tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35775241505804860042024-03-16T14:52:54.710-04:00The Other DunwoodyCritical thinking with a somewhat skeptical twist applied to the events in and affecting Dunwoody, Ga.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1482125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-71496168012879396682024-03-14T13:00:00.001-04:002024-03-14T13:00:00.146-04:00Oh Publix! You Were Doing So Well.Some time ago, as rumor has it, a resident spoke to the folks at the Publix in daVille regarding the no truck zones. From that time forward Publix has routed their trucks to avoid the no truck zones as they should. And as they did. Until today. There is some reason to believe this was a mistake. The driver originally intended to turn left, perhaps after seeing the "no truck" sign on Roberts,Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-20748095845071417172024-03-11T01:00:00.001-04:002024-03-11T01:00:00.130-04:00Some Dare Call It AsylumThe AJC Gets It RightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-47395551737842247202024-03-07T01:00:00.001-05:002024-03-07T01:00:00.154-05:00Timing Is EverythingWith the coronation of a new DeKalb School Superintendent, Dunwoody's Top Cop finally got his long lusted for authorization for speed enforcement cameras in school zones. To be clear, and Top Cop has been, if not for these cameras there will be no traffic enforcement in school zones. Never has been. Never will be. Actions speak louder than words.And then the law stepped in. Or it is about to.&Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-91344770635184215072024-03-04T01:00:00.001-05:002024-03-04T01:00:00.133-05:00No New Toys......until you learn to take care of the ones you already have.Put A Rock In ItThis is how Dunwoody takes care of infrastructure. Now if you'd give them $60M they'd replace all this with an interstate lane as mandated by The Shining PATH. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-14747595565857124022024-02-29T01:00:00.019-05:002024-02-29T01:00:00.154-05:00Only A Government Can Do ThisIf you've been keeping track of the alleged murderer of Laken Riley you may have noticed something absolutely gobstopping. If you haven't, well, everyone hopes you come out of that coma. What you may have noticed in about one third of the news outlets is a quote from the Feds regarding the interactions between Customs and Border Protection and the arrested alleged murder. Let's quote the quote:".Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-50259952641184115932024-02-26T01:00:00.001-05:002024-02-26T01:00:00.126-05:00Hard To Keep A Good SignGood sign run over once again.Note The Tire TrackPole banner put up by some city minion, without even considering removal of the illegal commercial sign. Is This An Endorsement?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-18365097903731489572024-02-22T01:00:00.001-05:002024-02-22T01:00:00.136-05:00Willis WonkyFani, Fani, Fani. What have you done? It seems you've painted a target on the back of every Black person in America. And you sucked your dad into this, with him testifying:"It's a Black thing. Most Black folks, they hide cash or they keep cash." Really? Is that part of "The Talk?" Whatever. Now you've got every bad actor out there thinking any and every Black person is a walking ATM.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-76015977958450139112024-02-20T11:00:00.001-05:002024-02-20T11:00:00.128-05:00One Of These Is Not Like The OthersOK, OK. Two of these are not like the others.Can You Find Them?The first is obvious. It is the closest light that just cannot seem to stay on, switching on/off every few minutes. Has done this for quite some time. The other might be less obvious. Not much but a little less. It is the glaring, gawdawful super bright, super white LED light. The only one on the entire parkway. This is how this city Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-50681219857469534312024-02-16T11:00:00.001-05:002024-02-16T11:00:00.125-05:00Whisper Sweet NothingsFolks are at it again. The "local control" banners, buttons and bumper stickers are being handed out, this time for the proposed city of Mulberry. The referendum bill has passed in the legislature and the governor has signed off, and an interesting city it will be. The city charter is worth a read and in the vein of "there ought to be a law," reading the charter should be required before you're Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-52565424240313837572024-02-13T01:00:00.031-05:002024-02-27T16:10:06.880-05:00We WERE WarnedShortly after the Shining PATH Bond failed we were warned that folks addicted to endless taxing, spending and bureaucratic bloat, some of whom count themselves amongst the original evangelists of citihood, are now trying to market a workaround to violate all the promises made when they asked for our votes. It makes you wonder if they knew this all along with no intention of hewing true to the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-96859135302942832024-02-08T01:00:00.005-05:002024-02-08T01:00:00.144-05:00Infant MortalityHR 836 is likely to never make it out of committee, and is probably just flag waving by the resolution's sponsor, pandering to a specific constituency. It proposes to enshrine abortion rights into the state's constitution by way of an amendment. A well crafted amendment would probably pass, even in Georgia, but this resolution borders on nonsense. The language is politically correct avoidingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-74026384814646302252024-02-06T14:00:00.001-05:002024-02-06T14:00:00.150-05:00They really, REALLY, don't give a......