Archives for July 2007
The basis.
Council Manager Form of Government.
The Manager
A city manager is appointed by the city council. In theory, the council makes policy and the manager sees that those policies are carried out. However, the manager and city bureaucrats may have been responsible for suggesting the policy in the first place, thus the city manager often does make […]
Thanks.
On the whole I choose to not spend much time on this blog discussing the political practices and policies that cause our young men and women to die in defense of our country. Over the last several days, however, a situation has come to light, as it were, that made me want to say something. […]
I have been considering this post for some time. I had pretty much decided not to write about this issue, but I continue dwelling on it, so here goes.
I’ll start with the link to the Tribune story, and a few quotes.
“Union workers from Great Falls and the immediate vicinity will get first crack at the […]
A few thoughts
relative to Geeguys excellent rant.
I read the Tribune forum. Sadly, I consider most of it more humor than informational. There are a few commenters who actually make sense occasionally, but on the whole, I find the views expressed over there indicative of what’s wrong with many people in this Country. Not just our town, but our country.
I […]
well
I’m driving down the street today, eating a Snickers bar. You know that creamy colored creamy stuff under the carmel? Well, I look down at my candy and the creamy stuff is this vile guacamole-puke green! What the !!#!!
Honestly, Schrek never entered my mind until after the chuck-it-out-the-window reflex lost to the that’s-my-damn-candy-bar reflex, and I looked […]
I may be wrong, but I doubt it.
Ever read this section (17.64.040 Nonconforming signs) and try to figure out if it allows grandfathered signs to be altered the same as a nonconforming sign? Why yes, I have. I don’t believe it does.
The city staff says that no alterations are allowed to grandfathered signs but the code does allow non structural alterations […]
“I am for
enforcing a well written Code that is not complaint driven”
“I am against Code that allows for personal interpretations by any official, sign manufacturer or citizen.”
A friend of mine wrote those words in January of 2005. I support them to this day.
Several people have asked why I limit some of the things I write here regarding […]
The sky was not just dark and ominous,
it was dark, swirling chaos, sick yellow and blueish tints coloring the grey and black, like bruises on the stormclouds, lightning ripping through the murky haze of the horizon.
I could catch glimpses of it as we came through the last stretches of the Canyon, and then we hit the open plains, and the Big Sky […]
So alot going on.
Controversy and accusations flying about animal control. Still trying to build a coal plant, still selling(?) power, GeeGuy still waiting for public records …?
But I’m not going to write about any of that. Wait, I sorta just did. I’m going to write about the full page Planned Parenthood petition printed in the Tribune. It made me put down […]