Online "headlie": "Obama Offers Aid To Tornado Victims" -- Oh, he's digging into his own campaign pocket instead of the taxpayers' wallets?
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Online story: "Congressman Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) will announce on Saturday that he is resigning from Congress to devote time to his run for governor, a Democratic source tells The Huffington Post. * The move should allow the long-serving Washington Democrat to up his name recognition across the state, which has been one of the difficulties facing his gubernatorial campaign. * The trans-continental commute from D.C. to Washington has severely limited the amount of time Inslee has been able to campaign in the state." -- "one of the difficulties facing his gubernatorial campaign"? That's the lesser of 3 I see in this short summary. The other 2...commuting TO Washington FROM D.C., and being a sitting DIM&DUMBERat.
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Remember the comment a few days ago concerning 'pink slime', 7,000,000 pounds of it being purchased for school lunch programs as a beef extended? Here's a more disgusting follow up. Online story: "According to a recent "ABC World News" report from Jim Avila, 70% of ground beef sold in supermarkets contains the ammonia-treated sludge, which is the the product of a method for salvaging meat scraps from otherwise unusable parts of a carcass. * Avila was tipped off to the startling figure by a whistleblower at the USDA -- who says he has quit his job out of disgust with the product. * The level of usage is consistent with a 2009 report on pink slime by the New York Times. The paper wrote that "a majority" of ground beef in America contained the substance, which is manufactured by a company called Beef Products, Inc" -- Publix had better have a sign posted at the door the next time I go in that says it has never done business with 'Beef Products, Inc'!
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Online story: "Gingrich poked at top rival Mitt Romney, who drew snickers last week when he told a campaign audience he'd eaten cheesy grits for breakfast." -- I love cheese grits.... but the only 'cheesy' grits I've ever eaten have been instant grits served by non-Southern hotel restaurants as a convenience touch for traveling Southerners.
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Ah, the Bibb Invitational at Comer Auditorium. Hubert Greene remembers scores like 140 to 120 and such. The scores would have been even higher if the three point rule had been in effect. Played on 2 championship teams at the Bibb Invitational. In fact, by today's 3-point line, it would have been fairer to have a 4-point line at Comer Auditorium. I still have memories of Roger Kaiser, Jerry Shipp, Jimmy Jones crossing the half-court line, pulling up and firing away... and that was on a normal fast break play, not some last second attempt of a quarter or game.
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L-E headline: ": Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus GA1,162 vehicles turn in hazardous waste in Columbus" -- Ooops, my bad. Thought Columbus had its own "Clunkers for Cash" program.
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Liberal's L-E "soundoff": "If you don’t like sex eduction in schools, then thank Richard Nixon because that’s the administration it began under. " -- If liberals applied the same hatred over all aspects of their hatred for Nixon, they wouldn't cherry pick something thay can praise him for. Of course, Congress was a majority of DIM&DUMBERats and the "War on Poverty" started by LBJ was in full swing. Birth control of some nature had to be available for welfare checks went up every time an illegitimate baby was born.
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From the City Attorney's Agenda: "Second readings: An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 11-61 to further define the membership of the Civic Center Advisory Board; and for other purposes. (Councilor Berry “Skip” Henderson) (As amended) " -- Hmmm.."further define" ... what the pecking order for the best free tickets at the Civic Center?
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From the City Manager's Agenda: "ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION GRANT WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM — COMMUNITY ACTION FOR IMPROVEMENT INC.: Authorization is requested to execute an agreement with Community Action for Improvement Inc. for an amount not to exceed $400,000 to administer the Weatherization Program. " -- As earlier noted, this is going to a Lagrange non-profit, but the cap on spending for a Weatherization Program is $260,000.00 leaving $140,000.00 in the pockets of the non-profit corporation. This stinks!!!
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Council purchases agenda: "ELECTION SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE: It is requested that council approve a resolution to expend the appropriated funds to Election Systems and Software Inc. for election supplies, ballots and expendable items in an amount not to exceed $150,000" -- Let's go back to pencil and paper ballots! Paper and pencils should be available cheaply.
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From the Council purchases agenda: " REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL SERVICES (ANNUAL CONTRACT): It is requested that council approve the contracts for Real Estate Appraisal Services, on an “as needed basis,” with Cliatt Appraisal Company and Crider, Bouye & Elliott LLC." -- From looks of the tax records, we need a full time appraiser on board.
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Why is Council going out of town to purchase 10 full-size sedans, and 3 pursuit SUV's? Surely the local dealers can match and Council can see the benefit of circulating the dollars locally.
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