Free-For-All Friday 11/11/11
Decatur Metro | November 11, 2011 | 7:00 amFeel free to use this post to make comments and ask questions about local issues not discussed here over the past week.
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Feel free to use this post to make comments and ask questions about local issues not discussed here over the past week.
Comments close Monday.
Bruce
Smith
TOK
Steve
Michelle Cavaliere
At Home in Decatur
LOL
brianc
brianc
At Home in Decatur
David
Sam
We’re number 11 11 11!
Shout out to Coyote Mexican Grill. Their food and drinks are so wonderful. I wish their landlord would do something about the outside of their building!
Más uno. Las margaritas y los tacos al pastor son muy deliciosas.
I too love Coyotes! Their chili rellenos are to die for! AND they are the only place that knows how to make a chalupa correctly. Lately though it has looked shabby.. I was even worried that they were out of business.
The landlord is not a responsive property owner and the county does not do anything about it.
The tenants have improved the inside.
Grateful today for heat and shelter from this cold and ashamed our veterans don’t all have the same. The VA’s mental health services should be the best in the nation. At least we are restoring their ability to go back to school – the new GI bill is a good step. Thank you to all who have served.
+1! Happy Veterans Day!
Is anyone else sick and tired of the LOUD leaf blowers that are used on a daily basis here in Decatur for hours on end? The natural sounds of the Fall winds through the changing leaves with acorns falling, are drowned out by those irratating noisy blowers. What ever happened to the natural workout from gathering leaves by rake?
Nope; just tired of complaints about nonsense. You live in an urban area, and you have to take the bad with the good. If you want the peaceful sounds of nature, buy a farm.
“buy a farm.”
Peaceful, yes, but quite a commute to work! 😉
+1
I lived in NYC for several years, and I don’t remember hearing any leaf blowers…
Well, that settles it……………………………
They’re drowned out byt the taxis, gunfire, and screams of profanity….
Hah. my point was that leaf blowers aren’t a sign of living in an urban area! more suburban, I’d say…
I don’t care for leaf blowers, either, especially when they end up just blowing all the debris into the street. Plus, they smell bad.
People blowing leaves into the street irks me also. The street sweepers come maybe once a month. I blow the leaves that have accumulated on the street in front my house back into my lawn and bag them up too.
+1
Where can I find a current street sweeping schedule. The one online http://www.decaturga.com/index.aspx?page=137 indicates that my street was swept this past Monday. I saw no signs of street sweeping unless they swept before 800am when all the cars were still there.
That is the only place I have ever seen a schedule.
But, don’t get your hopes up. Based on their noise and pollution, I am sure a movement will be started soon to ban them!
Suggest you call the City sanitation department and ask.
What I hate about leaf blowers is seeing them used to blow leaves into the storm drains, the street, or someone else’s property. I frequently see what looks like City of Atlanta workers blowing leaves into street and drains around the state buildings. Makes me mad.
+1. In addition to the noise (which is considerable when 3 different houses on my street all are serviced the same day by a lawn service that uses 2-3 blowers at a time), they are air polluters, stir up allergens and worsen allergies, and are inefficient and waste gas. Some towns have banned them. I wish Decatur would look into it.
Check out
http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/green-products-services/leaf-blowers-55102003
I wish the government would ban everything I don’t like.
Decatur should look into banning people who think it is appropriate for the government to ban something just because they don’t like it. Just a little perspective, but your argument is no different that the church crowd wanting alcohol banned on Sunday (and based on the percentages in the last election, it is highly likely you are not part of that crowd).
It’s not just because I choose not to hire a yard service; the issue is that I have to listen to yours, and that makes it a quality of life issue for me. If you don’t bike and I think you should, that doesn’t affect my daily life experience. But noise is something else.
You live in Decatur, so I assume you bought a house which is no more than 20 feet from your neighbor’s on either side. If it is a quality of life issue for you, you need to move to a rural area where you can’t hear your neighbors. Your sensitivities are not your neighbor’s problem. Besides, a blower isn’t any louder than a lawnmower, and I don’t hear you complaining about them.
Let me add that I make a point not to use any lawn equipment (lawnmower, blower, chainsaw, etc.) early in the morning as I don’t want to disturb my neighbors. I am considerate about the noise, but I don’t live in a damn library and you shouldn’t expect me to whisper and tiptoe around my yard. You, and not the person with blower, are the problem.
