick up speed.
* I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
* If it weren't for STRESS I'd have no energy at all.
* Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
* Some days are a total waste of makeup.
* If the shoe fits......buy it in every color.
* If you're too open-minded, your brains will fall out.
* Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
* If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.
* My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
* If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
* Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
* A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
* Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
(via a friend)
Sunday, April 24, 2005
GTRC and Finances
In the City Council meeting the other night when the Greensboro Truth and reconciliation Commission vote came up, Councilwoman Florence Gatten had some questions:
*Who's funding this?
*How much? $300,000.00?... $600,000,00?
*Who is the Andrus Family Fund?
*How is the money being spent?
*Who is profiting?
*Why is the money coming from out of state? Possibly as much as 80%.
*Why are no local foundations funding this?
*What exactly is restorative justice beyond technical jargon beloved of sociologists......?
*What is the rationale for expending vital resources in this cause
when there are so many worthy causes in our community that cry
out for funding and attention?
These unanswered questions was her reason for not supporting the Truth and reconciliation Commission.
Sandy Carmany also weighed in on her blog saying there was a " lack of trust in the process, and in the GTRC."
Then all the bloggers took to the cause with their takes on the whole thing.
While reading all of the blog posts and the comments, I did some follow up and found something a little disturbing to me.
In some comments, John D Young said you could go here to find the answers to the funding questions. I did, and the Andrus Family Fund name popped up along with lauding the Local Task Force and the college students giving thousands of hours of their time.
In this press release from the TRC they say that the Andrus Family Fund gave them a $60,000 grant, and that the JEHT Foundation also gave them a $75,000 grant.
I can't speak to the grant from JEHT, but while visiting the Andrus Family Fund website, this is what I found:
Beloved Community Center of Greensboro/Greensboro Justice Fund
417 Arlington Street
Greensboro, NC 27406
www.gjf.org
Grant Amount: $20,000 (3 months)
Purpose of Grant: To support the planning phase of a reconciliation process that would attempt to address the conflict in Greensboro surrounding the 1979 killing of five labor and civil rights demonstrators by Klu Klux Klansmen and American Nazi Party members.
Beloved Community Center of Greensboro/Greensboro Justice Fund
417 Arlington Street
Greensboro, NC 27406
http://www.gjf.org
Grant Amount: $330,000 (3 years)
Purpose of Grant: To support the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that will attempt to address the conflict in Greensboro surrounding the 1979 killing of five labor and civil rights demonstrators by Ku Klux Klansmen and American Nazi Party members, and to work with community residents and stakeholders to implement the TRC's recommendations.
Just looking at the CTRC website, their address is 122 N. Elm St, Greensboro NC.
The Greensboro Justice Fund's address is P.O. Box 1594, Northampton MA. Don't really understand why a Greensboro Justice Fund is based in Massachusetts, but what the hell, there's a lot I don't understand about this whole mess.
WHY is the money going to an address on Arlington Street?
WHY did you need the City Council's endorsement to begin with? As Gate says "You don't need an endorsement to study history.
After you've heard two eyewitness accounts of an automobile accident, it makes you wonder about history.
WHY is there a discrepancy of $290,000 in the grant total? You say the grant was for $60,000 and their website clearly states that the grants were for a total of $350,000 over 3 years.
WHO is the Beloved Community Center? Since the grant money was paid to them and the Greensboro Justice Fund, do you just get $60,000 and they get the rest?
WHO is the Greensboro Justice Fund and why are they sharing (from MA) in the grant money from this "project"? (Maybe the GJF does some good in Greensboro. It said on their website that one of their "funding hero's" was Project Homestead. They gave them a grant to erect a small monument at the site of the Klan/Nazi shootings of which you are reconciling. Wonder if it ever got erected?)
I don't know for sure, but after reading an earlier post of Ed Cone's, it seems that Nelson Johnson may be the man behind Beloved Community Center, and holding your purse strings, and I know already that Dr. Marty Nathan is the force behind the Greensboro Justice Fund.
These two people, having been involved in the shootouts that you are investigating, with both being tied to the grant money that your "commission" was founded on, reeks of bias and will never be accepted by the majority of people in Greensboro.
You wouldn't send a fox to guard the henhouse, would you?
Maybe Councilwoman Gatten's questions and commentary weren't as far out of line as everyone thinks.
I wouldn't say you have been untruthful, but you haven't been as forthcoming as you need to be. If you want the endorsement of the people in Greensboro, "truth" and "transparency" would go a long way in achieving that goal.
Put it ALL out there and let us be the judge.
UPDATE: Chewie sets me straight in her comments to this post.
In comments to different posts about this, and at least one speaker from the floor in the Council meeting, everyone has said that the answers to Councilwoman Gatten's questions about finance are easy to find. All you have to do is look.
I have looked. At the GTRP, GTRC, and the Andrus Family Fund websites. Still haven't found anything about a $60,000 grant to GTRC, so, no, it's not easy to find the answers.
Just reinforces my stand on "truth" and "transparency".
*Who's funding this?
*How much? $300,000.00?... $600,000,00?
*Who is the Andrus Family Fund?
*How is the money being spent?
*Who is profiting?
*Why is the money coming from out of state? Possibly as much as 80%.
*Why are no local foundations funding this?
*What exactly is restorative justice beyond technical jargon beloved of sociologists......?
*What is the rationale for expending vital resources in this cause
when there are so many worthy causes in our community that cry
out for funding and attention?
These unanswered questions was her reason for not supporting the Truth and reconciliation Commission.
Sandy Carmany also weighed in on her blog saying there was a " lack of trust in the process, and in the GTRC."
Then all the bloggers took to the cause with their takes on the whole thing.
While reading all of the blog posts and the comments, I did some follow up and found something a little disturbing to me.
