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July 21, 2004
Beautify This
The judges for the America in Bloom contest are headed our way, so Mayor Dan wants us all to clean up.
“We're asking people to pick their places up,” Mayor Coody says. “[Dispose of] litter, mow and trim, and make Fayetteville look great."
'Mow and trim' like that city easement where our mailbox is that the city hasn't mowed but once since I moved here over 4 years ago? But I guess Mayor Dan has been too busy proposing illegal sweetheart leases to worry about that. Or maybe it's all that time Mayor Dan spends planning a TIF district to pay for renovation of the Mountain Inn....a building that should've been put out of its misery and demolished 5 years ago. Not to mention the big bucks he just gave to some tree-hugging gardening group to build a $750,000 potting shed out in a field....or the $46,000 he spent putting benches on Dickson Street. I expect those benches will brush off the seat of my pants when I get up as much as they cost. But hey, the city doesn't have the money to pay for their part of widening Crossover Road so people can actually drive across town in less than an hour....so Mayor Dan wants to raise our taxes to pay for it.
You know, if our mayor took half the time he spends on figuring out how to raise our taxes to pay for those high-rent apartments he wants to build downtown, he might actually have time to find the money necessary to improve the streets so we could all get around town.
So some high-flautin' out-of-towners are coming & Mayor Dan wants us all to clean up our yards, eh? I think it's time to get a new battery for the old Wagoneer so we can move it....around to the front down by the street and cover it with signs that say something like "Do Something Useful. Fix the Damn Streets".
I know, I know, that would be petty and childish.
But it sure would be fun.
Posted by Rita at July 21, 2004 04:35 PM
Comments
When you do, take pictures. And then ask Mike for help on uploading them, just like that little "deface the hotlinker" picture you said you'd upload, and then never didn't.
Posted by: Keith at July 21, 2004 08:30 PM
I never didn't have time to convert the screencap to a jpg yet ok?
But Mike's proctoring a CISSP exam Saturday, and WildChild's not going to be here, so maybe I can do it then. Or maybe I'll just e-mail it to you. How's about that?
Posted by: rita at July 21, 2004 08:38 PM
Now look what you made me do. I just blocked my own e-mail address as spam.
D'oh.
I'm such an idiot sometimes.
Posted by: rita at July 21, 2004 08:41 PM