Thursday, December 30, 2004
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Lemmie Irrelevant?
Greg Korte reviews the rolls of City Managers of the past and present during a city crisis. Lemmie appears to have taken a back seat to the Mayor, which bucks history.
Korte also reports on some minor minor mayoral candidates vying for the top city job.
Korte also reports on some minor minor mayoral candidates vying for the top city job.
CPD Hiding Something?
The City Internal Auditor sstates that the police have been dragging their feet in the investigation of how the CPD monitors moonlighting by police as security for private companies.
Why is City Council dragging their feet on this? Why are they not dropping the hammer on the police management responsible? Why does City Hall fear disciplining the senior police officers?
Why is City Council dragging their feet on this? Why are they not dropping the hammer on the police management responsible? Why does City Hall fear disciplining the senior police officers?
IHOP Review
Went to the new IHOP in Oakley last night for a late dinner. It was good. I think the hype got to me, or my memories of food past did. I would not rank it great, but for late night food after a night at the bars, it is ideal.
UPDATE: I guess I did not give as much detail as some wanted. Hmmmm. They serve 4 types of syrup. I had the French toast, but it was a bit too crisp to be perfect. Since it was new it was spotless inside the restaurant and there was enough staff to there to field a marching band.
The service was fine for an IHOP. The staff was very polite. Almost too polite, which is 100 times better than rude.
In comments Tom asked how IHOP differs from the Waffle House. Well, IHOP is just a down-to-earth Perkins. The Waffle House puts the grease in greasy spoon, plus they serve grits.
UPDATE: I guess I did not give as much detail as some wanted. Hmmmm. They serve 4 types of syrup. I had the French toast, but it was a bit too crisp to be perfect. Since it was new it was spotless inside the restaurant and there was enough staff to there to field a marching band.
The service was fine for an IHOP. The staff was very polite. Almost too polite, which is 100 times better than rude.
In comments Tom asked how IHOP differs from the Waffle House. Well, IHOP is just a down-to-earth Perkins. The Waffle House puts the grease in greasy spoon, plus they serve grits.
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Blackwell Tries to Avoid Deposition
Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell is seeking to avoid depositions for a lawsuit filed by voters challenging the Ohio election. I think Ken should just take his medicine and answer the questions. He is in charge of Ohio elections and he should have to answer any and all challenges to those elections. He has nothing to hide. He does not want to be forced to say anything about how he may have used his office to help Bush get elected. That might cramp his style as candidate for Governor.
No Christmas Day Off?
If I read the Mayor's column today correctly, city employees worked 12-hour shifts over the holiday weekend, including Saturday.
Snow Removal: The Private Sector
Much has been said about the City's and other area governments' efforts to clean the streets of snow and ice. What has been missed are the efforts of private companies and entities to remove the snow from parking lots. Some businesses take action to clear out the snow for customers, while others don't. My experiences have been bad so far.
I can attest that in my building's lot we have just barely one lane around the lot to drive, and the rest is just an ice patch. The Skytop Plaza on Beechmont is a jig-saw puzzle of parking spaces. I don't know who plowed it, but I would guess a rookie. The lot appears to have gotten a once over many days ago, but they seemed to cut a diagonal path across several rows of parking spaces, creating a maze where in some places people are parallel parking along snow piles, instead of in rows.
What I have not seen on the roads since my return to Ohio are the private plows, usually just a pickup with a plow on front, driving around to private businesses clearing out the snow. This has traditionally been a great way for anyone with a pickup truck to make really good money. Back in New York state nearly every other pick-up was equipped to handle a plow for the winter. The number of private plowers appears to follow suit with a low level of plows run by local governments. This is a natural result of the inconsistent snow fall that occurs in this area. What is lacking here is the small business man. This is as basic a business as one could have. Hell, even Homer Simpson did it. Where's Mr. Plow when we need him?
I can attest that in my building's lot we have just barely one lane around the lot to drive, and the rest is just an ice patch. The Skytop Plaza on Beechmont is a jig-saw puzzle of parking spaces. I don't know who plowed it, but I would guess a rookie. The lot appears to have gotten a once over many days ago, but they seemed to cut a diagonal path across several rows of parking spaces, creating a maze where in some places people are parallel parking along snow piles, instead of in rows.
What I have not seen on the roads since my return to Ohio are the private plows, usually just a pickup with a plow on front, driving around to private businesses clearing out the snow. This has traditionally been a great way for anyone with a pickup truck to make really good money. Back in New York state nearly every other pick-up was equipped to handle a plow for the winter. The number of private plowers appears to follow suit with a low level of plows run by local governments. This is a natural result of the inconsistent snow fall that occurs in this area. What is lacking here is the small business man. This is as basic a business as one could have. Hell, even Homer Simpson did it. Where's Mr. Plow when we need him?
"Mr. Plow, that's my name, that name again is Mr. Plow" - Homer J. Simpson
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