After a much longer delay than planned, we finally got together to record another episode of Rant-a-Bit With Scott and Scott. Our guests showed their expertise on a number of local issues, including the upcoming event center vote, infrastructure issues, snow gates, code enforcement, and so much more. Download this informative chat here, or subscribe to use via iTunes!
Besides Cory at Madville reporting about the harm of the Keystone pipeline, we have to rely on people from the east coast to protest for us;
WASHINGTON – Actress Daryl Hannah has been arrested at the White House along with other environmental protesters opposing a planned oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The sit-in on Tuesday involved dozens protesting the Keystone XL pipeline. It would go through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas to refineries in Houston and Port Arthur, Texas.
Before she was arrested, Hannah told The Associated Press the protesters want to be free from dependence on fossil fuels. The group is calling for clean energy investments instead. Hannah says they hope President Barack Obama will not bow to oil lobbyists.
Hannah sat down on the sidewalk near the White House and refused orders from U.S. Park Police to move.
She has also been arrested in the past for environmental causes.
I’m glad this is finally getting national press. Maybe our local media will finally stop recycling AP stories and write a few of there own about this POS project.
I’m not a part of the investigative team, so I don’t know if Mrs. Edwards is directly responsible for the death of an infant in her care, but that is not the issue here;
City ordinance requires an in-home day care to register with the city and not have more than 12 children at one time.
Before Ulmer’s death, the city cited Edwards in March and April for having 17 children in her home. She was given fines of $100 and $200 for those citations.
Two additional citations were issued to Edwards after Meredith’s death – again for having more than 12 children in her home that day, and for having unregistered day care helpers in her home. When they arrived, police said the day care staff consisted of two girls, 16 and 18. Neither was registered to care for children in a day care setting.
The third citation for having too many children in her home brings a $300 fine, Franken said. A first-time violation of having unregistered helpers is $100.
Even if Meredith would not have died, it was clear Mrs. Edwards was breaking rules and should not have a license. Her hearing on Sept 13 should be interesting.
UPDATE: At the beginning of this video three different people defend the environmental costs of this project, they talk about two things 1) Fixing river erosion with walls and 2) removing contaminated (coal tar) soil from downtown. While I do agree with this environmental work, this is something that has been going on for years downtown. Remember when Fawick Park was tore up? That was an EPA directive, if my memory serves me correctly. Kinda sounds like they took the Morrell’s money, then had to come up with reasons why they can spend it on an entertainment facility. Funny.
I took this picture at 8 AM this morning, I saw a total of two men on the job site, standing and pointing (They must be foreman). I didn’t get close enough, but I noticed that the steps (in the water to your left) are a little uneven (like the forms were warped). Maybe it was an optical illusion at the distance I was at. I will try to get a closer inspection. BTW, I would like to thank John Morrell’s for graciously finishing this project for us.
I’d much rather be swimming right now in a tax subsidized indoor pool
The SF Parks and Rec and city council won’t seem to be happy until they get a public indoor pool;
The city’s park and recreation department is preparing to replace Spellerberg Pool in the next few years. But officials want to gauge the community’s desire to build an indoor pool there rather than replace it with another outdoor pool, department Director Don Kearney said. If there’s enough support among people who live in the area, then Spellerberg could be the location for the city’s first public indoor pool.
Like I have said before, I am not against an indoor public pool, but I still think we are going about it the wrong way, it should be a part of a public school OR a part of another facility like a rec center so it gets maximum usage. A stand alone indoor pool will not provide those benefits.
I also think this push by a select group of people (certain city councilors and parks and rec board members) to build an indoor pool seems a bit suspicious. I have yet to run into anyone who says our city is missing out by not having a public indoor pool. Why? Because we already have several private ones you can use for a fee. I guess if the Spellerberg hood wants it, let them have it. Not sure how the lower-income children are going to get to it during the winter, but I’m sure this is something the city council has figured out already 🙂
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