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Martha Ross says race is the reason she was not elected D150 Board President

Regular commenter PrairieCelt has taken the time to transcribe Martha Ross’s comments at the end of Monday night’s school board meeting. I’ll let her words and the words and those who spoke after her speak for themselves.

Ross: I have a few words to say to the Board and the public – whatever public [...]

A new urban look at McCain and Obama

The Congress for the New Urbanism has published a summary of the presidential candidates’ stances on issues regarding new urbanism and sustainability. They looked at the candidates’ websites, voting records, news sites, and position papers to come up with as much information as they could gather. So far, Obama is the only candidate that [...]

Joke of the day

From Late Night with Conan O’Brien (this was my favorite joke from his monologue last night):

Today, Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez and his wife Cynthia filed for divorce. And because New York is a community property state, Cynthia could end up with 268 career [...]

Council preview 7/8/08

At tonight’s council meeting, at-large councilman Jim Montelongo will be attending via teleconference. Some notable items:

River Trail Drive Plan — This is Economic Development Director Craig Hullinger’s brainchild to build townhouses along the riverfront from the Riverplex north to Spring Street, along with a Grandview-Drive-type road that goes by it. The townhouses would be [...]