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Please explain how NLR schools lost property tax revenue from the TIF for the Enclave or any other TIF. If the TIF had not been created, and the improvements not made, then the school would be getting less taxes in 2009 than it will thanks to the TIF. The only way you are shorting the schools is if the development would have taken place regardless without the TIF.

Max has a problem with creating a larger TIF to finance a parking deck and other improvements, but those improvements will result in more property tax revenue in the future. Without the new TIF, the improvements would not be made, and NLR schools would not get the additional revenues.

ARK. BLOG: You are dense. Point 1: The TIF did not create the development. It did nothing. Now Hays wants to steal the money. It is conclusively true that the development took place without the TIF. It existed only as a fictional construct. It did nothing.

Raise a glass to me.....I'm a great grandma today....baby girl in Savannah, Ga.

Yep, I'm the oldest old bag on this blog. :>)

Congrats, jazzy! Don't know about the oldest, but you're the best looking old bag on the blog.

On another note: In the wake of Obama's election, white supremacist leaders are claiming a surge in membership, says the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). David Duke has issued a provocative call to action: "Barack Obama has a long history of antagonizing white people. We as European Americans have to rally for our survival." The SPLC's Mark Potok observes that, "There is a real fury out there, a boiling rage." Next month's inauguration will be the biggest in history with 1.2 million on hand. Security will be unprecedented. The Pentagon will deploy 5,000 troops; Washington's police department is working with 96 police agencies across the nation that are sending 4,000 officers to help secure the event. More on blue name.

Does it seem like Dana Kelley's stupidity has increased exponentially since the Democrats defeated his chosen ones in the November election? In an election clearly won by the Democrats, both in the popular vote and in the electoral vote, and after two narrow squeakers and plenty of controversy for the Repunklicans side, Dana wanted everyone to get out their crayolas and color maps red and blue to see why Democrats are cheaters and crooks.

Am willing to be he'll pull out the ol' canard about the War on Crisp-Mooses next week or somethin' 'bout Obama being the anti-Krishna. Kelley gives me the creeps and seems to be a cover guy for white supremacists and fascist christian groups. To paraphrase one of his idols: his mind is a terrible waste.

Wow! Congrats, Jazzy!!

from one of my favorite Ark columnists, Tony Red, comes this gem today:

"After the election, in a masochistic effort to restore some of my lost cynicism, I picked up a wonderful little book by Rick Shenkman called "Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American Voter."

-Only 34 percent of Americans know that only Congress can declare war

-only 25 percent can name more than one of the five rights guaranteed by the First Amendment

-40 percent expressed an opinion on the Public Affairs Act of 1975, even though it doesn't exist.

"But Shenkman also touched on something else that has been bothering me lately - the fact that Americans are often ideologically confused. .......

"We see this neo-conservatism of that era in America with the rise of nativism, with Benjamin Disraeli in Britain as defender of Empire, and in France, which was nearly torn apart by the Dreyfus Affair. By the 20th century, "God and king" had been replaced for conservatives by "God and country."

The mid-20th century witnessed a huge backlash against the Enlightenment with the rise on the ultra-right of fascism and Nazism. Mussolini's motto, in contrast to "liberty, equality and fraternity," was "believe, fight and obey."

Well worth your reading time. Tony's column in on my blue clicky.

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I just raised a glass forJazzy! Congrats! You too Frenchie!

Yes, congratulations Jazzy!! Those babies are precious indeed. We have one of our 5 year old grandsons with us tonight and he is a hoot.

As a European American, David Duke scares me a whole lot more than BHO does. He typifies the hatred that can be generated by the demagogues on people who don't know why they hate but, by God, they do.

Reminded me of my alcoholic Republican brother-in-law who said he knew the Iraqis didn't have anything to do with 9/11 but he just wanted somebody to suffer for it. I told him that was like some bully setting fire to his house and him retaliating by going down the road and burning a 90 year old widow's home.

Anyway, if "Sean or Rush" don't say it, he don't know it.

Sad.

Revel in your joy Jazzy!!

