Wonder if homeowners in the Memphis area will be able to add new flood insurance regardless of pre-existing conditions? Makes about as much sense, but actually would be fairer than HELL-thScare's version.
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Ever had one of those moments when you wish your brakes failed as you approached an intersection? I had one yesterday. Driving up 2nd Ave, an adult, wearing NASCAR type bicycle gear and riding speedily on the sidewalk at 12th St, took a quick look, then sprinted across 2nd Ave as I was going through the intersection. A near miss only because I have quick reactions. Bet this is one of those guys that writes letters to the newspaper complaining about bicycles having the same rights on the roads as cars.
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Seve... we hardly knew ya. Adios, amigo..Vaya con Dios.
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Stopped at Krispy Kreme for the first time ever the other day, and bought a couple of custard filled chocolate iced doughnuts...Golden Donuts wins by a mile.
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Emperor Acarlet O'Bama says he will not allow budget cuts that make it impossible for industries to grow and build plants in other states. Huh? Will some one remind the Emperor of his appointments to the Nationbal Labor Relations Board, and how he is against Boeing building a new plant in a right-to-worj state...
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First off, why is anyone asking Gary Stickles about anything..this is the guy who was running the landfill when 100s of $1,000 of dollars in billings were either lost or unaccounted for. Council should have fired him then rather than giving him a lateral move job that has enabled him to retire with a pension. Give a new administrator an opportunity to run the garbage service before bailing out of twice a week service. Who knows, the garbage division might be in a lot better shape than Stickle says.
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If Council really wants to save money, take the existing cross-walk monitors down, and either sell them to some other city or some scrap metal service. Columbus has spent literally millions of dollars on them, and will continue to do so if Council doesn't stop the automatic installations of them. Let parents and K-4 teachers teach kids how to properly (and safely) cross a street like it used to be done.
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Wow! This City Manager's agenda item is in today's L-E: "TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTRACTOR (ANNUAL CONTRACT): It is requested that council approve the procurement of traffic signal contractor services from Signal One (Shiloh, Ga.). The traffic signal contractor will perform work for the city on an annual “as needed basis.” The primary traffic signal work will be the construction of new traffic signal installations, with the remaining work including the upgrade of signal equipment at existing traffic signal locations."
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A liberal's "soundoff": "The fact that Republicans would even consider a first-term Florida Tea Bag as their presidential candidate tells us that they’ve taken one step up from Palin." -- I agree, and isn't this the same situation that Emperor Scarlet O'Bama was when the liberals elected him? Where's the liberal call for recall movement?
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This should be the campaign slogan for every conservative politician running for election in 2012: "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."
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Wonder if Michael Owen will tackle a mystery Ledger-Inquiring minds would like to know: What exactly were the community service assignments of the Parks&Rec 3, and have such assignments been completed, and can we see tangible evidence of such work? Please don't tell me such records were 'buried in the Chattahoochee, and we'll just have to trust such service has been done/completed.
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Item from the City Manager's Agenda: "CARPET (ROLL & TILE) & CARPET INSTALLATION (ANNUAL CONTRACT): It is requested that council approve the purchase of carpet (roll & tile) and carpet installation services from Huckaby Brothers (Phenix City) on an “as needed basis.” The roll and tile carpet will be replacement and new carpet installations in various offices as a result of the renovations in City Government buildings. The estimated annual contract value is $40,000. " -- Why is an Alabama firm getting this contract from our City government?
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