Archive for May, 2008

Another Sign of Spring

Author: yinn

May 6

As usual, the asparagus is ready for cutting before the Farmers’ Market begins and the price of gas is not yet keeping Milt Westlake away, so, beginning Thursday, he’ll be parking his truck at G & L Auto Repair from 11 a.m. to about 1:30 (or until it’s gone–the asparagus, not the truck).

G & L is on S. 4th across from Sullivan’s. Mr. Westlake will be there every Thursday in May. Last year asparagus was $2.25/lb. as it had been for several years but the price of fuel has probably driven that up a bit–and it’ll still be worth it [Update: It's now $2.50]. Sometimes he has onions, new potatoes and other goodies, too.

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District 428 & the Grassroots: Yeah, Right: Part 2

Author: yinn

May 2

This is an “I told you so” diary. I wasn’t going to do it but am upset enough about the latest on the Facilities Planning Committee that it just seems fair at this point.

January 5th I wrote about the overlap between ReNew Our Schools and the Chamber of Commerce. It just seemed like ReNew was a Chamber project, not grassroots as advertised. The impression was reinforced a few days later.

The instincts were good, as we can see now that some of the ReNew Our Schools financial records are online. Read the rest of this entry

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District 428 & the Grassroots: Yeah, Right: Part 1

Author: yinn

May 1

So last month I e-mailed the members of the District 428 school board a link to the great precast discussion (vs. bricks-and-mortar construction on the new high school and Cortland elementary school) we were having here at CityBarbs, in view of the debate we were so sure would occur soon at a Facilities Planning Committee (FPC) meeting. Two responses arrived. The first one was dismissive of precast because the architect didn’t like it. I posted a few words about my dismay in the face of what seemed like a “done deal” but a bit later pulled it (putting this in its place) in case the person in question wasn’t speaking for the group. Then I was glad I did, because a second school board member assured me that the precast discussion was on the agenda for the meeting on the 30th (the one on the 23rd being canceled).

Boy, am I a sucker. Read the rest of this entry

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