BTW, I don’t hire a yard service – I use my own blower. And why is that relevant unless you are envious that your neighbors hire someone to take care of the yard?
PS. if you are biking on the roads, you are negatively affecting everyone else who is using the road for its intended purpose.
PPS. Give me a break. Its a freaking blower, not a jet engine.
Are you saying you have a right to silence, when you want it, outside of the existing noise restrictions? Would you allow a house or other building to be built next to you as have many people in Decatur in the past several years? Do you also have a right to restrict smells (burning wood, cooking) or anything visually undesirable (ugly houses, cars, back yard)? Just throwing that out for discussion.
Mises, I lack your tact. I guess I took offense to someone telling me I affect their quality of life by using a blower. Ironically, I would probably also affect their quality of life if I neglected my yard, but that is another discussion.
Hear hear. I’ve never like leaf blowers.
Sometimes I think that about half of all opinions are based solely on how much free time/energy you have. (And that’s not a condemnation against EITHER side. Just a general observation.)
Take the train! Ride a bike! Cook your own food! Don’t use a leaf blower! And on and on…
amen
+1
+11
I’ve been wondering about this for a few days. Do you mean that having free time/energy makes folks more likely to have opinions? Or that opinions about being more green, healthy, community-minded, pro-pedestrian, whatever depend on having enough free time/energy to consider those kinds of options?
Uh…the latter, if by “consider” you mean “consider participating in” those kinds of options.
well, I do.
I used to date one in jr. high school.
(my comment was supposed to follow the comment that said: “I’ve never liked leaf blowers.”)
oh, jebus, my bad–lost track of the indents.
my kingdom for:
1. ability to delete a self-authored post.
2. ability to edit one’s post within a 5 minute window.
Are you in earshot of the weekly leaf blowing of the “no parking” Big H lot? Takes the better part of the afternoon to keep the newly re-striped area spiffy.
+1 I heard someone leafblowing last night at 6:30…in the dark!
There was a guy blowing leaves at the big Presbyterian church at midnight last Saturday, right across from the Towne Square condos. Now, that’s ridiculous.
That was likely in violation of the noise ordinance – you should have called DPD.
If I lived in those condos, I would have. But as so many other posters have pointed out, to live in this town, you must be tough-tough-tough-tough-tough. I’d have a hard time dealing with the cacophony those folks are subjected to.
I have some friends who do live in those condos and they do call DPD on occasion.
When I win the lottery, I’m going to donate money to the city for landscaping….under the premise that only rakes are allowed to be used!
job creator . . .
…unless you make leaf blowers.
I agree. I like to open my doors and windows when the weather’s nice, but this time of year, it’s too noisy.
Decatur’s noise ordinance could use some improvement.
In a residential area, it only prohibits noise generation over 60 decibels between 10PM and 7AM. Presumably, there is no sound level limit between 7AM and 10PM.
If it is a big problem, propose a modification to the ordinance.
Yard Sale tomorrow from 8am-12pm on Sterling Street, right off McKoy! Will be selling:
-Cute bistro table
-Women’s Road Bike, Size Small
-2 Leather Storage Ottomans
-A used Knife Set
-Tall, triangular black shelf
– Large lamp
-Side table
-Many other items!
Hope to see you there!
Would like to thank CSD police department. Was having an item delivered and they stopped to make sure everything was ok. My delivery people were in a Ryder truck. After the burglaries in our neighborhood recently (DH/Sycamore) it is comforting to know they are patrolling.
That’s pretty cool. I do my fair share of eyeballing trucks when they’re at neighbors homes to ensure they belong.
She is the BEST! Several of the other guards give ambiguous signals, often using their stop sign to wave cars or people (sometimes unclear who she is waving to), and work against lights and traffic patterns.
I appended my reply to wrong comment. Was commenting about crossing guard at Renfroe. As for DPD – they are the BEST too. Very responsive.
I discovered last night that Andryannis, the little Greek cafe behind Town Center has started serving dinner every night until 8PM.
Thanks for letting us know! I have been wanting to try that place but dinner will be easier for me to do than lunch!
Good food, nice guy
That’s great news – excellent restaurant and really nice folks. I rarely have the opportunity to eat there because I don’t work in Decatur – nice to have the ability to frequent them at dinner!
Do they serve beer and wine?
Sorry, no. But you could get it to go and serve your own at home.
I just want to give a shout-out/thanks to the organizers of last weekend’s wine festival. I loved the expanded layout and the organization of the tables (and the wine selection) was much improved. It was a lot of fun!
