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7/21/08
Now lookie here...
Seeing as how it's MY day to do what I want, I give you this.. one of the very few things that makes me consistently giggle.
And considering the topic - rather timely, if you look at special features in the Times and the Roanoker as of late.
And considering the topic - rather timely, if you look at special features in the Times and the Roanoker as of late.
1/17/08
This just in....
Hosted by "For the Future's Citizens for Rockledge"? Coffee and Treats by Mill Mountain Coffee?
And here I thought the snow had stopped. Apparently, the snowjob rolls on.
On the good side, I guess you can no longer say it's impossible to get people organized around here.
At least 2 of them think this is a good idea.
Check the forecast..... mmmm.. snow again. Ok. Let's see - support something that a very small minority want, that is dubiously bring brought forth while it's snowing. Umm.. think not - thanks though.
Oh - and the petition has stalled out at 459 signatures. Give them a hand, with some real reasons to build something on the mountain. OR voice your concerns, complain, hoot and holler. Whatever - it's a public petition. They will delete any postings that do not measure up to their standards.
But please, feel free to help them reach the goal of 1000 signatures on this loaded baked potato of a petition.
And go right ahead and go on down to support the "For the Future's Citizens for Rockledge."
(makes me want to do a facepalm just thinking about it. in the chatbox if'n you care)
12/29/07
Exactly what I meant.
Remember how I said I would be on hiatus until the 2nd, unless something really stupid happened?
Here it is.
Read on, go ahead. I don't think I really need to say much more about this. I mean - makes us look like gold once again.
Here it is.
Read on, go ahead. I don't think I really need to say much more about this. I mean - makes us look like gold once again.
12/20/07
Required Reading for today
If I had more than a 5 hour turn-around from yesterday to this morning, I might have a post ready for you - but for right now, you have some homework.
http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/commentary/wb/144097
http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/letters/wb/144112
And have you heard about this? You probably have not, unless you are one of the inside crowd from a certain group. They have been circulating it among themselves, without allowing public comment on it. There was a signature in protest I saw in the early days of this, it has since been deleted. Always good when you remove dissent.
Anyway, I have work. Someone has to serve you people...
http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/commentary/wb/144097
http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/letters/wb/144112
And have you heard about this? You probably have not, unless you are one of the inside crowd from a certain group. They have been circulating it among themselves, without allowing public comment on it. There was a signature in protest I saw in the early days of this, it has since been deleted. Always good when you remove dissent.
Anyway, I have work. Someone has to serve you people...
12/12/07
Good morning.
For anyone interested, I'm live in the chatbox to the right over there for the next hour (til' about 9:45 or so)
Feel free to drop me a message, or say hi.. I might just respond.
Feel free to drop me a message, or say hi.. I might just respond.
10/12/07
Woulda... Shoulda.. Coulda..
I was going to post something the other day about a poor dead horse that keeps being kicked. When the Times ran it's cover story on the close of the RFP (request for proposals) for Mill Mountain, I laughed heartily - and really wanted to sit down and type out a massive response, but today I am vindicated.
Read this, and laugh along with me.
Valley Forward, who ostensibly had no financial interest in ANYTHING being built on Mill Mountain, was key in the development of the SINGLE proposal that came in.
Lugar: "We were in contact with two major regional firms and a smaller, respected local firm, all of which had interest and had the wherewithal to consummate something on the mountain," Lugar said. But "because of the [political] climate, they lost interest."
It's not the political climate, you lazy minded yuppie. It's the socio-economic climate. Despite all your flawed and skewed surveys, you still failed to realize that your concept is not something the people want. Granted, you would probably have more support from the masses were you to suggest a Mexican Restaurant or a Red Lobster.
You folks over at Valley Forward need to exit your glad-handing circle for a little while and see how the rest of the world lives. Not all of us own moving companies, work as pharma-reps selling to politically connected doctors, or are able to have both a wife and child, and a mistress or two.
