One of the icons of summer, the blooming pink mimosa. It’s a personal favorite of mine and one I am doomed to not have in my yard. Every time I get one some idiot comes along and cuts it down or kills it in some bizarre way. One I had suffered death by dog. Need I elaborate?
If anyone has a sapling, please give me a holler. I will try one more time.
I love this plant! They grow all over the place and they’re beautiful.
I am afraid I will get arrested if I just dig one up along side the road. @middleman
Mimosa is my favorite summer tree.
You can use the “mimosa defense!” (The beauty of the tree made you temporarily insane!!)
Or: “If the work gloves don’t fit, you must acquit!”
Yes, I’ve had some wine!!!
But did you have a mimosa?
“If you want to reassure communities that bear the highest cost
from large scale immigration, revisit a program from 2006 by
a senator named Hillary Clinton to to help state and local governments
cover some of the expense of providing health care and
education to undocumented workers.” … and their families.
E.J. Dionne Jr. (WaPo op-ed 7-11, 2013)
Amen
That was a great piece from Dionne, but that’s normal for him.
No mimosa, Moon, just Gnarly Head! Cheers!!
Breaking news: Janet Nepolitano is leaving.
I am truly sorry to hear that about Janet Napolitano.
The Knave of Nottingham speaks of the FOIA material regarding the logo. He fails to state how he got hold of the material. I guess a certain supervisor. He will probably tell us McCoart pigeons, you know, those people who need to be fired.
“Immigration has been a blessing to the United States,
but it is not an unmixed blessing, and the cost
of our immigration policies are borne more heavily by some
parts of of our society than others.
The most basic is that immigrants cost local governments money
even as they fill federal coffers with income. ‘The costs are local,
but the tax windfalls are national.’ says Cecilia Munoz,
vice-president for policy at the National Council of LaRaza.
‘There is local-national imbalance and there is nothing local
governments can do.’ ”
“A Debate Beyond The Fence” (E.J. Dionne Jr. – WaPo Op/ed 5-26-2006)
He and his elected puppet are probably frothing at the mouth anticipating Tuesdays meeting – Logo and $5million. They can REALLY attack employees that can’t return fire and they can do it twice!!
Lets see which supervisors will support county employees and not allow public berating again. County employees are a larger voting block than Gainesters.
Bob McDonnell is unfit for office
By Ruth Marcus
There are two swift routes to political downfall. One is sex. The other is money. The first is humiliating but survivable. The second tends to be terminal, even criminal.
Today’s topic is the second, in the form of Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) and the now mountainous evidence that — whether he technically complied with Virginia’s Swiss cheese disclosure laws or not in accepting thousands of dollars in gifts from a wealthy businessman — he has no business continuing in office.
●The $15,000 check that businessman Jonnie R. Williams Sr. gave to help cover the catering bill at the McDonnells’ daughter’s wedding — an event that took place three days after Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell flew to Florida, where she touted a dietary supplement made by Williams’s company, Star Scientific Inc. Three months later, Star Scientific used the governor’s mansion for a luncheon, attended by the governor, to promote the supplement.
●The $6,500 Rolex, complete with engraved inscription, “71st Governor of Virginia,” that Williams bought for the governor at Maureen McDonnell’s behest. She allegedly requested the bauble moments before a meeting she had arranged for Williams to pitch a top state health official on the supplement.
● Maureen McDonnell’s reported $15,000 spree at Bergdorf Goodman, again on Williams’s tab — this a year after a staffer foiled McDonnell’s bid for a Williams-underwritten Oscar de la Renta inaugural gown.
Now comes reporting that raises the story to a new level of outrage: Williams last year gave $70,000 — supposedly a loan — to a corporation owned by McDonnell and his sister; plus $50,000 to Maureen McDonnell in 2011, and $10,000 as a wedding present this year to another McDonnell daughter.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ruth-marcus-bob-mcdonnell-is-unfit-for-office/2013/07/11/c962e8d2-ea53-11e2-8f22-de4bd2a2bd39_story.html
Resig, Governor. You are unfit for the office you hold.
@Wendy
There are just some people who like shooting fish in a barrel. I know existentially that county employees can’t fire back. That’s the reason I have my rule. Only the politicians can fire back.
I hope that the BOCS watches over its employees. Are all employees perfect? No, or course not. But employee issues are handled privately. It’s actually the law.
As I read comments around the blogs, it is amazing how ill informed many people are. Some just smell blood in the water and are on a feeding frenzy. Obviously they don’t think for themselves.
I fully expect on employee to over-play their hand and through ignorance, leave the county very liable for damages as it relates to privacy and employees.
@Wendy
Not guilty: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/13/justice/zimmerman-trial/index.html
The Nottingham dude keeps calling me by another’s name.