Congratulations Jazzy! My two yr old granddaughter was here today and she walked in with her hands on her hips and a mischievous grin on her face and went straight to the book case to start dismantling it. (She's not allowed to do that). It was just her way of saying, "Hell yes, I'm here!"

They are so precious and grow up so fast...

Congratulations jazzy, and thanks for sharing the good news! We need all we can get...and a new baby is the best. (I'm afraid President Idiot has one more disaster in him.) I've yet to be blessed with grandchildren, but son recently blessed us with a new family member: A dog from the Fayetteville shelter...makes three...dog-rescuing is genetic.

Just now bringing out our little artificial tree. It's cheap, 34 years old and is gaudily heart warming. We bought if for a 25-foot travel trailer the first year we were married (traveled/gas pipeline). We tossed it for real ones a few years later when we moved to a house. My thrifty mom-in-law (can squeeze money like a true depression-era Arkansan) saved it from my trash and used it for about 25 years before deciding to throw it away. By then son had left along with our real-tree days (planted several)...back came the cheap plastic tree that is gorgeous by the time family artifacts are placed. My favorites, of course, are the ones those elementary school teachers prompt...lots of glue, glitter and my child's unfiltered love. According to them we are the bestest, most loved mommy/daddy in the whole wide world. Now...we're still that...he just thinks expensive store-bought stuff is better than those childish heart-felt cards. He's wrong. Of course, I can't remember the last time I made one of those hand-written corny notes for one of my loved ones.

Well damn, guess I need to haul ass down to the lake and really do it this time.

Have long time friends in Conn.........sent her a silly little game, THROW SHOES AT BUSH.......

she just handed me my ass on a platter.........

best prez we ever had, kept us safe from the terrorist, cleaned up the mess Clinton left.......

blah blah

I'm in shock, we never discussed politics so this came as a big kick in the belly to me.

How do I get in these messes with wingnuts??

Pretty soon I'll have everyone in my life DELETED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>Pretty soon I'll have everyone in my life DELETED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That happened to me when I turned my back on my sinful Republican ways of old.
My new friends are mucho better. They have ideas, they examine events and never
let some political operative in Washington decide what is correct for them.

Next time one the retarded mentions that Bush kept us safe for 7 years remind them
that he kept us safe after he didn't keep us safe, after he was given several warnings. Tell them that Bush vacationed 56 days before 9/11 happened.

He certainly didn't keep us safe
from the LARGEST DEFICITS IN THE HISTORY OF THE NATION.

Ask your Bush-buddy friends what Dick Cheney was doing in the hours leading up
to 9/11 in the basement of the White House.

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I have been depressed as hell for the past 7+ years (even before 9/11). Monkeyboy never kept us safe from anything on purpose. He had well documented info that Al Quaeda was going to attack the US and did nothing.

eLwood is right. In fact, Bush hasn't even been president, Cheney has. Damn near ruined the country we all grew up in. The jury is still out and I hope people finally realize what has happened and decide to do something about it.

Jazzy, the lake is too cold to bail in and we should not weary in well doing. That's in the Bible somewhere. I'll find it after the pinot grigio wears off.

I do feel like we have an intelligent President elect. He may be more conservative than Cheney/Bush, but at least he has an IQ bigger than his shoe size.

Jazzy, your friend is an idiot - make her your non-friend and cut the crap out of your life. Your blood pressure will go down and you will feel a lot better!

seller, you bring us to tomorrow's big hooray.

......................THIRTY DAYS UNTIL THE END OF AN ERROR..............

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What are your hobbies? Radio control helicopters? Shooting pistols? How about a combination of the two?

Clicky.

I meant to also say...

Congrats, jazzy!

Jazzy, you must have been at a young age when you went forth and multiplied. Now way you can be a great grand maw. Next thing I will read is that you dip Garrett Honest Sweet snuff.