Best case scenario? Drop the Mill Mountain thing, and choose a battle that would actually accomplish something. Raise funds for testicular cancer or something, but stop trying to be civic leaders when you live in a world of your own. You do not speak for everyone, work for everyone, or know whats best for everyone. But such is the conceit of the idle class.
Saving the world is a tiring job, let someone else do it.
In short, regroup and come back with something useful. We don't mind you - we just don't like you.
Read this, and laugh along with me.
Valley Forward, who ostensibly had no financial interest in ANYTHING being built on Mill Mountain, was key in the development of the SINGLE proposal that came in.
Lugar: "We were in contact with two major regional firms and a smaller, respected local firm, all of which had interest and had the wherewithal to consummate something on the mountain," Lugar said. But "because of the [political] climate, they lost interest."
It's not the political climate, you lazy minded yuppie. It's the socio-economic climate. Despite all your flawed and skewed surveys, you still failed to realize that your concept is not something the people want. Granted, you would probably have more support from the masses were you to suggest a Mexican Restaurant or a Red Lobster.
You folks over at Valley Forward need to exit your glad-handing circle for a little while and see how the rest of the world lives. Not all of us own moving companies, work as pharma-reps selling to politically connected doctors, or are able to have both a wife and child, and a mistress or two.
Best case scenario? Drop the Mill Mountain thing, and choose a battle that would actually accomplish something. Raise funds for testicular cancer or something, but stop trying to be civic leaders when you live in a world of your own. You do not speak for everyone, work for everyone, or know whats best for everyone. But such is the conceit of the idle class.
Saving the world is a tiring job, let someone else do it.
In short, regroup and come back with something useful. We don't mind you - we just don't like you.
9/18/07
Shall we try this again?
Did ya hear? Parking rates got the ok. Big shock.
So did a 1 million dollar "incentive" for Cambria Suites (which I think was a smart move, for multiple reasons).
They also changed the date for Walgreens, rightly if they expect growth (and while another drug store does not seem like much - at least it's accessible by public transit - more jobs for those who cannot or do not drive).
Countryside Neighborhood Alliance got a WIN with the extension of the Countryside Golf Course management contract, or so it seems. Time will tell on that one.
But a big ol' Thanks! to the Roanoke Times for posting what I could not find while searching the documents for the City Council agenda. The Market Advisory report. (pdf)
The usual things top the list as goals - expanding the market itself and all the accompanying suspects as one would expect. Some of it seems trivial: Replacing offending Ginko trees (sorry, but they drop fruit - thats what Ginko trees do. Of course, this fruit is edible - so anyone with some foresight could potentially harvest this and use it accordingly), cleaning sidewalks daily (normally the responsibility of the business located upon said sidewalk), and loitering (the city made a choice years ago to allow the homeless to remain downtown, out of charity).
What gets me is the innovative ideas that were put forth. Some are great, and some are blatant attempts at further ruination.
GOOD: WiFi credit card terminals, ceiling fans/ radiant heat, extending tables up Market on Saturdays, and lockers for purchased items to save you multiple treks back to the car.
BAD: A certain restaurateurs play for increased sidewalk space - so he can take that over too. Sure - try walking the Market on a Sunday and see if you don't hit this roadblock (non-ADA compliant roadblock at that), preserve awnings (didn't we just replace them?), and repave the street (you know, under that asphalt is a lovely layer of cobblestone - of course, that might require thought though).
And here is where we get to the HINKY:
Expand current management to night time, 24/7. (DRI or the City of Roanoke? Considering the current trend.. I know who I'm looking at.)
Provide a variety of attractive uses during events, or when Market is closed. (vague? a tad.)
Expand evening use: events, move First Fridays, yadda yadda. (A climbing wall in the parking garage? And would these events not require that Market Square be closed more often?)
