One Year Anniversary of Filming

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optimism running rampant (at some point)

I attended the Community Development Authority meeting last night and it was pretty much over my head with the acronyms which I believe was some sort of secret talk among the Authoritarians. However then some dude poked a guy code named Minty Fresh with a pin and all hell broke loose.

I have been sworn to secrecy on the rest for the time being However I did come away with a feeling that there is hope for the downtown area. HOWEVER - PLEASE - we need more people attending the City Council meetings (Tonight 7:00). PARKING LOTS are going to be talked about - let them go and fill up with garbage? - or clean them up? THEY NEED INPUT (I'm being serious on this one)- just nodding heads would work - come on people!!!

I plan on attending and saying . . . something.

If you care about the downtown district.

VOTE for Bill Bruns 3rd District (TCIP has his email incorrect so he MUST be the good guy)
VOTE for Dave Bomkamp 2rd District

These people are pro downtown.

I'll have more in the next few days on the good stuff goign on in Columbus.

Before I got in the car after the meeting I was forced to take a photo of The Columbus Carriage Works.

This was at 7:30 - pretty freaking dark out. This is dummied up for the web - in real life it's sweet but also 60 meg.

And here is another one of Columbus - enlarge this if you can to see the details (hmmm which just dooes not come through in 72 dpi)



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ONE YEAR AGO TODAY.

No time to reminisce today I have a 4 hour "vision" meeting (if I could find 20 hours of outside low (or high) paid work I could retire). Last year at this time I was walking around in 25 degree weather all day taking photos.

Think they would have had some problems with the snow making machines???

But sadly I have a "Vision" meeting today and can not have a normal blog - HOWEVER - I do have something that might make you smile.

Here is a wonderful portrait of Wayne and Jeffery from 1970. What wonderful kids, so relaxed and carefree.



Now you would think that after that outstanding photo the parents of Wayne and Jeffery would have MAYBE gone to another photographer or perhaps left town.

But no.

Here is Wayne and Jeffery one year later.





Wayne is serving time in the big house
and Jeffery has not gone out his apartment for over 25 years.

BUT WAIT

How could the parents have put those two darling children through so much stress and torment?


Lets look a few years earlier - where it all began.





Have a great Tuesday while I'm enduring someones vision for State Government.

Rod