Everyone must remember that the Sheriff of Nottingham was the bad guy, not the good guy.
He was expecting the entire meeting to be over logo. hardee har har.
Moon you have to go look at this: http://dogtv.com/
Warning you that I had better not get grossed out. I have a low threshold for gross-out. It had really better not have dog doo in it.
Hahahaha no it’s not a joke, it’s really TV for dogs.
Oh I owe you a big apology, I figured you were punking me.
I want dogTV! When will it come to FIOS or comcast?
My dogs want dog TV! Hear them barking and begging?
My dogs would enjoy seeing a good dog fight also. They are beastly like that.
I’m gonna subscribe for the new girl: http://s8.postimg.org/3x21zaec5/purple_girl.jpg
She ran her litter with an iron fist (paw). I have high hopes for her in competition.
A few Chicago statistics that SHOULD be the focus:
Homicide Victims in Chicago
July 10 – Marlon Young, a 39 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Auburn Gresham.
July 8 – Marquise Chandler, a 20 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in West Garfield Park.
July 8 – Georgina Randell, a 30 year old black female, caused by a gunshot in North Lawndale.
July 8 – Ed Cooper, a 15 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Humboldt Park.
July 7 – Ramone Godfrey, a 19 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in New City.
July 7 – Patricia Martin, a 40 year old black female, caused by a assault in Roseland.
July 6 – Terry Patterson, a 48 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in East Garfield Park.
July 6 – Jerimiah Milsap, a 24 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Near West Side.
> Read more about this homicide.
July 5 – Shavonte Howard, a 20 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Gage Park.
> Read more about this homicide.
July 5 – Aurelia Wilborn, a 64 year old unknown female, caused by a stabbing in Roseland.
> Read more about this homicide.
July 5 – Elliott Frazier, a 26 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Rogers Park.
> Read more about this homicide.
July 4 – Marlon Obanner, a 31 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in West Englewood.
> Read more about this homicide.
July 4 – Steve Mabins, a 21 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in East Garfield Park.
> Read more about this homicide.
July 4 – Theodis Young, a 36 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Greater Grand Crossing.
> Read more about this homicide.
July 3 – Ernest McMullen, a 26 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Woodlawn.
> Read more about this homicide.
July 3 – Rayford Brown, a 24 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in South Shore.
> Read more about this homicide.
July 3 – William Jones, a 26 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Auburn Gresham.
> Read more about this homicide.
July 3 – Damani Henard, a 14 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Austin.
> Read more about this homicide.
July 2 – Ashley Hardmon, a 19 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Austin.
> Read more about this homicide.
July 2 – Terrence Graves, a 23 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Washington Heights.
> Read more about this homicide.
@Second Alamo
Chicago? How about nationwide: 11,000 black people killed, mostly by other black people
http://mediapoliticsinperspective.wordpress.com/2013/07/14/from-serious-to-sensationalism-zimmerman-trial-shows-where-journalism-has-gone-since-o-j/
Approximately 11,000 black Americans have been murdered since Trayvon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman back in February of 2012.
And almost all—about 94 percent—were taken by members of their own race.
Yet here was America on a summer Saturday night in July, all glued to the cable news networks, watching the not-so-surprising not guilty verdict for George Zimmerman being announced to the world. Unlike the other 11,000, this murder was different, you see, because the media had succeeded in turning a self-declared Hispanic like Zimmerman into a guy whiter than Tim Tebow.
11,000! I had to check the numbers in the FBI stats.
Where’s the outrage and riots over that? They should be taking to street to patrol their own neighborhoods and remove the criminal elements.
Rachel Jeantel, the young girls who testified at the Zimmerman trial, was on Piers Morgan’s program tonight. She was like a new person. Her comments were thoughtful; she took her time answering; she spoke well and she had transformed into a rather goodlooking teenager. I was quite impressed.
Anyone want to take bets on whether this appears on the Dark Forest blog?
“Rachel Jeantel called the verdict “BS”” (CNN). Thoughtful? Maybe in some uneducated circles.
That’s a fairly innocuous thing for someone her age to say.
Everyone in PWC government and PWC Schools is a criminal or plotting to be one, secret birdies, questioning the reputation of firms such as McGladrey, aligning with the “other”, he hears birds speak, no one is permitted to disagree, fixated on men in tutus, complete hypocrisy when it comes to ethics, obvious leaks from officials….and on and on. Sounds like a serious disorder going on there.
I think he belongs to this group.
“There exists a secret society with branches throughout the world, and its plot is to spread the rumour that a universal plot exists.” – Umberto Ecco
@Cargosquid
I am uncomfortable with what you and SA are both saying. I think you are bearing out pretty much what the black community is saying.
