City Council Meeting - small blog

I attended the City Council meeting last night as Hydro Street was finally going to get the go ahead for their expansion and The Auditorium people were going to get the rights to enter the Audi at will (except on weekends when the Mayor thought people would be running around tipping over water coolers and so forth).

Well - Hydro Street did not get the thumbs up OR thumbs down as yet more legal questions were brought up with mortgages and so forth.  This is why both sides need lawyers (CC has one, Hydro does not).  This whole mess could have been done and over months ago.  Lawyers ask all the questions before they arise.  I can not fathom ever doing any large financial decision without a lawyer.  Especially where we're talking a multi-party multi-mortgage deal at about $280,000.

The Auditorium went with only a small hitch and while it's good to look for problems it seems the City Council, which as was told to me "are as exciting as a group of zombie's" (or something to those words) . . . . actually zombies are pretty exciting - seriously - that meeting room just sucks all the energy out of people.  Not a huge fan of that room.

The Mayor went on and on and on and on about how he did not want people running wild all over the building creating havoc on weekends and everybody was in agreement after the first 20 seconds and the final 4:40 was wasted breath.  BUT, it was all ironed out and there should be something in the paper this weekend about the Auditorium.

I'll have more interesting news tomorrow as I'm meeting with Steve Sobiak the Economic Development Director about The Gateway Project this morning.
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Does anyone know what these tracks are from??    Probably why Milo was so crazy last night.  Whatever it is it has been through the yard a number of times now.

 
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Probably what you never want to see in your rear view mirror.   We were going through Waterloo and you know that hill just before 89 turns to 55mph on the south side?  yup.  GOT me going 40 in a 30.

Dude said - "is there a reason you were going 40?"   All sorts of comebacks entered my mind but I said "Nope, just driving".

We are pretty sure we were a teaching ticket.  There was one old officer and one very young one who looked like he was embarrassed to give me a warning.  We DID get a $10 ticket because we did not have our proof of insurance in the car (kitchen table for the last week, you know how that is).   We could contest it and have a jury but . . . I think we'll just pay the $10.

Nothing competes with my Winner Winner Chicken Dinner story and Trooper Zang.  

Have a great day - a little less then 4 more inches coming  . . . . that's what she said.

Grinder - I think I have to sign GRINDER here so I can sign Rod over at the more serious blog.  Gotta differentiate the two.   This one is my SHOOTING FROM THE HIP blog.

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