Spike,

Down by the depot
Taxpayers in mourning
See the little pocket liners
All in a row.

Something is odd about the sudden rush and illegal secrecy surrounding moving City Hall to the old railroad station. That building has languished for decades.

Who stands to make money from moving City Hall to the old depot? How does Tapp and Southeast Regional Planning tie in? If the taxpayers end up taken for a ride, that is probably of no concern.

Are there any public information records showing everybody involved? Knowing local compliance with public access to public information, it may take the U. S. Marshalls to get it. It may take a forensic specialist with access to pertinent hard drives. That is, if the hard drives do not end up on a burglary report first.

SB

I smell a turd and dandruff shampoo that reminds me of Springsted's Crooked Bond Salesman Bruce Slagle.

Spike

Another Dumb Ass Disaster From the Folks In City Hall

Spike,

I have two questions about Brian Tapp and Hans Trousil.

If Tapp can't gather enough earnest money ($55K) for a $1 million dollar building, how's Tapp going to cover the operating expenses to run a 35,000 sf building, utilities alone? Regional planning occupies 3500 sf now and according to the paper he needs about 6,000 sf. So how does Tapp justify spending the money for utilities to keep 14,000 sf of unoccupied office space heated?

Secondly, has Hans Trousil abstained from voting on anything to do with the Raider building since he and Tapp are related; or at least were?

Seems to me it would be a far better idea for Tapp and regional planning to move to the depot. When it floods, the city can loan him a couple of boat docks or have Mike Sweet come down with his johnboat singin' "Sittin On The Dock of the Bay."

GH

Training Radicals Instead of Educating Children

"By the way Cathy.. your candidate (McCain) will keep your Dad in Iraq for 100 years."

If you read through the application form for the Organizing for America (OFA) intern program you will find on page 4 Suggested Readings, a few books a prospective intern should read before their internship.

The books are manuals written for training radicals. A good example - Rules for Radicals by vowed Marxist Saul Alinsky - "The end justifies the means."

Furthermore, the NEA - National Education Association - is promoting Saul Alinsky's books on their Recommended Reading page.

I don't know if this crap is being handed out in any local school system. But if it is let us know. We will pursue this. We will print any teacher's name that strives to promote this type of indoctrination on children.

We will expose this nonsense.

Spike

Spike,

GOP Satan Steve Scheffler is clinging to his perverse ideas of litmus testing candidates. Here's a post from his Gates of Hell Facebook page:

"RNC's Platform Fidelity Resolution

Below is a letter written by the Republican National Committee Man from Indiana, James Bopp Jr. The subject of the letter is a resolution that was recently passed at the Winter meeting of the Republican National Committee. Please read his letter as well as the NY Times article about the same.

Republican and Conservative Leaders and Activists:

At its Winter Meeting last week, the Republican National Committee adopted an important and historic resolution "concerning party support for candidates." Sponsored by Bill Crocker of Texas, the unanimously-adoptedresolution calls on all Republican Party leaders "to carefully screen" all candidates and to "determine that they wholeheartedly support the core principles and positions of the Republican Party as expressed in the Platform" and urges that "no support, financial or otherwise, be given to candidates who clearly do not support the core principles and positions of the Republican Party as expressed in the Platform."

This is the first time that the RNC hastaken stepsto ensure that Republican candidates are faithful to the Republican Platform. It empowers the RNC Chairman to consider the positions of candidates on issues and to deny funding to those candidates who are clearly out of the mainstream of our Party. As Mr Crocker said after the resolution's adoption: "No more Scozzafavas, please. No more Specters, please. No more Chafees, please."

State and local Republican parties, the National Republican Congressional Committee and National Republican Senatorial Committee are independent organizations and the resolution is not binding on them. The RNC, however, is calling all Republican leaders to follow the RNC lead. After all, what each of us does effects everyone.

With the adoption of thePlatform Fidelity Resolution, I withdrew from consideration the Reagan Resolution and the Accountability Resolution, since the Platform Fidelity Resolution accomplishes our goalofdemonstrating that this party isserious about standing for our principles, so thatdisaffected conservatives, such as tea partymembers, will be comfortableworking with usin defense of freedom,and gainwidespread support."

TP

What a load! If these morons think this is a winning strategy then strap on ObaMao for 4 more.

Spike

Spike:

"According to the company, only 4.2% of India’s engineers are fit to work in a software product firm, and just 17.8% are employable by an IT services company, even with up to six months’ training. A larger share could cope in business-process outsourcing (call centres and the like). These findings are even gloomier than the 25% figure for employability that has been bandied about since 2005, when McKinsey released the results of a survey of international companies."

At what point do those developing, India, surpass we the declining?

IG