These things sound great, for the time being. Problem is, we have an egotistical City Council (and administration - D&b) who think they own the forest AND the trees. The type who know the value of everything, but the worth of nothing.
I am going to admit something for the first time ever. I think the building of a new Art Museum downtown is a good thing.
I still think it's a crowbar to the historical nature of Downtown Roanoke, but yes - it says we are desperate enough to throw money at any crowd that has money. And yet, we cannot keep our own crown jewel shining enough without a major to-do about it.
The market has made leaps and bounds over the years in terms of growth. Part of that is the fact that tourists seem to love it. Kind of like going to a Red Socks game in Boston, if you're in the area - thats what you do.
Roanoke is a very unusual place - like Kansas City without the river as a hub, like Albany without the State Capitol as a motivator, but yet Roanoke refuses to die.
That is because there is vast opportunity for those who refuse to see the negatives, the "can-nots" lead to the "will-nots", and they drag everyone down.
There are a few self-stimulating businesspeople around here who believe they are God's Gift to something (no idea what), and everyone should bow and listen when they speak. Apparently some do, so these folks get even more inflated - until they hit a point where they become so ridiculous - they lock the system up. We saw it with Victory Stadium, and with the Star City Diner (how many of you know Spanker sat on the Library board for the City?) - and we see it again with the Amphitheater crew.
SO what? The city gets a concert venue that's outdoors. As I have posted previously, it's a good idea (as a multi-use facility) to locate it across from Carilion's new Bio-park. 8-12 concerts a year though.. there should be that many uses of the space in a month. Concerts, Renaissance Fairs, flea markets, what have you.
It's the limited scope of the brains behind the project that frighten me. These are our "ambassadors" to others looking for places to relocate. The same ones who cannot figure out what to do with a large section of the city prime for redevelopment, because no one ever thought about doing it there before.
Thinking outside the box is a wonderful thing, especially if you realize what a box is - and not worry about the pretty color of it.
Our Mayor, Hizdishonor, just returned from a trip to Sundance where he learned about Global Warming (among other things, like the joys of being a Hollywood star who near-owns a town). Upon his tanned return, he announces a new initiative: the Clean and Green campaign, which he also mentioned at the State of the City address.
Well, aside from Harris lying to get into the Sundance Summit (apparently, he forgot to mention that Mayor around these parts means City Council member who gets to bang the gavel when he feels like it and not much more), this "Clean and Green" campaign suddenly emerges again.
Gwen Mason, please stand up and tell us all how you "invented" the "Clean and Green Campaign."
Now remember, there is no money behind this effort now - but Mason says she hopes to change that. And get rid of icky cigarette butts.
Oh - Im back folks, and just getting started.
Oh - and to the Roanoke Times, lest you think you get a pass this time. Wonderful reporting on the Gay Pride day in Elmwood park. Great to know the entire day had something to do with Senator Larry Craig. You deserve a Pulitzer for that kind of reporting, and a 2x4 to the cranium if you think that was anywhere NEAR informative.
FAIL.
Be back later..
So did a 1 million dollar "incentive" for Cambria Suites (which I think was a smart move, for multiple reasons).
They also changed the date for Walgreens, rightly if they expect growth (and while another drug store does not seem like much - at least it's accessible by public transit - more jobs for those who cannot or do not drive).
Countryside Neighborhood Alliance got a WIN with the extension of the Countryside Golf Course management contract, or so it seems. Time will tell on that one.
But a big ol' Thanks! to the Roanoke Times for posting what I could not find while searching the documents for the City Council agenda. The Market Advisory report. (pdf)
The usual things top the list as goals - expanding the market itself and all the accompanying suspects as one would expect. Some of it seems trivial: Replacing offending Ginko trees (sorry, but they drop fruit - thats what Ginko trees do. Of course, this fruit is edible - so anyone with some foresight could potentially harvest this and use it accordingly), cleaning sidewalks daily (normally the responsibility of the business located upon said sidewalk), and loitering (the city made a choice years ago to allow the homeless to remain downtown, out of charity).
