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Re: Tonight's Loop concert rescheduled

Thea — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:37:53 -0000

Oh DeeDeeDinah, that is a shame that Full Circle won't be there -- I was most looking forward to hearing them!

Re: Letter: What's the message behind rainbow flag?

Thea — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:32:12 -0000

Too bad it is pouring rain today -- I don't fly the Stars and Stripes in the rain.

Re: War of the roses

Thea — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:42:41 -0000

Thanks for "giving credit where credit it due"! You are a consummate professional.

Re: War of the roses

Thea — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:31:27 -0000

And I just LOVE the garden work being done by Bill Taylor on Stacy Boulevard between the cut and the tennis courts! The plants are so colorful and vibrant, and the irises are just gorgeous this year.

Re: War of the roses

Thea — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:25:37 -0000

While it might sound like a good compromise, having grown up with a number of siblings, I doubt this "divide the pie" strategy is really going to work out. Grass roots and pollen know no boundaries. What's Peter going to say and do if one of the garden club's petunias pollinates over into his territory? Run over and rip out their petunias?

Re: War of the roses

Thea — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:23:44 -0000

Maybe what the City can do is erect a lovely Plaque to Peter and have a Ceremony to honor all the years of tireless service and dedication to honor Peter's work. And then he'll finally get the public acclaim and adulation he's seeking. That will allow his emotions to dial down and stop driving it up to contentious levels.

Re: Committee hears divided debate on school security

Thea — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:24:29 -0000

Gee, this is the first news article on Amanda's petition where it
disclosed that Joseph Orlando was her father! In earlier articles where
he was mentioned, I had assumed he was an attorney that she hired
because her original electronic petition was squashed and he was
defending the legal grounds on it.

Full disclosure, that's all I
ask. When Joseph Orlando writes a letter to the editor supporting the
premise of armed guards in schools, and doesn't state that he's a
grandfather of children in the GPS, then I wonder why he didn't come out
and say that to begin with?

Re: Letter: Hotel will put city at liability risk

Thea — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:41:12 -0000

Does Hilary think the city's liability would less if it were some Internet company like Google or Facebook requesting a permit to build a high-tech office building for their employees? Or if it were a manufacturing plant for high-end iPad covers made out of bamboo? Is the only thing that will satisfy her is to have an old wreck of a building or an empty lot, so that it doesn't matter if the tidal wave washes it away?

I simply cannot understand this logic.

Re: New charge, higher bail in fatal crash

Thea — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:01:40 -0000

What ever happened to the lobotomy? Like "eight charges, and it's the lobotomy for you"

Re: Charter's landlord out $1 million-plus

Thea — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:41:12 -0000

It's really $420,000 per year in rent (the articles says $35,000 per month, which times 12 months = $420,000).

The $1M was the total over the remaining years on the lease (2 and a half years, starting from this January 2013, if the GCAS had stayed until their 5 year mark). That is what Mr. Lafata is "out"--he was expecting them to stay for the next 2 1/2 years.

Still pricey for the Preschool I imagine -- I just wanted to correct the perception about the actual yearly rental cost.

Re: Letter: Plastic bags and our next 'Silent Spring'

Thea — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:26:11 -0000

I was told by someone from the Gloucester City offices that our trash is incinerated, and not sent to a dump. That means that all of those plastic bags that you put in your trash cans get burned up, and not left to degrade in a land fill. If you close the cover to your trash can, then how would the plastic bag end up in the ocean to choke a fish? Bring them back to the grocery store, or just put them in your trash can -- that's all it would take to solve the problem of plastic bags choking sea life.

Re: Letter: Charter's closing a loss for Gloucester education

Thea — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:54:36 -0000

Martin and Jason, what's going to happen with the lawsuit now? Are the plaintiffs going to continue to argue the point of law, even though the GCAS will be out of existence?

Personally, I think it would be good to get an official ruling on the points of law in the case to establish precendent for the future (a publically funded charter school siphoning needed support from the public schools and harming the rest of the children). But as I have no skin in the game other than being a tax-paying resident (no children to send to school in Gloucester, not part of the lawsuit), I could understand if the plaintiffs want to save the trouble and money and withdraw.