Friday, December 19, 2008
Hilda Solis Great Choice for Labor

President-elect Barack Obama today announced that he will nominate Congresswoman Hilda Solis as his Secretary of Labor. Solis is serving her fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 32nd Congressional District of California. Prior to her election to Congress, Solis served eight years in the California state legislature. As a California State Senator, she led the battle to increase the state's minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.75 an hour in 1996. In August 2000, Solis became the first woman to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for her pioneering work on environmental justice issues in California.

"As Secretary of Labor, I will work to strengthen our unions and support every American in our nation's diverse workforce.

"I look forward to working with President-elect Obama to reinvest in workforce training, build effective pipelines to provide at-risk youth and underserved communities with sustainable skills, and support high-growth industries by training the workers they need.

"This includes promoting green collar jobs. These are jobs that will provide economic security for working families while securing our energy supply and combating climate change.

"We also must enforce federal labor laws and strengthen regulations to protect our nation's workers, such as wage and hour laws, and rules regarding overtime pay and pay discrimination. Through these and other efforts we can help strengthen one of America's greatest assets - its labor force.
It's on blue.

Yep, Jazzy, been there, done that, after a fashion. An old friend from Iowa and I were talking about getting together in the spring and somehow the talk turned to politics. Only after I told her I'd convinced hubby to vote for Obama and heard a loooong silence did I remember that there's a reason friends don't discuss politics. Or religion, but we've already tiptoed around that one since her husband is a minister. (I do try to tame my outraged sputters at the world when they're around.)
I guess I didn't step into it too much since the spring get together is still on.
Forget the lake . . . well, unless your friend comes down and starts preaching Bushism at you. Then you might consider bumping HER off the dock, accidently of course.
Congrats on your new great grandbaby. I know you can't wait to hold her.

Cartoon......click on Cato

My song for the night..........

clicky

......................THIRTY DAYS UNTIL THE END OF AN ERROR..............
posted by eLwood

Amen. Honestly, it seems pretty stupid to emote according to who the Prez is, but I felt fine with Clinton, neutral with BushSr, crappy with Reagan, ok with Carter.............. As soon as Obama was declared the victor, I felt better.

I realize this is not a psychiatric ward and that may be where I belong, but I am so looking forward to Bush vacating the premises.

Hmmm. upon reflection whilst considering some other posts made herein in times past, maybe I'm not crazy after all....

Jazzy, Its a month for babies. My grand nephew arrived on Tuesday, David III, who will be known as Tripp, the 3rd generation of boys born in December.

Where does the time go? It seems like yesterday his Daddy was born.

As Melonie said in Gone With the Wind, "The happiest Days are when babies come"

Yay, Jazzy! Congrats!

I dunno why, but as i was skimming along the comments, the thought came to me... shouldn't Michelle Dugger be Secretary of Labor? Certainly no one has more experience...

Me thinks: rlawyer equals mayor cheese

Zelda - you've got a pipeliner in the family. I've got one just starting out.

I've said it before and I'll say it again....it's not 30 days until the end of an error...it's 30 days UNTIL THE END OF AN 8 YEAR CRIME SPREE.

Dick Cheney took office 8 years ago with one thing on his mind...stealing every good thing America and the world had to offer. He was already doing a good job when Osama handed him the perfect gift...9-11. Good for Cheney, good for Osama...bad for us. But it allowed President Cheney to ignore any law he didn't like and make up a bunch of new shit that's only good for him and his Bush Buddies. At least a trillion dollars is missing, maybe 2. If you're a psychopath like Dick Cheney, a couple of trillion dollars in yer pocket is well worth lots of lying, torturing, warmongering. That kind of money is worth killing 4209 US soldiers and 3/4 of a million Iraqis.

It's worth destroying our election system, our Justice system, our manufacturing system, and our financial system. It's worth killing America. Remember Dick isn't one of us....he floats above us in the Spirit of Strom Thurman....like standing over the toilet and watching the shit flush away, Cheney will watch as America is flushed away and then he'll buy himself a new country and live for another 50 years on fresh fetus hearts.

Nope....on January 20th, 2009 we'll see the end of America's worst crime spree in history. I'm betting Dick's new home and Bush's new Library will be built in Dubai.....at least that will let SMU off the hook.