[your favorite expletive here]. And just what is it they don't care about? That would be you. And your community. And how you want your community to look, now or in the future. And they don't care to take a few moments to ponder just what the recent referendum vote was a referendum on. To be fair, King John did raise the issue. Pb balloon. When they got down to business it was the business of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-77492549514356505912024-02-01T01:00:00.002-05:002024-02-01T01:00:00.147-05:00Fighting LibertyNope. Did not forget a word in the title and certain not "for." This is about shenanigans under the gold dome, specifically a senate bill to impose an outright, state-wide ban on ranked-choice voting. Proposed by Republicans and passing on party lines, but only because it was paired with changes to undermine the office of the Secretary of State. Otherwise, it would have had overwhelming Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-79057823012502946072024-01-29T01:00:00.001-05:002024-01-29T01:00:00.144-05:00We're DoomedNo, this is not about George Washington's warning about political parties, though he was spot on, nor about Twain's observation about anti-semites, as he was only half-right. This is about a hesitant walk thru the valley of the shadow of death known as fecebook. It is, as you might assume, best to visit infrequently as this keeps your sensibilities intact, but when you do it is a terrifying placeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-4284896897006239492024-01-25T16:14:00.001-05:002024-02-27T16:16:54.231-05:00Inflation Couldn't Save BidenomicsFor a career politician Biden seemed a bit clueless regarding Bidenomics and inflation. On second thought a whole lot of politicians are out of touch when it comes to inflation as if inflation going down after a period of large price increases is a Good Thing. Even if it is, and if only because it isn't quite as bad. Problem with that thinking is it ignores the reality that these dramatically Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-9553335571207509822024-01-18T01:00:00.002-05:002024-02-09T13:24:53.652-05:00There Will Be......apartments!If you rat-hole on social media you may have noticed folks complaining on local fora either about their current apartment or the difficulty of finding one that doesn't suck. Rents are going up, far beyond any other component of the cost of living, and quality of life is going down. Things remain unrepaired for months, even years. Management is unresponsive if not downright rude, andUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-45969362687884543412024-01-17T01:00:00.005-05:002024-02-09T13:29:14.255-05:00Federal Money Runs OutAn AJC staffer recently published a political op-ed as a pre-emptive strike against upcoming legislation regarding money-follows-the-child vouchers dragging out all the usual objections cloaked in subjective comparisons. The problem with these pieces is they require a setup before the big pivot. The setup was far more revealing than the predictable "we hate vouchers" coming from a voice noted forUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-6853891823802519012024-01-15T13:00:00.002-05:002024-01-15T13:00:00.246-05:00BetrayalBureaucrats at city hall are still angry they didn't get the $60M slush fund which put their commitments to Shining PATH in jeopardy. But if they are anything they are clever and their disdain for Dunwoody residents knows no limit. They are going to get their damn "paths" no matter what it takes and frankly if it harms or angers the community they seem almost proud of that. So what they've now Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-50807431871783091382024-01-12T18:00:00.002-05:002024-01-12T18:00:00.147-05:00You WinThe local whining society has been harping for sometime about their dissatisfaction with the business makeup of daVille. Standard fare are the cheap shots about the number of banks disregarding the fact that it has been called "Bankwoody" since before Versatile Video was selling Commodore PET microcomputers. They seem to think we need more pizzerias because after Sal's closed to make room for a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-82960053724580769292024-01-08T11:00:00.001-05:002024-01-08T11:00:00.138-05:00Got A Bone To PicPulling Your Leg?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-77916571350261197652024-01-05T16:00:00.001-05:002024-01-05T16:00:00.138-05:00Why Do They Do It?Why? Suicide? Corporate suicide that is. The latest "victim" of self-inflicted destruction is none other than the Associated Press. Now we all know that this affliction ran thru the mainstream media during the pandemic like the virus ran thru the populace with the level of disinformation reaching cosmic and comic proportions second only to Hunter Biden's laptop. It's one thing when the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-17239201597907050342024-01-01T01:00:00.001-05:002024-01-01T01:00:00.143-05:00Who Hates The Deer?Turns out to be folks who own, and probably claim to love, dogs. You may have noticed, among other cultural invasions, the sudden rise in folks who bag their dog's poop and then just leave the bag. Sometimes in someone else's yard. Sometimes on the sidewalk as if that is somehow, in some narcissistic alternative world, better. But then it becomes more than just unsightly. Ruminants, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-16565605091505882562023-12-29T14:00:00.001-05:002023-12-29T14:00:00.135-05:00Like Peas In A PodThe AJC recently gave a good deal of ink to a local politician who had recently visited Finland, assumably on the taxpayer dime, returning with tales of educational equity and excellence that she believes we can apply right here in the ATL. Really? Equity in Finland, bearing in mind that the contemporary uses of "equity" are the same outcome. Regardless. Could there possible be two places, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-90479402987475702352023-12-25T09:00:00.023-05:002023-12-25T09:00:00.129-05:00Keine Stille NachtIt is time for the annual "assimilation tango" with folks from other parts of the world imposing their customs on the land they've chosen to migrate to but have no intention of respecting. Particularly the laws.As it so happens it is against the law in DeKalb County to shoot off fireworks after 9PM except for a very limited set of days which does not include Christmas Eve (see Division 4, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-50174272354609259152023-12-21T14:30:00.002-05:002024-01-08T10:21:20.601-05:00Baffling MathMath is cool. Has real world day-to-day application. What might that be you ask? Well, sussing out BS in mainstream media. Case in point: in a recent Maureen Downey opinion piece on math scores, to underscore the importance of STEM, we get this:"Engineers earned the highest median salaries, with an average pay of $97,000..." You need to know almost nothing about statistics to smell this roadUnknownnoreply@blogger.com