Were any Georgia wines represented? We were up in the mountains at a few of the wineries this weekend. Our favorite remains Wolf Mountain and if you’ve never been there, you’ll be amazed at both the facility and especially the quality of the wines.
I did not see any GA wines represented. This is an area where they could improve the selection. (And for that matter, Herb @ Decatur Package could stock more GA wines too).
I have been to Wolf Mountain vineyards and I agree that their wines are great. I’ve been to about two other GA vineyards as well and thought they were hit or miss.
I have a friend who runs one of the Georgia Wineries. He’s told me that it is a challenge for small vintners such as he and the other GA producers to come out and give away cases of wine. If he were able to sell bottles at the tasting table, it might be feasible, but that is against GA law.
That makes sense. They are much smaller batch wineries since most of the places use only their own grapes. Even the tastings at the wineries are at a charge…but worth it!
What’s the real deal w/ Melton’s/Pet Supermarket shutting down? Based on no evidence whatsoever, my guess is rat infestation. Now don’t repeat that. Does anyone know that cares to share?
I guess you missed this thread:
http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/11/07/meltons-app-tap-closes-temporarily/
From what I understand, the Pet Supermarket did/does have a nasty rat problem.
The owners of Melton’s had to sue them to get them to shut down and take care of it, and in the meantime, the rats made their way over to Melton’s where they voluntarily closed down to address the problem.
It’ll be at least four weeks before they can reopen.
Yikes, that’s a long time. Servers work on tips, and I’ll bet the servers and business are losing a lot of money. I’ve never been in there when it’s been dead for lunch or dinner. Hopefully they’ll all be compensated by PS. Pretty crappy they needed to be sued to handle something like that.
If Mel is not compensated, I will certainly keep it in mind when pet consumerizing (I.e. Going out of my way to mention this to everyone around me that has a pet).
love, love, love the attitude of the school crossing guard at Renfroe
[barking with her whistle]
“You . . . YOU: get your ass through my intersection!”
“YOU: STOP! NOW! Or I’m gonna kick your mom jeans wearin ass!
[under her breath]
“These MFers think they gonna ruin my day!? They got another thing comin . . .”
Can’t tell if that’s sarcasm but the guard at Renfroe is the best. You gotta be clear and forceful to do that job. Only one fool messing with their smartphone while driving around there in the morning can change many lives.
very funny (and true) post…
the ladies at the railroad crossing (mdonough & college/w.howard) are equally awesome!!!
no, it’s praise.high praise.
nothing i dislike more than a namby pamby crossing guard who isn’t committed to enforcing her will drivers.
note: all of my dialogue was imagined–she only speaks with her eyes, arms, and whistle.
you are hitting ’em out of the park today, rj…”mom jeans wearin’ ass” and “namby pamby”…my day is made and it’s not even 10 o’clock!
I heart this woman so much! I don’t even drop off at Renfroe anymore and go by there in the morning for some morning cheer and to take an easy left onto College. She makes my day…I just go down the road laughing! She’s also great with the kids…says something nice to everyone as they cross.
+1
I love her too… but I am truly terrified of her.
she would be so pleased to hear that.
now move along!
Anyone recommend a good handyman? Our to-do list continues to grow, and we can’t ever seem to find the time. It includes hanging an exterior door, replacing a leaky faucet, installing a bathroom vent, sealing a small deck, insulating a crawl space, and installing window screens. Happy Friday, Everyone!
I have a great one. I’ll have to look up his contact info when I get home though. Might not be until tomorrow.
John Suratt – 770-498-2233
Highly recommended.
My friend who is a home inspector recommends Doug Whitman, his neighbor. He is in Tucker. Written on another neighborhood site: “He can do everything from plumbing, electrical, HVAC, to fencing. He is a great guy” His number is 770-934-4727
Michael Pluckhahn with Homecraft – 404.798.7153 – as soon as he’s done with our new shed!
I swear by Dale Jenks with Small Matters Handyman Services. His number is 404-610-2349.
A few more interesting election tidbits:
A total of 3762 City of Decatur voters turned out at the polls on Tuesday. That’s about 28% of active voters. This is a little higher than usual for a Decatur municipal election. But if you drill down the numbers a little it gets more interesting.
Of the voters who turned out, 3748 (99.6%) voted on the Sunday Sales referendum.
