Hey, Mike! Speaking of dead trees, where's the follow-up on the Veterans Parkway 'beautification' project? None of the dead trees there have been replaced as promised when cold weather hit, and there are two dead ones that were never actually planted that are still in the 1100 + block of veterans still in their root balls.
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Political correct diversity has caused too many people to develop too thin skin. Can no one take a joke anymore?
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A rabbi bashed Tim Tebow saying, "nothing, not even God, is more popular than football". God must have a real deep sense of humor about armchair quarterbacking rabbis.
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Speaking of the purge on Tim Tebow, truth be told, if Tebow was an African-American, none of these pundits would be uttering a thing about his religious conscience.
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I wonder if atheists will ever comprehend that when they plan a protest against Christian beliefs that they set a date based on the calendar inspired/adapted to the birth of Christ?
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Exchange with Mayor Obamalinson:
When I served on a Bobby Peters select committee to study efficiency and economy in the City government in the mid-90s, the City of Columbus' percentage of salaries & benefits to revenues was about 66% which was pretty effective for a government entity (Well run private sector service companies were about 60%. On the otherhand, MCSD 85% & USPS 80% are examples of way to excessive distributions). What is the City's current ratio?
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Response - Hal - It's 59.4%. Our pension contribution of nearly $30 million a year is a significant contributor obviously.
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Re-response - I really do have to question your math. With the inclusion of the second LOST and it's restrictions, there may be a way to claim such a low ratio, but if the city is operating at such efficiency, then we would have no financial woes , no streets with potholes, a fully staffed auditing department, no unfilled job positions, and no need for the 911 or 311 call systems.
Addendum: Oh, and there would be no campaigns to end the tax freeze or raise the garbage fees!
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The Iraq War is "over" and the monetary cost over the nine years was $832 Billion, and a big "W" (ironic since Bush43 made "W" iconic). potUS O'Blather spent more than that with the sweep of a pen for the bailouts and 'stim-YOU-LIE' bills, and we haven't won anything but his promise to spend more.
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Liberal L-E "soundoff": "The future of our country is our children. The future of our children is in education. Withdrawing funds from education for any purpose is unpatriotic." -- "Unpatriotic"? What's 'unpatriotic' is teaching children that our forefathers were warmongers and the defense of our country is less important than schools. Believe it or not, an education can be acquired by an individual (but of course, teachers are probably teaching Abe Lincoln got his education sitting around a Wi-Fi computer in the library at Harvard), but it takes a well-trained, well-prepared military to insure our children have this opportunity.
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