What gets me is the innovative ideas that were put forth. Some are great, and some are blatant attempts at further ruination.
GOOD: WiFi credit card terminals, ceiling fans/ radiant heat, extending tables up Market on Saturdays, and lockers for purchased items to save you multiple treks back to the car.
BAD: A certain restaurateurs play for increased sidewalk space - so he can take that over too. Sure - try walking the Market on a Sunday and see if you don't hit this roadblock (non-ADA compliant roadblock at that), preserve awnings (didn't we just replace them?), and repave the street (you know, under that asphalt is a lovely layer of cobblestone - of course, that might require thought though).
And here is where we get to the HINKY:
Expand current management to night time, 24/7. (DRI or the City of Roanoke? Considering the current trend.. I know who I'm looking at.)
Provide a variety of attractive uses during events, or when Market is closed. (vague? a tad.)
Expand evening use: events, move First Fridays, yadda yadda. (A climbing wall in the parking garage? And would these events not require that Market Square be closed more often?)
These things sound great, for the time being. Problem is, we have an egotistical City Council (and administration - D&b) who think they own the forest AND the trees. The type who know the value of everything, but the worth of nothing.
I am going to admit something for the first time ever. I think the building of a new Art Museum downtown is a good thing.
I still think it's a crowbar to the historical nature of Downtown Roanoke, but yes - it says we are desperate enough to throw money at any crowd that has money. And yet, we cannot keep our own crown jewel shining enough without a major to-do about it.
The market has made leaps and bounds over the years in terms of growth. Part of that is the fact that tourists seem to love it. Kind of like going to a Red Socks game in Boston, if you're in the area - thats what you do.
Roanoke is a very unusual place - like Kansas City without the river as a hub, like Albany without the State Capitol as a motivator, but yet Roanoke refuses to die.
That is because there is vast opportunity for those who refuse to see the negatives, the "can-nots" lead to the "will-nots", and they drag everyone down.
There are a few self-stimulating businesspeople around here who believe they are God's Gift to something (no idea what), and everyone should bow and listen when they speak. Apparently some do, so these folks get even more inflated - until they hit a point where they become so ridiculous - they lock the system up. We saw it with Victory Stadium, and with the Star City Diner (how many of you know Spanker sat on the Library board for the City?) - and we see it again with the Amphitheater crew.
SO what? The city gets a concert venue that's outdoors. As I have posted previously, it's a good idea (as a multi-use facility) to locate it across from Carilion's new Bio-park. 8-12 concerts a year though.. there should be that many uses of the space in a month. Concerts, Renaissance Fairs, flea markets, what have you.
It's the limited scope of the brains behind the project that frighten me. These are our "ambassadors" to others looking for places to relocate. The same ones who cannot figure out what to do with a large section of the city prime for redevelopment, because no one ever thought about doing it there before.
Thinking outside the box is a wonderful thing, especially if you realize what a box is - and not worry about the pretty color of it.
Our Mayor, Hizdishonor, just returned from a trip to Sundance where he learned about Global Warming (among other things, like the joys of being a Hollywood star who near-owns a town). Upon his tanned return, he announces a new initiative: the Clean and Green campaign, which he also mentioned at the State of the City address.
Well, aside from Harris lying to get into the Sundance Summit (apparently, he forgot to mention that Mayor around these parts means City Council member who gets to bang the gavel when he feels like it and not much more), this "Clean and Green" campaign suddenly emerges again.
Gwen Mason, please stand up and tell us all how you "invented" the "Clean and Green Campaign."
Now remember, there is no money behind this effort now - but Mason says she hopes to change that. And get rid of icky cigarette butts.
Oh - Im back folks, and just getting started.
