Couple of things
- Hey, hey! J.T. and the boys were crazy enough to publish my letter regarding the proposed mixed-use parking deck.
- Speaking of that, let me point out another misplaced argument in the Athens Banner-Herald's Sunday editorial, one which had similar points echoed by Stu Mitts. Simply because we are in a drought, doesn't mean we have to cancel all of our development. What it means is that we have to be smart about how we go about doing so, and, if there's one thing this community has been calling for it, it's responsible, mixed-use development (and a grocery store downtown). Shoot, even the editorial says it would be a minimal usage of water in the grand scheme of things, which sort of undercuts its entire argument, doesn't it?
- Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the local poverty rate went up.
- Due to some loads of laundry, our water usage was markedly up this past weekend.
- Tim strongly disagreed with Jason Winders's column, and I think the latter went a little too far ... but I'm not in complete disagreement. I think the primary difference is that Dennis Felton, despite my criticisms of him, actually addresses the discipline issues on the team whereas Jim Harrick was content throwing the Dirty Dozen out on the court if it could have beaten Kentucky.
- Kudos to Noramco for cutting back water usage more than 35 percent in a year as well as all of the area businesses stepping up to the challenge ... though I'm not exactly ready to lavish praise on CertainTeed quite yet until I actually see them reducing their consumption.
- Can I go off on a tangent and request that Michigan or Clemson take a few years off from football? I mean, it's seriously getting embarrassing. The Wolverines return three quality offensive starters, promptly open the season with a loss to a Division I-AA team, and then put up 91 yards of total offense against Ohio State ... thus sending out this talented senior trio with a stellar 0-4 record against their hated rival. Down South, Clemson has a rare opportunity to actually close the season strong and play for their first conference title in 16-plus years ... and the Tigers have a receiver drop a game-winning touchdown pass in the end zone with 30 second left, take a sack with six seconds left to turn a sure-thing game-tying field goal into a more difficult one ... which they promptly miss.
- Speaking of that, let me point out another misplaced argument in the Athens Banner-Herald's Sunday editorial, one which had similar points echoed by Stu Mitts. Simply because we are in a drought, doesn't mean we have to cancel all of our development. What it means is that we have to be smart about how we go about doing so, and, if there's one thing this community has been calling for it, it's responsible, mixed-use development (and a grocery store downtown). Shoot, even the editorial says it would be a minimal usage of water in the grand scheme of things, which sort of undercuts its entire argument, doesn't it?
- Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the local poverty rate went up.
- Due to some loads of laundry, our water usage was markedly up this past weekend.
- Tim strongly disagreed with Jason Winders's column, and I think the latter went a little too far ... but I'm not in complete disagreement. I think the primary difference is that Dennis Felton, despite my criticisms of him, actually addresses the discipline issues on the team whereas Jim Harrick was content throwing the Dirty Dozen out on the court if it could have beaten Kentucky.
- Kudos to Noramco for cutting back water usage more than 35 percent in a year as well as all of the area businesses stepping up to the challenge ... though I'm not exactly ready to lavish praise on CertainTeed quite yet until I actually see them reducing their consumption.
- Can I go off on a tangent and request that Michigan or Clemson take a few years off from football? I mean, it's seriously getting embarrassing. The Wolverines return three quality offensive starters, promptly open the season with a loss to a Division I-AA team, and then put up 91 yards of total offense against Ohio State ... thus sending out this talented senior trio with a stellar 0-4 record against their hated rival. Down South, Clemson has a rare opportunity to actually close the season strong and play for their first conference title in 16-plus years ... and the Tigers have a receiver drop a game-winning touchdown pass in the end zone with 30 second left, take a sack with six seconds left to turn a sure-thing game-tying field goal into a more difficult one ... which they promptly miss.
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