Had Zimmerman been charged and had Trayvon’s parents been contacted as soon as he was shot, do you really think the case would have gotten this much national attention?
The fact that it was handled so poorly in the first place is what attracted the attention.
I am amazed at how many people think they know what Zimmerman or Trayvon either one were thinking. I am even more amazed at all the eye witnesses we have around here. Mr. Howler was also an eye witness. Imagine that.
@Moon-howler
Oh…I agree that the the police should have contacted the parents. I also think that the charges were politically motivated and he was overcharged. In what way am I bearing out what the black community is saying? I’m missing what you are saying.
I’m just amazed by that number of dead. The press is hugely to blame for inciting much of this. But they ignore the real tragedy.
I am judging the actions by the evidence presented and NOT using any of Zimmerman’s statements.
I believe that Zimmerman was overcharged also. I am not sure if politically motivated or not. Why wasn’t he charged in the first place? Why weren’t the parents notified? it appears that Sanford didn’t really give a you know what.
Does it amaze you that over 30,000 people are killed a year by guns? It sort of takes my breath away.
I just don’t think what happens in any inner city has anything to do with what happens in the Florida suburbs. There is only one commonality and it makes me very uncomfortable.
BOCS meeting has begun. James Young up first on the election task force report. I haven’t figured out why he is on the human rights commission. I wonder who placed him in the committee.
No evidence of voter fraud or voter suppression. Inadequate planning on election day 2012.
James said something about non-English speaking voters. You have to be a citizen to vote. Don’t most citizens have to have some English skills just to pass the citizenship test?
I think what wasn’t said is that on the eastern end of the county, There is a huge precinct with a lot of people who can’t take off during the day. That part of the demographic has to be considered.
Clapping? That is not allowed. No comment from the chair.
Citzens time….mostly about the tri-county parkway. The usual folks. Husband and wife on several acres wanted to be able to raise 10 hens or less, no roosters. Why not! Who would it bother?
(I wouldn’t want to have to step in chicken doo but that’s just me.)
Blah, blah, blah…Will ALL students in the county be permitted to enjoy and learn to swim at the new high school’s pool? I highly doubt it. I don’t give a rat’s ass what Arl. Co. had 30 yrs ago or today. Hello, we are PW!! Not Arl Co., City of Alex., or FX Co.
Bill Card spoke about the voting task force.
He spoke highly of the electoral officials. Good for him!! He made sure everyone understood that the election officials only got $75 bucks a day for their service on election day.
Harry Wiggins spoke about the election task force also. He reiterated that the board needed to fund the optical scanner machines over 2 years rather than 3 years. We need new equipment.
He spoke to the 30 minutes standard here in PWC. Task force recommends that standard as a maximum amount of time. We have 1 machine for every 750 voters. That is too high.
Donna Widawski complimented the task force then spoke in favor of the swimming pool in the new high school. She addressed it from a public safety issue. Her remarks were well researched. She stressed the need for people to be able to swim.
That’s enough reporting for now.
@Lafayette
We can’t retrofit pools in all the schools. I guess we need to start somewhere.
In many areas of the country, pools are standard athletic equipment.
Portici place is in Sudley, not Gainesville. It is off of Williamson Blvd. Corey…psssst…get a map.
Of course, we can’t put one in all schools. It is my hope that if the pool is built, they will come(all students). I don’t want the be pool to be exclusive to it’s students only. Remember, Battlecat High, err Battlefield was so “overcrowded” that they could not accept transfer students for their program. Furthermore, we might not have a Park Authority anymore, but we do have the newly create Parks & Rec. Dept. which offers swimming lessons at reasonable rates. Just my two cents. I know that’s what my parents did back in my day, and I did so my daughter learned to swim. I can’t behind niceties when we have kiddos in trailers, or as the PC term seems to be lately “learning cottages” and one high school that I know of that does NOT even have enough text books for the students.
Maybe, he didn’t want to call “ground zero” out by name, just the district. 👿
Sure would be nice to see Mom “dive” into this topic.
No you don’t want me to “dive” into this topic. Moon would have to ban me for the four-letter expletives I would use and the names I would call senior school division administrators and half the School Board. Suffice it to say that the whole 12th High School Pool plan is a fiasco and the arguments by staff and several Board members a farce. That being said, it is my understanding that yet another document is about to be released that should blow a hole in the bottom of any pool the School Division ever plans to construct.
To those who routinely dismiss the complaints out of Greece regarding Walt’s spending habits on Capital projects as nothing more than sour grapes, I offer a pre-emptive “We Told You So”.
