Pardon me..

But do you have any Grey Poupon?

Forgive the late posting folks - I've got projects working like crazy here. Very few of which will have any impact online. Most of it personal, professional, whatnot.

But you never know. You just never know....

Victory stadium, the beat goes on...

This obsession with inactivity and consultants. You would almost think there is no one in Roanoke smart enough to decide whats best for Roanoke. But then again, that seems to be true with most decisions that come before the City Council. Why not just hire a consultant and stop electing mayors?

Any contractor could have told you how much Victory Stadium would cost to repair - go check with the Chamber of Commerce - they have several as members.

I still don't get this issue with building Stadiums at the High Schools. Perma-bleachers, some lights, a scoreboard, and nice grass and youre done. You seriously don't need an entire stadium. That, more than anything else, would strike me as ludicrous. This is high school, not Notre Dame, VT, heck - even Hofstra University, this is HIGH SCHOOL.

Stadiums should take a backseat to classrooms. Thats like talking about building Yankee Stadium for little league use.

I think what needs to happen is Victory Stadium needs corportate sponsorship. Let Wachovia (or someone else) buy the rights to the name - call it Wachovia Victory Stadium, or Capt. Paul's Victory Stadium for all it matters, but corportate sponsorship will cut the citys costs down. Give the company guidelines to work with, but let them bring in the heavy hitters. If Wachovia has a stadium here, and a stadium there - well, the band that plays the stadium there might just be persuaded to play the stadium here.

If you fill it with the highest-tech, top of the line stuff, your still not assured it will be worth it. But once you land that first big fish, and word spreads to the other fishies, they'll be jumping in the boat.

You think Red Rocks is all that attractive? It's not exactly a convienent spot for a show, but - slowly word had spread that it is a great spot to play, you get a few big name acts who draw crowds - and boom - suddenly your a natural landmark, world renown venue for a concert.

It's either that, or give the Zoo a ton of money to finish that re-design they want to do, and have it include an Ampitheatre somewhere up there. Not many places can boast of an ampitheatre which includes a birds eye view of downtown.

Of course, you'll have to ask them to be quiet - lest the noise roll off the mountains and echo into the valley.

Folks out by 81 might be complaining of the noise.

Then we would need another tribunal of geniuses to tell us what to do.