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This Palin As President Flash site is just too funny. Click around the Oval Office to find surprises (some of them have multiple surprises). And if you’re in the office, put your headphones on: you don’t want to miss the sounds that go with this.
Hilarious!
I just got back from the downtown Obama headquarters. The tickets for Tuesday’s free James Taylor concert in Moore Square aren’t ready yet. Seems there was a problem with the printer and they all weren’t cut. An Obama staffmember told me he expects them to be in around noon.
Upon hearing this, two fans who had been waiting in a car exclaimed “well, that was a two-hour waste of time.” Those two and one other gentleman were the only other ticket-seekers there when the office opened.
Update: They’re available now.
Tonight’s Parks and Rec meeting was a bit contentious (or so I am told – that’s the only kinds I’ve witnessed so far). There are many stakeholders passionate about their views for the park. I came to accept the Strickland Park plan as probably the best that we could get. I hope the neighbors who will frequent the park will enjoy the finished product.
On a totally unrelated note, I need to start eating supper before dashing off to these meetings. Votes like tonight’s are not easy on my stomach!
Tickets for James Taylor’s free concert Tuesday go on sale tomorrow. You can pick them up at the following locations:
Raleigh for Change HQ
130 E. Morgan Street
Raleigh, NC
Friday, Oct. 17th, Saturday Oct.18th and Monday Oct. 20th
9am-6pm
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If I didn’t get my fill of excitement last night I’ve got more fun tonight. Tonight’s the night the Parks and Rec board votes on the master plan for Strickland Park.
I’m not happy with how the public process was handled here, though I think the park will be a welcome asset to the neighborhood, ultimately. There are a few changes that I would like to see – and that I will ask for – but I’m not optimistic that these will be accomplished. I think some people have made up their minds and little will change their positions.
I attended my first Raleigh CAC meeting (as opposed to the East CAC ones that I lead). I sat at the City Council table for the first time and the meeting was televised on RTN channel 11.
The meeting was dull for the most part. Up until the end, that is, which came after the meeting stopped its scheduled airing on cable. That’s when some longtime CAC chairs unloaded about the perceived lack of cooperation they have been getting from the city’s community services department. Though I was missing half of the televised presidential debate I couldn’t pull myself away from the fireworks.
Yet another unexpectedly-exciting first meeting I’ve attended!
North Carolina legend James Taylor will play a free concert in Raleigh in support of Barack Obama’s campaign. According to what the N&O’s David Menconi has heard, JT will play Moore Square at noon Tuesday, October 21st.
My office’s WiFi signal just might reach that far. Or I’ll have a long lunch that day. Or something.
The N&O’s new editor John Drescher is an idiot. In today’s column, he labels both Dole and Hagan as “dodgers,” claiming Dole and Hagan sidestepped important issues.
Drescher claims Dole dodged the whole Outlying Landing Field issue until the rest of the state had made up its mind.
That’s absolutely true. Dole was asleep at the switch.
Drescher also claims Hagan dodged whether she would support the recent bailout bill.
That’s a whopper, Johnny.
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BlueNC calls out the News and Observer’s Dome reports for stretching truth about Bev Perdue’s willingness to debate.
While Bev Perdue doesn’t particularly excite me, I have to agree that the N&O headline is downright misleading.
Some right-wing group sent us mail trying to tie Kay Hagan’s energy polices to Jimmy Carter’s. I found it highly amusing. Just think where this country would be now if we had heeded Carter’s call to invest in renewable energy. We might have kicked our petroleum habit for good.
If this is Kay Hagan’s policy I want more of it!