The narrative given above is enough for me to get the idea where you stand on the topic. Folks around here vocally turned down the idea of a pool when Stonewall and OP were being built. Last time I checked there was no pool at either school. Although many a pool pass has been sold to freshman at both schools.
So how much did Lil’ Lafayette grift out of the freshmen?
@Mom
ZIP, her mom and aunt taught her better.
Candland continues to display great misunderstanding of the overall fiscal responsibility of managing local government.
Would you spend down your personal reserves at home then yank your kid out of college to reduce expenditures if your car caught in fire and you had to buy a new one?
I think not.
@Mom
I don’t ban for 4 letter words.
I don’t ban for elected officials being talked about like dogs…most of the time. There are a few sacred cows, as everyone knows. I will be the first one to admit that the sacred cows are arbitrary and because I own the blog. No fairness is implied.
County employees cant be attacked. You may criticize their policies.
Does that clear up my banning practices?
I think pools should be in schools. Retrofitting is horribly expensive. It seems like you have to start somewhere. I am tired of the tea party attitude that we must wear a fiscal horsehair shirt. We are a wealthy county. time to join the twenty first century. That’s just my take on it.
Opinions will differ. Times change. Back in the day I would put a kid on a bike and send them packing for the day down to Splash Down, or the Hydrotube as it was called then. Before that it was just called Ben Lomond. You just can’t do that now. Too many pervs and too much traffic.
Actually my grandkids will go to what is thought of in Gainesville district as the school of a lesser god. No pool there either. Only Wally Covington and Mrs. Satterwhite showed up for graduation, if memory serves me. (Thank you to both of them.) I heard all sorts of bragging from the supervisor …but it was about Battlefield, not the local high school towards town where many kids in the Gainesville District attend. That wasn’t even mentioned. He also wasn’t there.
Wally and Alyson were the only two that showed up at Stonewall’s graduation last year. Most of the kids at Stonewall live in the Gainesville district. I think more than Corey may need a map. Nissan maybe considered “in-town” to some. Geesh. Perhaps, there needs to be a geography course of PW, especially the western end.
Totally agree, Lafayette. I think it was the bragging that got to me. Stonewall was never mentioned. Just blowing and bragging about Battlefield.
I appreciated Alyson and Wally being there. I should have thanked them publically earlier.
How is Angel this morning?
Hope little Angel pug is okay, Lafayette.
Manassas Ballet Theatre will be live on Fox News at 8:40 am Friday, July 26. Artistic Director, Amy Grant Wolfe, and dancer Josh Burnham (who dances the role of Colin) will be interviewed the morning of MBT’s Bakersfield, California performance.
Cindy, if you think of it, please give us a jolt as a reminder.
Pug Angel is on the mend, albeit slow. She’s the second pug in a week from WestGate/Sudley at Battlefield that has been diagnosed with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
PSA: Keep Frontline or like thereof on your pets!! I guess I can’t be a few days late. I will now start marking it on the calendar.
Bragging a/k/a Big Assin’ 🙄
I was late with mine. I try to stretch it out because it is so expensive when you douse 3 dogs.
Do you want my Canadian Company? It is a lot cheaper from there and its the same stuff.
Check “Blue Virginia”s writ about Cuccinelli’s latest important subject.
Lewis Black and the people of New York tell Gov. Rick Perry where he and Texas can stick it. (contains language some my find offensive) http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-10-2013/back-in-black-s-new-york
Here’s a stunner: the attorney selected by Ken Cuccinelli to investigate whether Cuccinelli’s unreported gifts was a crime said Cuccinelli did not break the law. Bet he gets a nice letter from AG Cuccinelli for the excellent work on the Cuccinelli investigation.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/ken-cuccinelli-virginia-prosecutor-no-foul-94401.html#.UefPQJpsG40.twitter
Thin line…very thin line
Cuccinelli might not have acted illegally because Virginia has such loose laws for elected officials. However, one has to question the wisdom of getting embroiled in such a mess. His behavior reeks of bad judgement. So does his public policy if you ask me.
If KC is so forgetful, how is he fit to be our Governor? Just add forgetfulness and nobody will notice I’ve been jetting to vacations to the list of the many other reasons this guy is a KOOK!!
The thinnest of lines!
Oh and we have this breaking story about KC and the Marines.
Just a little sampling from the article. “From the time he signed a service contract, Cuccinelli’s term of duty lasted 26 months, and his only period of active service was his participation in Officer Candidate School at Quantico between June and August 1994. Typically, the initial obligation for someone in that program would have been 3-1/2 years of service, according to a Marine official.”
http://hamptonroads.com/2013/07/cuccinelli-marines-disagree-why-his-duty-ended
Good find, Lafayette. I wonder what all the Republican marines think of this finding?