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Turn me loose with an iPhone camera and there’s no telling what oddity might strike my fancy.

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Yesterday, it was a couple of somewhat disparate images in downtown Little Rock parking lots.

At top is the high and mighty ride of a super-sized SUV. I was told it is one of the fleet of vehicles owned by Joe Johnson, the Little Rock Central graduate who’s now a professional basketball star. At 6-7, he needs a big car. And, at his pay (he signed a $119 million contract in 2010), he can afford the gas.

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At the other end of the car spectrum, I noticed yesterday afternoon that the city-owned Main Street parking deck has added a credit card-operated electric fueling station.

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