However, only 2931 of the 3762 (78% of voters) voted on the E-SPLOST question and only 3058 of the 3748 (81.5%) voted in the uncontested Commissioner At Large race (including write-ins).
Thus, we can estimate that about 700 Decatur voters (nearly 1 in 5 who showed up at the polls on Tuesday) showed up only to vote for the Sunday Sales referendum.
That’s interesting enough to give it its own post!
Where are election results posted?
The lining has started to separate from the jacket of one of my suits. Can anyone recommend a good tailor?
I had a coat re-lined at Avondale Expert Alterations and they did a great job. They are located in the “Tudor Village” in Avondale Estates.
I agree. And she does rush jobs if needed.
The little place on the left on College Ave heading toward Avondale whose name I can’t remember.
Stitch and Sew is the name?
I stopped going to Stitch and Sew after they screwed up a couple of pairs of expensive jeans of mine.
Rose’s alterations in the publix shopping center across from Northlake mall. had them re-line pants and they did a great job. I think I paid $35 or so.
http://www.junktiquedecatur.com/
Hey there Decatur! Another reminder here to come out to the Solarium in Oakhurst tomorrow for our amazing little school’s annual JUNKTIQUE!!!! Part artist bazaar, rummage sale, cook-off and dance party . . . hope to see you all there!
one of my favs…
While we are on the reminder kick, the ONA is having their annual Thanksgiving Potluck dinner on Monday as part of their monthly meeting. ONA providing turkey, ham, and drinks..neighbors bring the side dishes
Where’s STG at…
WIll this come though as 11:11 on 11/11/11 ?
Dang, missed it by a minute! 🙂
A few months ago, I had posted here about how I got a ticket for running a red light on my BICYCLE. There were no cars or pedestrians in sight and I stopped first, but yes, I broke the law. I freely admit that. I went to court, the judge was very polite, and I told him I needed to be certain that it be on the record that I got this ticket as a cyclist–not a car driver. He made a note of that.
FF to last week, when we are switching car insurance companies. I find out that our rates have gone up because of a ticket I got–the one I got for riding my bike.
Now I have to figure out how the #$%* to change my driving record. I broke the law and I paid my fine and now I’m paying more because a police officer incorrectly filled out the ticket (he also got my race wrong) and a judge possibly did not do something he was supposed to do. Whatever I’ve been paying extra on my insurance is something I’m sure I won’t get back, and now I have to miss more work trying to clear this up.
A warning to cyclists: Don’t break the law, and if you get pulled over, make sure the officer puts on that ticket that you’re on your #$%* bike. I am so pissed off about this.
Interesting. I had this conversation with my wife last night. I was ticketed on the bike in Decatur several years ago for a red light violation. Insurance rates increased. I thought it was because of a speeding ticket she received, since it is my understanding that a red light citation is not a points violation.
A bicycle is a vehicle. I don’t think there is an exception based on your mode of transportation.
Good advice, and good luck with your petition for relief.
That ticketing police officer violated state law, harmed your reputation and cost you money. You should ask The City of Decatur for compensation.
Please explain…
I am curious about this “harm” as well.
“In Georgia, as in most states, the bicycle is legally a “vehicle”. This classification means that general vehicular traffic law applies to the operation of a bicycle.However the vehicular code and various regulations include many specific qualifications for specific classes of vehicles. Wherever the code or regulation uses the phrase “vehicle” that section applies to all vehicles, including bicycles. When the term “motor vehicle” is used, that portion does not apply to bicycles. The following excerpts are those subsections of the traffic law that deal specifically with bicycle operation…”
http://www.gohs.state.ga.us/gabikelaws.html
It seems every bike shop I know of is routinely violating the law by selling pedals without reflectors. Heck, Bike South has sold me many sets of road bike pedals and none have reflectors! I’m the victim of a crime!!!
Sorry Al, but this is just another example of someone thinking they know the law when they don’t. There is nothing to be fixed or cleared up. Any time you spend trying to do so will be wasted. You pled guilty to running a red light. If the judge “made note of” the fact that you were on a bike, he did so just to humor you and was probably laughing to himself as he did so because he knew that was irrelevant. It gets reported to DDS just like any other ticket and it goes on your record as a red light violation.
This is similar to people who plead nolo in order to avoid points on their license. They don’t realize that the violation and conviction is still reported to DDS and shows up on your driver’s history, just with a “0” listed under the points. Insurance companies don’t care about DDS’s arbitrary assignment of points, they just care that you were convicted of a traffic violation.