In some comments, John D Young said you could go here to find the answers to the funding questions. I did, and the Andrus Family Fund name popped up along with lauding the Local Task Force and the college students giving thousands of hours of their time.
In this press release from the TRC they say that the Andrus Family Fund gave them a $60,000 grant, and that the JEHT Foundation also gave them a $75,000 grant.
I can't speak to the grant from JEHT, but while visiting the Andrus Family Fund website, this is what I found:
Beloved Community Center of Greensboro/Greensboro Justice Fund
417 Arlington Street
Greensboro, NC 27406
www.gjf.org
Grant Amount: $20,000 (3 months)
Purpose of Grant: To support the planning phase of a reconciliation process that would attempt to address the conflict in Greensboro surrounding the 1979 killing of five labor and civil rights demonstrators by Klu Klux Klansmen and American Nazi Party members.
Beloved Community Center of Greensboro/Greensboro Justice Fund
417 Arlington Street
Greensboro, NC 27406
http://www.gjf.org
Grant Amount: $330,000 (3 years)
Purpose of Grant: To support the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that will attempt to address the conflict in Greensboro surrounding the 1979 killing of five labor and civil rights demonstrators by Ku Klux Klansmen and American Nazi Party members, and to work with community residents and stakeholders to implement the TRC's recommendations.
Just looking at the CTRC website, their address is 122 N. Elm St, Greensboro NC.
The Greensboro Justice Fund's address is P.O. Box 1594, Northampton MA. Don't really understand why a Greensboro Justice Fund is based in Massachusetts, but what the hell, there's a lot I don't understand about this whole mess.
WHY is the money going to an address on Arlington Street?
WHY did you need the City Council's endorsement to begin with? As Gate says "You don't need an endorsement to study history.
After you've heard two eyewitness accounts of an automobile accident, it makes you wonder about history.
WHY is there a discrepancy of $290,000 in the grant total? You say the grant was for $60,000 and their website clearly states that the grants were for a total of $350,000 over 3 years.
WHO is the Beloved Community Center? Since the grant money was paid to them and the Greensboro Justice Fund, do you just get $60,000 and they get the rest?
WHO is the Greensboro Justice Fund and why are they sharing (from MA) in the grant money from this "project"? (Maybe the GJF does some good in Greensboro. It said on their website that one of their "funding hero's" was Project Homestead. They gave them a grant to erect a small monument at the site of the Klan/Nazi shootings of which you are reconciling. Wonder if it ever got erected?)
I don't know for sure, but after reading an earlier post of Ed Cone's, it seems that Nelson Johnson may be the man behind Beloved Community Center, and holding your purse strings, and I know already that Dr. Marty Nathan is the force behind the Greensboro Justice Fund.
These two people, having been involved in the shootouts that you are investigating, with both being tied to the grant money that your "commission" was founded on, reeks of bias and will never be accepted by the majority of people in Greensboro.
You wouldn't send a fox to guard the henhouse, would you?
Maybe Councilwoman Gatten's questions and commentary weren't as far out of line as everyone thinks.
I wouldn't say you have been untruthful, but you haven't been as forthcoming as you need to be. If you want the endorsement of the people in Greensboro, "truth" and "transparency" would go a long way in achieving that goal.
Put it ALL out there and let us be the judge.
UPDATE: Chewie sets me straight in her comments to this post.
In comments to different posts about this, and at least one speaker from the floor in the Council meeting, everyone has said that the answers to Councilwoman Gatten's questions about finance are easy to find. All you have to do is look.
I have looked. At the GTRP, GTRC, and the Andrus Family Fund websites. Still haven't found anything about a $60,000 grant to GTRC, so, no, it's not easy to find the answers.
Just reinforces my stand on "truth" and "transparency".
Friday, April 22, 2005
Perspective
The next time you hear a politician use the words "billion" casually, think about whether you want that politician spending your tax dollars. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective:
A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.
A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive.
A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate Washington spends it.
(via a friend)
A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.
A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive.
A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate Washington spends it.
(via a friend)
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
GTRC
The City Council voted last night on a resolution to endorse the work of the GTRC. The resolution, introduced by Councilwoman Claudette Burroughs-White, failed on a 6-3 vote along racial lines as had been predicted.
Is Councilwoman Burroughs-White the City Council's version of Skip Alston, by forcing a vote and playing the "race card".
Looks like it to me.
UPDATE: Roch corrects my post in his comment. Seems the resoultion voted on was one made by Councilman Robbie Perkins to "oppose" the TRC program.
Councilwoman Burroughs-White still "forced" a vote by introducing her resolution. Councilman Perkins offered his "substitute resolution", and Mayor Holliday couldn't get a motion to table (although he tried) so a vote was forced on the substitute motion. It passed 6-3.
Is Councilwoman Burroughs-White the City Council's version of Skip Alston, by forcing a vote and playing the "race card".
Looks like it to me.
UPDATE: Roch corrects my post in his comment. Seems the resoultion voted on was one made by Councilman Robbie Perkins to "oppose" the TRC program.
Councilwoman Burroughs-White still "forced" a vote by introducing her resolution. Councilman Perkins offered his "substitute resolution", and Mayor Holliday couldn't get a motion to table (although he tried) so a vote was forced on the substitute motion. It passed 6-3.
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Keepin' It Here
Looks like everyone is doing their part to ensure the Furniture Market stays in High Point.
The floodgates are about to be opened and the demise of High Point is about to begin.
The floodgates are about to be opened and the demise of High Point is about to begin.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Turkeys
Turkeys in Da' Hood
Surprised to see wild turkeys standing by the side of the road about 100 yards from the house today.
Picture quality not worth a damn though.
Thinking of getting a new camera. Any suggestions on a good inexpensive one??
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