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JR:
Toledo government's latest lie - March 2016
- Regarding JoeyGee's link to the Thursday, March 24, 2016 Blade story titled Toledos landfill is reaching capacity unless the city acts ...
I refuse to believe the city's claim. It's a lie, in my opinion. A huge, fear-mongering-based lie.
And we'v...
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- Mar 24, 2016
JR:
Tt post mar 24 2016
- quote=201236
That was also mentioned back in 2005.
Monroe Avenue for the Arts is being used to try to attract musicians and other artists downtown. City conducted a study about Monroe. City will meet with all building owners on Monroe to see what ...
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2 min read
- Mar 24, 2016
- #toledo #art #education
JR:
Tt proposed post mar 24 2016
- quote=201236
That was also mentioned back in 2005.
Monroe Avenue for the Arts is being used to try to attract musicians and other artists downtown. City conducted a study about Monroe. City will meet with all building owners on Monroe to see what ...
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- Mar 24, 2016
JR:
"Maintenance is the work of the caring"
- Great #quote in this HN thread:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11346165
Maintainability is the feature of unreliable equipment.
Not quite. The whole purpose of maintenance is to increase the longevity of a product by making small, cheap, t...
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- Mar 23, 2016
- #quote
JR:
Tt post mar 23 2016 a
- "I love the idea of UT's Law School moving downtown ..."
This idea has been around for over 10 years.
Excerpts from my June 2005 new urbanism meeting notes
About 40 people attended Tuesday's meeting at Downtown Latte, which has been hosting the m...
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2 min read
- Mar 23, 2016
JR:
Tt post mar 22 2016 c
- How is Toledo always so broke?
Mar 22, 2016 Blade story
[The mayor] would offer no hint as to how the [financial] shortfall would be resolved but promised there would no city employee layoffs.
Mar 11, 2016 Blade story
Councilman [Waniewski...
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5 min read
- Mar 22, 2016
- #ccc
JR:
Tt post mar 22 2016 b
- Tue, Mar 22, 2016 tweet by Ignazio Messina:
The @city_of_toledo chief of staff took umbrage with my use of the words "finally, jacked up, and heaped" in today's story on trash fee hike
The chief of staff needs to toughen up. What would the chie...
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3 min read
- Mar 22, 2016
JR:
Tt post mar 22 2016
- "They aren't widening all of Douglas are they ?"
Douglas Road will be widened between Laskey Rd and Sylvania Ave.
Since last summer, much of that section of Douglas Road has been under construction for other issues.
The widening project occurs fro...
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3 min read
- Mar 22, 2016
JR:
Mar 22, 2016 - Links and To-Dos
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/131621939@N03/tags/screenshot/
- Mar 22, 2016
JR:
Hiring - march 2016
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11326940
hn top rated comment:
I've found that the best predictors of a good hire are indications of the following characteristics during the interview/vetting process:
- adaptability -- can this person deal wi...
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1 min read
- Mar 21, 2016
- #jobs
JR:
Indieweb h-entry markup of blog article stream page
- h1. indieweb h-entry markup of blog article stream page
#indieweb - #microformats
https://adactio.com
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2 min read
- Mar 21, 2016
JR:
Having search engines index a website
- Useful for sites that use a database or produce static files. i rely on my basic, built-in search capabilities for my sites that use MySQL and CouchDB/Elasticsearch.
But this info would be helpful for searching sites built with my static-file blog a...
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1 min read
- Mar 19, 2016
- #web #blogging #search #wren
JR:
Tt mar 19 b
- quote=200700
Mar 19, 2016 - Toledo Blade - Strip clubs latest moniker has Mud Hens crying foul
The Toledo Mud Hens are exploring legal action after the former Scores strip club on Monroe Street recently changed its name to the Hen House.
Neither ...
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1 min read
- Mar 19, 2016
JR:
Tt post mar 19 2016
- quote=200700
Mar 19, 2016 - Toledo Blade - Strip clubs latest moniker has Mud Hens crying foul
The Toledo Mud Hens are exploring legal action after the former Scores strip club on Monroe Street recently changed its name to the Hen House.
Neither ...
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1 min read
- Mar 19, 2016
JR:
Tt post mar 16 2016 b
- related :
(what was actually posted. forgot to copy here.)
I am surprised that issue 2 failed.
From today's Blade story that contains the mayor's silly quote that justread alluded to:
Mayor Hicks-Hudson was unsure why the majority of voters were...
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2 min read
- Mar 18, 2016