Oh - and to the Roanoke Times, lest you think you get a pass this time. Wonderful reporting on the Gay Pride day in Elmwood park. Great to know the entire day had something to do with Senator Larry Craig. You deserve a Pulitzer for that kind of reporting, and a 2x4 to the cranium if you think that was anywhere NEAR informative.
FAIL.
Be back later..
8/14/07
Yall lookin for somethin?
All I have for you is a cup of scalding reality, but it's not quite ready yet.
Until then, enjoy some Tom Waits.
Jersey Girl
Heart Attack & Vine
And Holly Cole, I can see clearly now...
Until then, enjoy some Tom Waits.
Jersey Girl
Heart Attack & Vine
And Holly Cole, I can see clearly now...
8/6/07
Curious, but good..
City rejects Countryside Golf Course plan
"Roanoke's government has rejected a development plan for Countryside
Golf Course because the latest version, submitted last week, was
"totally unacceptable," City Manager Darlene Burcham said today."
Ok - considering the interested developers had changed the plan the first time around to appease the community directly around the course, one has to wonder what changes were revealed that would have Ms. Burcham decrying them as 'totally unacceptable."
Did they give even more green space over to the community? Was the number of houses cut, or perhaps the targeted prices slashed?
Maybe we will eventually find out.
Keep your eyes over here for further developments.
"Roanoke's government has rejected a development plan for Countryside
Golf Course because the latest version, submitted last week, was
"totally unacceptable," City Manager Darlene Burcham said today."
Ok - considering the interested developers had changed the plan the first time around to appease the community directly around the course, one has to wonder what changes were revealed that would have Ms. Burcham decrying them as 'totally unacceptable."
Did they give even more green space over to the community? Was the number of houses cut, or perhaps the targeted prices slashed?
Maybe we will eventually find out.
Keep your eyes over here for further developments.
Now, you too can have your own Nelson Harris sighting!
Roanoke, VA- Mayor Nelson Harris will give the annual State of the
City
address at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16, at the Roanoke Civic
Center's Special
Events Center. Citizens are invited to attend.
Should be interesting to see if he actually shows up. Been a while since anyone has seen him outside of council chambers.
Wonder if he regrew the goatee?
Also, why are there 6 (SIX!) closed door meetings today for the Council? We know one is for Countryside, but what of the rest of them?
City
address at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16, at the Roanoke Civic
Center's Special
Events Center. Citizens are invited to attend.
Should be interesting to see if he actually shows up. Been a while since anyone has seen him outside of council chambers.
Wonder if he regrew the goatee?
Also, why are there 6 (SIX!) closed door meetings today for the Council? We know one is for Countryside, but what of the rest of them?
7/5/07
To wit's end and beyond!
After reading an op/ed piece by Mac Obenshain in today's Times (read it here), I am curious as to when Valley Forward will sponsor "Gallop 4 Literacy."
This letter takes spin far beyond the "O’Reilly Factor," far beyond the Hillary Clinton campaign.
This letter goes so far as to twist the words ofthe Oxford some Dictionary, J.B. Fishburn, and the commonly understood meanings behind words... and not just words.
Words strung together into a phrase! Which, for the benefit of the woefully under-educated, he dissects into it's raw parts - and explains in brutal detail what you fail to comprehend!
Lucky us!
J.B.F. said that Mill Mountain should be"... developed and forever preserved, improved and maintained for the use and pleasure of the people of the City of Roanoke, Virginia, and vicinity as a public park."
Now "developed," his dictionary states, means "to bring a more advanced, effective, or usable state" AND "to cause to grow and expand." But.. but... that's just one definition of it, among at least 7 main, and upwards of 20 sub- definitions all dependent upon it's context.
Oh wait - context. Hmm... context. What possible context could J.B.F. have had in mind when writing these words?
Well, not being as apparently historically accurate as this individual (who, by the way, still thinks Rockledge is up on Mill Mountain - and crumbling as we speak. "The former Rockledge Inn should not be discarded to the side like some broken-down old thing.") I happen to know that at some point in his life, J.B.F. either witnessed or heard about the debacle of Woodland Park - or possibly the abandonment of Mountain Park & Casino.