For future reference, Al, what you really want to accomplish in a case like yours is to plead to an amended charge that would not get reported to DDS, such as Too Fast for Conditions. Most judges and solicitors are happy to do that…
Sounds right to me, but it’s also completely absurd. Another example of Decatur “encouraging” cycling by ticketing cyclists and forcing up their auto insurance rates. All in the interests of revenue, er, I mean safety.
If bikes share the roads with cars, they should follow the same rules. Cyclists can’t have it both ways. I want to run cyclists over who approach a red light and skip ahead of the 12 cars in front of them at the light and then go 7 MPH once the light turns green and impede the flow of traffic.
From an insurer’s point of view, if someone is willing to run a red light on a bike (which is much more dangerous than doing so in a car), shouldn’t they assume you would also do so in a car?
This board has been through the “same rules” argument ad naseum. Not sure there’s a whole lot more to add to it. But assuming that a cyclist who runs a stoplight on a bike would also do so in a car is silly. I suppose if I see you jaywalking I should assume your lawlessness extends to ignoring stop signs when driving?
You’re right that the same road, same rules thread has been done to death but I gotta take issue with the suggestion that it’s all about “revenue.” If DPD has prioritized revenue, waiting around for a cyclist to break the law is a damn poor way to go about doing anything about it. It would be infinitely more efficient and lucrative to just target drivers. Sit along any busy street in Decatur and you’ll see infraction after infraction — from speeding to failure to signal to running stop signs and traffic lights.
Why would the city target rare and harder to pinpoint bicyclist infractions if their goal was more money? Clamping down on cars is like turning on a money faucet.
Targeting cyclists is a different issue. I’m not saying the police are lying in wait for cyclists and ignoring cars, but they are certainly ticketing minor infractions when they happen to see them as opposed to ignoring them or issuing warnings. I’m quite certain that cars are being ticketed too, so it’s not as if any revenue cources are being ignored here.
I am relatively new to the board, so I didn’t realize that argument had been hashed out already. But, I don’t think the comparison is silly. The same thoughts have to be running through the offender’s head, regardless of whether he is in a car or on a bike: (1) Do I see any police?, (2) Am I sure there is no po-po?, (3) Any cars coming? and (4) Can I make it?
Sounds to me like Decatur Police Force is over-staffed and people are trying to justify their position.
That sounds like a pretty gross assumption.
Well as someone who cycles several thousand miles a year I can tell you the thought processes are not the same at all, which you can of course refuse to believe if you’d like.
Sorry, I stand corrected. There are no thought processes – only a sense of entitlement.
Right, because that’s exacrtly what I said. Look, I just don’t want to get neck deep into the bikes v. cars issue again, it’s been done to death here by me and many others, so I cut my response short and left it at that.
Regardless of whether anyone believes it or not, that’s the justification the insurance companies use. Seems much more relevant than someone’s credit score but they use that too…
Since we have successfully voted on Sunday alcohol sales in the fair State of Georgia, I now propose that we revoke law(s) prohibiting the mail-order purchase of wine out-of-state for shipment to her citizens.
Amen!
If you are referring to the law prohibiting Georgians from doing so, it was repealed a couple of years ago.
Ordering wine from an out-of-state producer? That’s legal.
Or we could do like Washington and allow retailers to buy booze directly from the manufacturers, thereby cutting out the middlemen (distributors) and lowering the price of our booze.
+1
We have wine sent to us from a winery in California. When we tour the wineries there some will ship to Georgia and some will not. It’s not because of laws…just because they haven’t filled out the proper paperwork or possibly paid some fees that will allow them to do so.
What’s jury duty like in DeKalb? Got called for the first time since moving here 2 years ago. Are you more likely to get let go? I usually did in Fulton. In the meantime, I’m hoping that when I call I won’t have to report 😉
It is like this: report, hear instructions, wait to get called, get picked ( because lots of people served protecting this freedom) meet cool interesting people, make smart decisions, get thanked, leave and get a small stipend
Unlike Fulton, DeKalb has a “one day or one trial” policy. If you don’t get picked to serve on a jury, you will be dismissed after one day – you don’t have to return. If you do serve on a jury, you’ll be done when that trial is over. You don’t have to go back in the jury pool.
I thought Fulton had a one day-one trial system also, at least it did when I lived there 5 years ago.
Nothing to it:
— the waiting room is comfortable with vending, restrooms, etc.
