Couple of things
- See, this is something where, hopefully, the Athens-Clarke County Commission will take a look at the smoking ban and say 'well, we didn't intend that, and make the appropriate changes. Because, obviously, it's wrong of the enforcement officials to interpret, you know, an outdoor patio as an inside structure. But, rather than everyone get all up in arms, this is a perfect example of how something which is relatively small should be fixed.
- There's a satiric video of Heidi Davison floating around on YouTube these days. Now, being a Heidi man, I think it's more than a bit misleading ... however, it's kinda funny, and I think she'd even agree with that. Adrian has it too.
- Speaking of Davison, she was kind enough to pass on the League of Women Voters Explanation and Analysis of the 2006 Ballot Initiatives.
- As you have probably discovered, we had massive quality control failures with our most recent The Cover Two podcast ... so Scott put up the streaming audio as well as the downloadable mp3 for this week's installment.
- James Garland has been a regular commenter in these parts, so I'd like to give a plug for a meet-and-greet he'll be hosting at the Winterville Depot next Monday. You may not agree with James, but he's open and kind and will be more than willing to talk to you.
- You know why I kinda like Carl Jordan? Because you absolutely never know what you're going to get ... case in point, his proposal to do away with insurance for family members of government employees. I'm not really on board with that idea, per se, because I think there are a lot of issues that would have to be worked out with this.
- Julie at the Athens Banner-Herald gives the ole musee some love.
- There's an intern edition of 'Real Work Conversations'.
- Interesting story on party crossovers from The Washington Post which is probably half due to frustrations with today's Republican leadership and half due to political opportunism.
- Well, ok, thanks for writing.
- There's a satiric video of Heidi Davison floating around on YouTube these days. Now, being a Heidi man, I think it's more than a bit misleading ... however, it's kinda funny, and I think she'd even agree with that. Adrian has it too.
- Speaking of Davison, she was kind enough to pass on the League of Women Voters Explanation and Analysis of the 2006 Ballot Initiatives.
- As you have probably discovered, we had massive quality control failures with our most recent The Cover Two podcast ... so Scott put up the streaming audio as well as the downloadable mp3 for this week's installment.
- James Garland has been a regular commenter in these parts, so I'd like to give a plug for a meet-and-greet he'll be hosting at the Winterville Depot next Monday. You may not agree with James, but he's open and kind and will be more than willing to talk to you.
- You know why I kinda like Carl Jordan? Because you absolutely never know what you're going to get ... case in point, his proposal to do away with insurance for family members of government employees. I'm not really on board with that idea, per se, because I think there are a lot of issues that would have to be worked out with this.
- Julie at the Athens Banner-Herald gives the ole musee some love.
- There's an intern edition of 'Real Work Conversations'.
- Interesting story on party crossovers from The Washington Post which is probably half due to frustrations with today's Republican leadership and half due to political opportunism.
- Well, ok, thanks for writing.
posted by Jmac at 6:53 AM
4 Comments:
It's an example of poor drafting of laws. In any case, as long as the Commission continues to be so ordinance-happy, passing a new ordinance at the drop of a hat to deal with every whine or complaint from a whiny or complainign person, bad laws are going to be drafted.
It sounds like they did this way on purpose. But there are poorly drafted ordinances here; in fact, we looked at a couple as examples of what not to do in document drafting class.
I think if you ask, you'll find that TransMet, specifically, was discussed by certain Commissioners during the crafting of the ordinance.
This is not a case of "unintended consequence" or poorly drafted ordinances or an oversight. Neither was it a case of police officers acting overzealously or incorrectly. It was, in fact, a case of TransMet violating the ordinance as drafted.
I remind you, as always and in my official capacity, that this was not Heidi's idea (for all you Andy Rusk BS voters).
The ordinance was passed by the Commissioners with a 7-3 vote (I think) margin. Just for the record...
Al
Did the Mayoress sign the ordinance? Or was it passed over her veto?
(HINT: Lawyers never ask a question they don't know the answer to.)
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