Not wanting this gift to befall the same fate - he wisely included a blurb about the expected use and future of Mill Mountain.
I forgive the absolute ignorance in regards to the Hotel Roanoke, the H&C and Dr. Pepper signs, and the Star. I am guessing he is on the young side of "twenty-something" and does not know about the lights, stars, and hotel's checkered past. Well, all except the Star - which was a commercial venture graciously maintained by the Chamber of Commerce for many a year.
But this individual, with his twisted dictionary, does not receive pleasure from Mill Mountain. So let's all change it so he does.
That is basically the entirety of his argument, minus the spin.
So all you people who enjoy the mountain, the zoo, the activities at the Welcome Center (yes, the building which rests on the site of the former Rockledge) - tough kitties! He knows more than you do! He can selectively use a dictionary! Possibly multiple!
And am I mistaken or did he attempt to invoke the "Scooby-Doo" rule by stating we will continue to "defy Fishburn's request instead of granting it." Does this mean the ghost of J.B.F. will begin appearing atop the Star, until the Valley Forward Mystery Machine comes to investigate - and build an Inn to quell the evilness?
Ahh... perhaps Valley Forward needs a Propaganda Minister to better control the message and it's disbursement.
Oh - and as a point of clarification: The definition of "forever preserved."
1,001 - thanks Mac!
This letter takes spin far beyond the "O’Reilly Factor," far beyond the Hillary Clinton campaign.
This letter goes so far as to twist the words of
Words strung together into a phrase! Which, for the benefit of the woefully under-educated, he dissects into it's raw parts - and explains in brutal detail what you fail to comprehend!
Lucky us!
J.B.F. said that Mill Mountain should be"... developed and forever preserved, improved and maintained for the use and pleasure of the people of the City of Roanoke, Virginia, and vicinity as a public park."
Now "developed," his dictionary states, means "to bring a more advanced, effective, or usable state" AND "to cause to grow and expand." But.. but... that's just one definition of it, among at least 7 main, and upwards of 20 sub- definitions all dependent upon it's context.
Oh wait - context. Hmm... context. What possible context could J.B.F. have had in mind when writing these words?
Well, not being as apparently historically accurate as this individual (who, by the way, still thinks Rockledge is up on Mill Mountain - and crumbling as we speak. "The former Rockledge Inn should not be discarded to the side like some broken-down old thing.") I happen to know that at some point in his life, J.B.F. either witnessed or heard about the debacle of Woodland Park - or possibly the abandonment of Mountain Park & Casino.
Not wanting this gift to befall the same fate - he wisely included a blurb about the expected use and future of Mill Mountain.
I forgive the absolute ignorance in regards to the Hotel Roanoke, the H&C and Dr. Pepper signs, and the Star. I am guessing he is on the young side of "twenty-something" and does not know about the lights, stars, and hotel's checkered past. Well, all except the Star - which was a commercial venture graciously maintained by the Chamber of Commerce for many a year.
But this individual, with his twisted dictionary, does not receive pleasure from Mill Mountain. So let's all change it so he does.
That is basically the entirety of his argument, minus the spin.
So all you people who enjoy the mountain, the zoo, the activities at the Welcome Center (yes, the building which rests on the site of the former Rockledge) - tough kitties! He knows more than you do! He can selectively use a dictionary! Possibly multiple!
And am I mistaken or did he attempt to invoke the "Scooby-Doo" rule by stating we will continue to "defy Fishburn's request instead of granting it." Does this mean the ghost of J.B.F. will begin appearing atop the Star, until the Valley Forward Mystery Machine comes to investigate - and build an Inn to quell the evilness?
Ahh... perhaps Valley Forward needs a Propaganda Minister to better control the message and it's disbursement.
Oh - and as a point of clarification: The definition of "forever preserved."
