17. September, 2003 - Politics! Blegh!
- Appeals Court Delays Calif. Recall Vote, which would mean that it wouldn’t happen until March 2. Lovely. six more months of hearing about that crap. Yeah, I understand it’s important to California, but so are avocados.
- Chong gonged for selling bongs–nine months in federal prison and a $20,000 fine. But yeah, that’s just John Ashcroft protecting us. Hey, I feel a lot safer now that that hippy’s in jail. (Is your sarcasm detector working? That was a test.)
- Missouri Senate overrides concealed weapons bill veto, making Missouri the 36th state with a shall-issue concealed-carry law, and the 45th to allow some form of concealed carry. It’s not as good as Vermont’s law, but it’s another bit of progress.
- Student to challenge U concealed gun prohibition, but that’s got a whole bunch of people in a tizzy. Think there might be some editorials in the local papers soon?
- Hey, speaking of people in a tizzy around here, last night there was plenty of procedural wrangling at our Neighborhood Association meeting. It prompted me to write an essay On Communicating Effectively while I was lowering my blood-pressure with a few glasses of liquid calmative. In other news, Paul Zerby’s proposed amendments to city ordinance are going before the Public Safety & Regulatory Services Committee today at 1:30pm. He’s taken out the non-transferability of on-sale liquor licenses, but I still don’t think his suggested changes address the real problem, which isn’t drunks, it’s people who are assholes when they’re drunk (nothing at all like your humble narrator, natch).
- Minneapolis tower plans renew height debate, with two development projects (one that I knew about, and another I heard about from this article) along the river. 35 and 39 stories tall. But before all the foo-fraw last night, I found out that the 35 story project is probably going to be scaled back to only 15 or so. There’s one that we won. [strib]
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Last updated on Wed, 17 Sep 2003 01:53:57.