— $15.00 is the payment
— I was let go after about an hour
Comfortable? If you’re actually waiting (for hours) to be interviewed as a juror, you are escorted upstairs where there are only a few hard benches. Many of us resorted to sitting on the floor.
THIS. DeKalb needs to invest in some chairs for jurors outside the courtrooms. I was on jury duty last month and had to sit on the floor for hours on end for a couple of days during the selection process. Pretty sad if you ask me.
I’m trying to be a good girl and pay the fine for the parking ticket (expired meter) I received in downtown Decatur. My problem is that I can’t figure out to which entity to make out my check. Is it “City of Decatur” or “City of Decatur Police Department”?
Here is the link: http://www.decaturga.com/index.aspx?page=281
The website is not clear about this. I called (duh!) and learned that “City of Decatur” is the proper payee. Thanks, though!
I am looking for a reputable dentist in Decatur. Thanks.
Dr. Jernigan in the Wachovia Bldg
Dr. Marvin Winter too.
+ 10 bazillion for Dr. Jernigan!
I am on the condo association board of the Ridley Howard House at corner of Scott and Claremont. We are being approached by a representative of Atkins Global on behalf of City of Decatur to buy some of our street front property. We have not received information yet, but does anyone have some insight about this?
That is an engineering firm, so it may just be for a widening of the right-of-way.
I’d imagine that would be for the sidewalk extension from Garden to Clairemont.
That would make sense, and having tried to walk it, be very helpful. My initial worries were for our large oaks at the corner!
Call Hugh Saxon at the City. Sounds serious to me.
“Our” kids can be this kid and more. Isn’t he great? Don’t you know a kid like him?
http://youtu.be/ehDAP1OQ9Zw
That’s pretty cool. Good public speaking at such an age (no need for Toastmasters). But I must say I don’t necessarily want my kids to be that way. Have fun and enjoy being a kid, and if you feel compelled to do something for it’s own sake (the doing and not just achievement) great.
He could be a young Steve Jobs! I’m sure his parents are very proud.
The Dearborn Park/Renewal Cleanup is today (Saturday) from 9:00 to 12:00. Decatur High will have two Close Up teams competing for more than $1,500 prize money. After the competition, there will be a live band and great food. Please stop by and enjoy a great community activity.
Morning ya’ll, time to crank up some Motorhead and blow some leaves off my yard into the street.
Ahhhh. I love the smell of gas/oil mixtures in the morning.
Lemmy and leaves. Excellent.
That’s just ignorant and disrespectful…
And let me make clear, I’m referring solely to your choice in music. I could care less about your leaf blowing…
And let me also make clear, the “could care less” was intentional. Most people will read it as “couldn’t care less” or else they won’t recognize the difference. I don’t really care, but in purely relative terms it must be true that I could indeed care less, particularly if the leaf blowing occurred right outside my window after a night of Jager and cheap beer…
No, no, no, Chadly! Pantera is the ONLY music to which one should listen whilst blowing leaves. Motorhead, indeed…tsk, tsk, tsk!
I have more respect for you now. ‘A new level of confidence! and Power!’
Why are the police helicopters circling Decatur this morning? Does anyone know what is going on?
http://www.rungeorgia.com/runforjustice.html
Thanks Steve! I was wondering the same thing. I love how DM has become my insta-Decatur news source!
Sorry. But the choppers were not for the run. I don’t know what they WERE for, but I know for a fact they weren’t for that!
I told my two older kids that the GBI had heard that they mouthed off at me so they were coming for them. I told my youngest that it was the Santa Claus patrol flying over head to make sure he was not being naughty.
I bet you were one of the parents who told your kids that you ate all their Halloween candy too!
Oh my goodness! I lurve Jimmy Kimmel, but that was mean! (And risky! My little kin sure wouldn’t have handled it as well as the two darling little boys did! :0)
I read in the NY Times some municipalities will allow alcohol sales as early as Nov 20. Anyone know which ones? I know Decatur is waiting another week.
Quite a large crowd at the Junktique Saturday – Congrats Oakhurst ES! Many cars parked in the Big H lot despite signage saying no unauthorized parking, that your vehicle can be towed or booted, etc. (Or maybe owner Bruce “authorized” parking for the event.)
So the FFAF survey question is …
Have you or anyone you know or even a person you don’t know had a vehicle towed or booted at the Big H lot in Oakhurst since the signage was installed?
Report in please.
I’ve decided I need to win the lotto, and then open a comic/game store somewhere in downtown decatur.