1,001 - thanks Mac!
7/4/07
1000
Well, that's another milestone gone and buried.
Thank you to everyone (and everything) that makes all this possible on a daily basis. And you - the readers - a major thanks.
Enjoy the 4th folks - be safe, eat BBQ, have a beer on me.
6/21/07
6/15/07
6/11/07
The new deal
Of all the projects in the works, this one is the one I am most looking forward to.
First there was Forgotten-Roanoke, and along with that came Forgotten-Wife and Forgotten-Dogs, and to that list we can now add Forgotten-Baby.
I have 7 months to get the new site perfected, up and running smooth - along with all the other baby-related activities that will be going on.
Wish us luck, and remember - the Sentinel is always watching.
I'll be around as often as I can, but I cannot promise a full working site anytime soon - I will let you know when the rough copy is live though.
Once again, bear with me.. It just got even more interesting.
First there was Forgotten-Roanoke, and along with that came Forgotten-Wife and Forgotten-Dogs, and to that list we can now add Forgotten-Baby.
I have 7 months to get the new site perfected, up and running smooth - along with all the other baby-related activities that will be going on.
Wish us luck, and remember - the Sentinel is always watching.
I'll be around as often as I can, but I cannot promise a full working site anytime soon - I will let you know when the rough copy is live though.
Once again, bear with me.. It just got even more interesting.
5/15/07
Ever have one of those moments?
I've been having a lot of them lately, as I deal in various ways with the city.
I said a few months back to someone that this next election is going to change things - and that the current city council has absolutely no idea how badly it is shooting itself in the foot.
Between the budget, the sudden change of the Star back to RWB after allegedly it was turned white for Virginia Tech (not the 125th which would make sense.. leave it white all year for the entire celebration), the introduction of a fee for parking on the formerly free nights and weekends.
It's a train wreck of epic proportions, and it's on going.
The 125th Celebration, aside from being the least reported public screwing and betrayal going, is lackluster at best. The next event is in June, and has to do with emerging artists at the Main Library.
This is the best the city can do? Maybe they spent so much time on the logo for the 125th they ran out of ideas and capitol for the rest of the year.
I am at a loss folks.
And now, on top of all this - comes word that the big Roanoke sell-off might not be limited to Station 1 (in the future), but could encompass Buena Vista in Jackson Park, Old Fire station #6 in Southeast, and several other key structures the city wishes to divest itself from.
I think it's time to examine whats going on here, start asking the hard questions and looking deep for the answers.
Who is running our city, and how? And to what end?
Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls, Voters of all ages- you thought Victory Stadium was bad? Wait till you see the next election cycle.
The Sentinel is watching, and waiting.
I said a few months back to someone that this next election is going to change things - and that the current city council has absolutely no idea how badly it is shooting itself in the foot.
Between the budget, the sudden change of the Star back to RWB after allegedly it was turned white for Virginia Tech (not the 125th which would make sense.. leave it white all year for the entire celebration), the introduction of a fee for parking on the formerly free nights and weekends.
It's a train wreck of epic proportions, and it's on going.
The 125th Celebration, aside from being the least reported public screwing and betrayal going, is lackluster at best. The next event is in June, and has to do with emerging artists at the Main Library.
This is the best the city can do? Maybe they spent so much time on the logo for the 125th they ran out of ideas and capitol for the rest of the year.
I am at a loss folks.
And now, on top of all this - comes word that the big Roanoke sell-off might not be limited to Station 1 (in the future), but could encompass Buena Vista in Jackson Park, Old Fire station #6 in Southeast, and several other key structures the city wishes to divest itself from.
I think it's time to examine whats going on here, start asking the hard questions and looking deep for the answers.
Who is running our city, and how? And to what end?
Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls, Voters of all ages- you thought Victory Stadium was bad? Wait till you see the next election cycle.
The Sentinel is watching, and waiting.
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