PS Congratulations to all of you welcoming new babies into your family. I am very jealous and envious! If you get tired of your new baby, let me know and I'll come get it. The only pat of little feet in my house is my leg jumping due to diabetic neuropathy. I miss Bill and I miss babies.

Congratulations, Jazzy...

Heehee...Michelle Dugar, Secretary of Labor .... Good one, Kat.

Yup, goof, I come from a family of pipeliners (dad's side)...Union 798 in Tulsa OK. Hubby/I quit when he was hurt on a job...but we were headed that way anyway 'cause we had a new baby. It was hard work but good money/benefits...and a lot of fun if you're newlyweds enjoying the hell out of life. I hope your family member finds good work and nice places to visit.

I had someone tell me this week, jazzy, that it wasn't Dubya's fault that he couldn't clean-up all of Clinton's messes. Luckily...it's a neighbor's friend so I don't have to delete anyone...else. But I sure didn't let it pass...that no-politics is voided when 'they' start the crap. I sometimes feel bad (just a tiny bit) 'cause most of the idiots I encounter who spout that nonsense couldn't back up an argument for sunshine. After the last eight years of decimation I don't hold back (before I generally just let it go). 'They' bought/enabled President Idiot's crap so they're going to hear some facts when they regurgitate Limbaugh's crap.

"Grandma" Joke of the Day

Congratulations Grandma Jazzy...

Every year, Grandma and her grandkids, Suzy, Jill, and Billy come stay with her over Christmas. And every Christmas Eve they would make a big bowl of cookie dough so they could make cookies on Christmas Day. And every time, the next morning the cookie dough would be gone. The grandma could never catch them, so this year she put metal bb's in the cookie dough. The next morning, the cookie dough was gone and soon Suzy came running downstairs.
''Grandma, I went to the bathroom to pee and bb's came out.''

"Suzy," Grandma said. "I know you've been eating cookie dough. Sit down." Then Jill came down and said ''Grandma, I went poo and there were bb's in it.''

"Jill, I know you've been eating cookie dough. Sit down." About five minutes later little Billy came.

''Grandma something terrible has happened, I was jerking off in the garage and I shot the cat!''

congrats jazzy=) and kat, you're just too funny!

let me know when you and lilbit are up to that springtime trip for a mango lassi!

this weather is unfit for any human.

merry christmas everyone, i don't know what the next 4 days will hold for me
i'm looking forward to the new year, just like eLwood~~~

cheers~

Did anyone notice the article last week in the Dem Zette about legislators per diem?

About 2-3 weeks ago, Rep. Daryl Pace totally chastised the AR Supreme Court Justices for asking for per diem. I'm paraphrasing, but he said something along the lines that the justices knew that the job required travel to Little Rock and they didn't deserve per diem.

And then the list came out last week, and guess who was number 4 or 5 on the list of legislators who milked the state for traveling back and forth to Little Rock?

I'll just let you guess. What a tool.

bejeeus, good one.....had to read it to Frenchie.

Ya'll will think ole Jazz is a liar or worse, but I had a call at 9:15 that my second Great

might be on the way today. This one is a boy expected on the 25th.....no shit.

My 2nd was a dec. baby..........sexy March.

Nanc...my fave line from GWTW; Prissy...*Miz Scarlett, I don know nothin bout birthin babies.*

Jazzy--Congratulations. What great Christmas gifts--2 new babies to hold and love!

Ah, jazzy, I agree. Butterfly McQueen was my favorite in that movie and I still have a vhs taped interview of her done years ago when she was alive and her comments about that movie are very sentimental.

Congrats Jazzy! DBI, dont give up, neither one of my sons has produced the required grandchildren yet and I was horribly old myself (27) when I had my first. My mother's bridge club was terribly worried that I was sterile. I guess I was too cause i went for infertility treatment.

Here's a hint for you young people: If you have to go to the infertility clinic by yourself, you might want to think real hard about having a family with this particular "partner" anyway. I love my children dearly but it sure didnt work out having the real baby in the family displaced from his position. A beer baby, that would be.