Tuesday Miscellany

I'll start off with 3 QCTimes articles that will probably lead to discussion and (hopefully) respectful debate.

City tries to clean up Linden mess -QCTimes
Looks like they've already torn a lot of it down, judging by the picture in the Times. I meant to drive by it this morning and I forgot. Now if we can just get the $90,000 that the owner is basically stealing from the city. I still hope somehow the Ledo/Shricker ends up biting the dust because of this.

JOD, Swing deals still not official -QCTimes
Hopefully they'll get this worked out, although I pretty much agree with the "againster" side on the idea of a 5% late penalty being too low. If the owners are frightened off by a higher interest rate, they must think that late payments are a possibility. This may mark the only time I ever agree with Susie Bell.

Homeless man charged in arson fire in city parking garage -QCTimes
Yeah... its not a headline I wanted to see, that's for sure. People are going to bring it up though, so I might as well just put a link in. Hopefully the whole topic's discussion doesn't center on this one.

And in other news:
-Here's the job description and such for the job of Housing Renewal Coordinator that's posted on the city's website. If SoLo's Ambrose Fulton were able, I bet he'd make an excellent candidate for this position. $20-21.20 an hour.

-I was down at the casino Sunday night (walked in with $5, walked out with $9) and I definitely noticed the results of this norovirus scare. The self-serve soda fountains were closed, the drinking fountains were turned off, and there were bottles of hand disinfectant about every 3 feet through the casino.

-Its $2 burger basket and $2 pint night at Bent River Brewery. Its one place that I wish would join the smoke-free campaign on its own, but I'll leave that debate for the Colonel's blog.

-Only 40 days until Christmas!