They only have ONE so I believe Todd needs to ramp up the assembly line.
Speaking of Todd we were at the 78 foot stretch on James street talking railings. My vision was to have a railing that matches all the other metal things we want on James Street, benches, bike racks, garbage cans. They should all have the same look feel. How many opportunities does a town have to reboot the look feel of a streetscape.After talking "I" had assumed a long 78 foot railing was needed but that would have all sorts of issues, again, being on a hill. Then the idea was for 3 smaller railings going UP the step. One on each side of the step and one in the middle. Much easier to create with no "hill" issues. The three railing going UP the step (or down) would show people there is a step and you could do some nice artsy things to the railings and it would be a LOT cheaper.
The controversy in Columbus social media is we want to make Columbus pretty but many people are against it because "beauty" just gets ruined by drunks.
(side note) We have so many freaking bars downtown we need to limit how many liqueur licenses are issued DOWNTOWN. Personally I'm sick of seeing so many cigarette butts in the streets.
BUT ANYWAY
They are having this issue in Fish Creek in Door County with these flowers that line both sides of the streets.
Their City Council wants to get rid of them because they cost the city $2500 a year and people throw their cigarette butts in to then and yada yada yada. WELL - the backlash was instantaneous. People LIKE beauty even if it takes a little more work. It makes a community a place people want to go to and makes a community unique. It brings in people that help business. No brainer.
That is why when I bring up planters where some of the bump outs are and hear people complain that they will only get abused by drunks . . . . maybe the problem is not the planters. Come on people. Now is the time (well, next spring is) to do something that will actually make a difference in our downtown.
Get organizations like The Chamber of Commerce to step up and help their downtown. What do all those dues that Chamber gets do anyway. Let's get some sponsors that want to help Columbus become a beautiful place.
Step-up and be part of the solution.
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There have been some baseball games on and I am so tired of Joe Buck and his constant drivel. Get someone that knows the game. I heard him whining about shifts. WELL, if FOX would ever show the field maybe we could see a shift. They are more concerned with close-ups of Yasiel Puig having a tantrum and trying desperately to get camera time. Next game - just notice how few shots of the entire field there is - only close ups of players.
Shifts work but not as Buck believes. Shifts are made to cut down a persons power. A shift is almost always against a power hitter and in reality a hitters On Base percentage goes up while his slugging .pct does down. Shifts are designed to take away power. They say yea- you can get on base MUCH easier but only 1 base. You want a .400 OB? go for it but you can't hit a home run going that way.
Plus - one guy said shifts should be illegal. Ummmmm - fielders have no special place they have to play. In fact many times they play in the wrong place because that is how it's always been done. Like bunting - it's counter productive. You will score 1 run more often by NOT bunting. The only person who should EVER bunt is the pitcher.
BTW - way to misuse your bull pen Dave Roberts. Maybe you should let your Starter pitch more then 4 innings in a 7 game series.
NOW - don't get me wrong - I am all for not having ANY "Starter" at all but you can't just decide to change how you do things from day to day. In the perfect world you would never have a pitcher see a batter more then once in a game but you can't just make that switch on a moments notice.
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20 Republicans have said they will vote against the newest tax cuts, particular the one that says eliminate the state and local income tax deduction.
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Narcan will soon be available at all Walgreens as an over the counter stymie for the effects of opioids. That is going to be a tough buy, walking into a Walgreens and buying a few doses of Narcan on a Friday night!
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Vaping (which just makes people look dumb) is now illegal indoors in all of New York State. No more going to the mall and getting a blast of nicotine-laced, apple-berry-popcorn vapor in your face from some teenager thinking he looks cool.
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A fee proposed by the National Park Service (who's funds were cut by our government as a needless waste of space) are looking to raise the rates to enter to $70 a day.
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75% of Puerto stall has no people or drinking water. Still, Trump calls it a victory.
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Geostorm the movie was suppose to premiere almost 2 years ago but it was held up. It tanked and after the 1st weekend still needs over $250 million to break even. Not going to happen even world wide.
Anyway - have a great day
OH - remember - 2 to 7 Friday you can walk James Street . . . You can do it anyway but might get hit by cars speeding on it in the morning. It's sort of open already it seems if you go around the barriers.
Cheers.
