Couple of things
- There's some hullabaloo over the Oconee Fall Festival, with the original offer of a $25 gift certificate to Chicken Express being hysterical to me (I'd probably have accepted the offer for what it's worth ... you get gravy with your order). Oconee County isn't exactly a friendly territory for Democrats, but I just don't buy the 'you-can't-put-signs-up-you-dirty-liberal' argument the area Democrats are putting out there. I mean, sometimes when you say you don't want signs of any politician up it really means you don't want signs of any politician up.
- Some stuff happened last night, such as a vote to build a four-lane parkway parallel to Atlanta Highway. I don't completely agree with the no votes of Elton Dodson, Alice Kinman and Carl Jordan, however I do think the trio raised two good points in expressing concern over use of sales tax money as well as questioning just how necessary is this road now. The way I see it, traffic flow is worse in the city along places like Lumpkin Road and Baxter Street rather than Atlanta Highway. Also, in an area in which I have little knowledge, the commission is poised to reconsider putting a forced main sewer line along Whit Davis Road and instead use a gravity line.
- Hillary disagrees with me over the Fox Sports ads for the World Series in which fans of other teams are encouraged to watch even if your team isn't playing. I think they're pretty clever and countered by saying that you watch college football even if it's not Georgia playing. Her response was that she's hoping that the team ahead of Georgia loses, which helps the Bulldogs out. All I know is that the Mets lost last night, and I would have rather watched a Tigers/Mets matchup than one featuring the St. Louis Cardinals. Still ... go Tigers.
- Wow. Can this article instead read 'Chamber of Commerce out to recruit College Republicans' since that is a tad more appropriate? Here's my thing ... sure we need to balance environmental interests with business interests (creating good-paying jobs for our community is very important to combatting poverty), however why is it either-or? Why does 'creating jobs' seem to automatically mean to pro-Chamber folks 'cut down lots of trees and build big-box shopping centers which will be vacant in four years?' Furthermore, isn't there a viable way to combine the need to preserve the environment and pursuing new greener technologies with economic development?
- James Garland (sort of) took up the offer of Athens Politics and submitted some of his thoughts in the comments. He also said nice things about me, so thanks man.
- Some stuff happened last night, such as a vote to build a four-lane parkway parallel to Atlanta Highway. I don't completely agree with the no votes of Elton Dodson, Alice Kinman and Carl Jordan, however I do think the trio raised two good points in expressing concern over use of sales tax money as well as questioning just how necessary is this road now. The way I see it, traffic flow is worse in the city along places like Lumpkin Road and Baxter Street rather than Atlanta Highway. Also, in an area in which I have little knowledge, the commission is poised to reconsider putting a forced main sewer line along Whit Davis Road and instead use a gravity line.
- Hillary disagrees with me over the Fox Sports ads for the World Series in which fans of other teams are encouraged to watch even if your team isn't playing. I think they're pretty clever and countered by saying that you watch college football even if it's not Georgia playing. Her response was that she's hoping that the team ahead of Georgia loses, which helps the Bulldogs out. All I know is that the Mets lost last night, and I would have rather watched a Tigers/Mets matchup than one featuring the St. Louis Cardinals. Still ... go Tigers.
- Wow. Can this article instead read 'Chamber of Commerce out to recruit College Republicans' since that is a tad more appropriate? Here's my thing ... sure we need to balance environmental interests with business interests (creating good-paying jobs for our community is very important to combatting poverty), however why is it either-or? Why does 'creating jobs' seem to automatically mean to pro-Chamber folks 'cut down lots of trees and build big-box shopping centers which will be vacant in four years?' Furthermore, isn't there a viable way to combine the need to preserve the environment and pursuing new greener technologies with economic development?
- James Garland (sort of) took up the offer of Athens Politics and submitted some of his thoughts in the comments. He also said nice things about me, so thanks man.
posted by Jmac at 7:15 AM
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I believe _you_ disagree with _me_, fella.
Jmac:
I used to live in the house in question re: the real OC fall festival. The landlord (the woman with the signs is a renter, not the owner) lets the chamber use the yard to put up kids jumpies, inflatable slides, etc. Makes for a fun little area for kids. ALL the local residents get a Chicken Express GC (their food is actually pretty good) for putting up with the trash, crowds, etc. for a Saturday.
This is a lot of hullaballoo about very little, but Dan Matthews has a knack for getting publicity so that probably has something to do with it.
BB
Take it from the school eco-nut: it's better to force people to drive forty miles in their cars to have a job than build apartments.
And oh yea, the jobs we want are low skill, no benefit kinda jobs that college graduates don't want.
Glad he's in charge.
Although the Chamber may be out to recruit University students, the Young Dems were invited to host as well as the College Republicans.Also, many of the views expressed by the panel were contrary to the prevailing opinion of the Chamber.
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There is already a plan with the state DOT to build Jennings Mill Parkway, so the question is certainly a question of when. The business owners along Commerce Boulevard would certainly disagree with your idea that this road isn't needed now. For them, they needed it many years ago. The one outlet at Atlanta Highway has no traffic light and is frequently blocked by traffic backing up in front of it. ACC has already acquired all the right of way necessary for the project.
Although I don't know what the commissioners debated, it seems the sticking point would be the $1.2 million in state funds that would be lost by building only two lanes. It would cost money to save money, and the additional lanes would have to be built in the future anyway -- at some future unknown cost. Lumpkin Street and Baxter Street are irrelevant because there is no real estate available for expansion there. Jennings Mill Parkway is a paper street planned in the 1990s for which the decision to build has already been with DOT plans finalized last year.
See this article for a little background.
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