Re: Man charged in grisly pitbull case

Thea — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:27:17 -0000

I find it sad that he left heroin on the counter unattended in the first place available for the dog to eat. Dogs will eat foods off the counter that are bad for them, even foods like chocolate that are OK for humans. If you don't want your dog to eat something, don't leave it out in full view of the dog!

Re: Correction/Clarification

Thea — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:29:18 -0000

Whew!! When I read the article, I was wondering whether it was the same company as the payroll processing one--and hoping not! Thanks for posting the correction GDT.

Re: Charter eyes 'Horace Mann' alternative

Thea — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:25:56 -0000

LOL! Thanks Chippingaway for giving me my morning laugh today.

Re: Our view: No on Question 2, Yes on Question 1

Thea — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:05:15 -0000

Why does this statement only discuss Questions 1 and 2? Where's "our view" on Question 3?

Don't you have a view on that?

Re: Letter: A different look at our 'Taxmageddon'

Thea — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:35:29 -0000

I know for a fact that the housing boom started before 2006 and Frank's bill. Already in California "Pay whatever you want" mortgages were getting popular back in 2002 and 2003. One of my best friends just shook his head as he saw more and more of his friends paying only interest and no principle on their mortgages. To me he said "It's not always true that house prices go up." He was right.

imho, It's always troubling when a letter has at least one fact wrong--calls the whole thing into question.

Re: Letter: Saluting city's archive volunteers

Thea — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:13:07 -0000

Dear Mike, thank you so much for sharing this story, and for writing this tribute to Jane and Sarah's dedication!

Re: Five Guys bolts Gloucester Crossing

Thea — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:19:13 -0000

greenhead, you are right on about Tacos Lupita! And open at lunchtime--just right for a burrito to go.

Re: Editorial: Message behind Five Guys closure?

Thea — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:59:13 -0000

I think the trouble is that Five Guys is a two-note samba at a location where is no other choice. If you didn't want a burger or hot dog, you were out of luck. Imagine this conversation between two patrons at the hair cut place: "You hungry?" "Yeah". "Let's go to Five Guys, it's right here." Walk over, get up to the counter: "Do you have any chicken?" "No". "Do you have any tuna salad?" "No". "Do you have anything but burgers and hot dogs?" "No". "Ah well, guess we'll drive down to Main Street." Something like a Subway's would have done much better (just my opinion of course!)

Re: Rules put clamps on Fort input

Thea — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:53:59 -0000

Anyone can reserve the meeting room at Sawyer Free Library for something like $50. All of the plans for special permits before the City are on record at City Hall, and one can photocopy or make digital pics of anything in the public record. How about this for a plan: a resident who cares signs up to reserve the room at the library, gets the paperwork from City Hall, posts a free notice in the Beacon about a Listening Post about the Beauport LLC permit, and invite Ms Cox to attend?

Re: City may combine polls in Ward 2

Thea — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:33:19 -0000

Couldn't the people who have trouble getting around make it to City Hall to vote prior to the actual Election Day?

I mean, I once voted at City Hall ahead of time when I was going to be traveling on Election Day itself. Whoever runs McPherson Park could arrange for a shuttle bus to take residents with disabilities to City Hall in one swoop to do their voting ahead of time, when they can take all the time they want and not feel rushed trying to get it in on Election Day itself.

Re: Bridge needs more work than thought

Thea — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:30:34 -0000

It’s worse than they thought....“When we got out there and inspected the bridge, we found the structure
had far more advanced deterioration than we anticipated,” Maloy said.

Why is this just coming out NOW? I mean, why didn't they do a full assessment in the first six months to determine just how bad it was.

Re: Fixing up the Empire

Thea — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:57:36 -0000

Well, I'm still hoping for a boutique hotel on Main Street, "The Empire Hotel". Where's Nick Michaels when I need him?!

Re: Theft trail leads to sickly pitbulls

Thea — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 10:12:37 -0000

Levie’s report states that he’s not done with the incident yet. He
reported that he is investigating and may file animal abuse charges when
he finishes.

I'll believe it when I see it: Jamie Levie actually following through on something.