Free-For-All Friday 1/13/17
Decatur Metro | January 13, 2017 | 7:21 amFeel free to use this post to make comments and ask questions about local issues not yet discussed here over the past week.
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Happy Friday the 13th. Interesting to see multiple news outlets this week pointing to a possible sale of United Methodist Children’s Home (just outside city of decatur limits) on South Columbia drive, with possible interest from COD to purchase this land for a potential greenspace. There is apparently a meeting tonite/Friday, Jan-13 at the Avondale Estates Fire Station, located at 24 North Clarendon Avenue. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. according to the articles below.
News articles:
1. http://www.11alive.com/news/local/decatur/dekalb-neighbors-concerned-for-145-year-old-foster-homes-future/385612756
2. http://www.decaturish.com/2017/01/potential-sale-of-united-methodist-childrens-home-topic-of-upcoming-meeting/
Good morning! Already feels like a spring day.
Mid-January and the next ten days don’t have any low temps forecast below 50 degrees. Sure is a convincing hoax. Kudos to China.
Yet we just wrapped up some seriously cold days. But I guess weather is only worth pointing out when it suits an agenda.
Coming off the hottest year on record, a few cold days in January don’t amount to much. Funny how it’s only the one side that has an agenda and the other are merely “skeptics”. But really my comment wasn’t about a small stretch of weather being proof of anything, but about the idiot that’s about to become president.
I don’t think anyone is a skeptic that climate changes. We have had ice ages, and times where it was too hot for most anything to survive. Climate certainly does change. Can’t argue with that.
And very few scientists are skeptical that it’s human caused (and the few that are often underwritten by those who most definitely have an agenda). I am skeptical that much can be done about it though, especially now, when we have a president-elect who claims anything he doesn’t agree with or is critical of him is “fake news”.
There is not doubt that he is one “special” human being.
Blame it on the Russian icebreakers.
Lots can be done, brianc. Don’t be a fatalist.
The Democrats are getting railroaded at every attempt to salvage the Affordable Care Act. Whomp whomp…
Speaking of, I wish the mainstream media would use “Affordable Care Act” in headlines rather than “Obamacare.” I’m growing increasingly convinced that there’s a sizable number of people currently using the ACA who think Obamacare is something different.
Scott, anecdotal evidence does bear this out. I’ve seen some interviews with people who believe the Republicans are going to repeal Obamacare, not the ACA.
Call me a cynic, but I can’t help but find it amusing that Trump voters cheered when he slammed Clinton for making paid speeches to Goldman Sachs and mocked Cruz’s wife for working there, and now there are numerous Goldman employees joining the Trump administration. Draining the swamp, huh
Folks against Obamacare are actually receiving, liking, and approve of, care from the ACA. That’s would be such a great SNL spoof if it weren’t so true.
Evidence: numerous relatives and in-laws
Yes, for the people that didn’t have health coverage before, they like it. Unfortunately, it has caused the price of health insurance to rise dramatically for everyone else, and has made practicing medicine substantially more difficult for doctors. It is a good thing that more people are insured, but that does not make the legislation good. Even Democrats see this.
I blame it on the folks that voted for Hillary and Donald in the primaries.
Quick check, from national geographic, since 1880 the earth has on average gotten warmer by 1.4 degrees (human made change or not), so, for the sake of math, let’s say over the last 30 or so years its gone up by 1 degree. That tells me that if the temp today is supposed to be 71, sans global warming it would be 70…not a daily life altering change really.
Point being I don’t think it would be in the 30’s today if human made global warming, or just natural climate change, didn’t exist.
Good thing 1 degree temperature difference from say 32 to 31 degrees doesn’t change the ice melting point…
From what I could find Atlanta’s record high is 105 and record low is -9 and you’re going to argue the one degree point that is affected.
Clearly you completely missed the point of my post and are making a dig just for the sake of making a dig.
Speaking of change, has anyone eaten a meal at Scout yet? How was it, how formal is the place, and how expensive? The $$ being given by Yelp and Zagat make me think it’s pricey. The menu with prices is not on Scout’s website, another sign of pricey-ness.
Tried it out the first week it was open I think. I liked the space. It was a bit loud, but I am at an age where I think all restaurants are loud. Considering they just opened the operations/service was smooth enough. The food was good, especially the hanger steak. A couple of the items where over priced – ie Bruschetta, We ordered one entree and several side items to split amongst 4. Split check, $100+ per couple. Both couples agreed it was not $100 experience, but that we would try it again. Troplicala on tap. Overall a good addition.
Went for drinks and an early dinner recently. The space is nice. Much more open than it was as McGowan’s. Decent beer & cocktail list (though they were out of the beer I wanted). I was a little disappointed in the small bites menu as it seemed dominated by shellfish, which isn’t my thing. I’m sure it will rotate, though. The main dishes were on the expensive side. Peeking at my neighbors’ dishes, everything looked nice. There just wasn’t anything on the menu that I wanted at that time. Finished my drink and left.
And while I’m at it, how’s the new Mellow Mushroom?
We love it, our two kids love it.
Not all Mellow Mushrooms put out equally good product, but our Decatur M.M. puts out an excellent pizza. We have been thrice since Christmas, and will continue to do so.
The food has been great so far, and the beer selection has been very good also.
There have only been one or two minor hiccups from an operational perspective, but nothing major. I attribute those hiccups to being a new restaurant in a new space with new staff and they are working out the kinks.
All in all, our family highly recommends it.
Went on a Sunday night – very busy, very hectic. Lots of kids. Seated promptly enough, but no one came by ever. Left after 20 minutes of no service. In the Fellini’s vs Mellow Mushroom, I come down on the Fellini’s side anyway. Not sure why Decatur is missing the matching LaFanda that usually accompanies Feillini’s.
I read on Decaturish that the Methodist Children’s Home property (70 acres or so) is for sale. This is huge news around these parts. The article says developers want it, but so does the COD. Over the years there has been talk about the COD annexing the property, but it never happened. One reason I heard from a former school board member being the cost of educating the children, with no tax revenue coming in. Anyway, does anybody “in the know” have any info about what it’s worth and how serious COD’s interest? I’m thinking it would dwarf any green space we currently have except for the cemetery.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if CSD bought it, annexed it and used it as a school sports center/public recreation area/green space? Soccer fields, track, giant gymnasium, etc.
I can’t see CSD having the financial wherewithal to swing it alone. Maybe in a joint venture with the City though …
That might have made sense before the new school was planned for Talley street. Now I don’t think it is the right place for the school to invest resources.
I expect the city is considering it to establish greenspace and a commercial property footprint that can then be annexed. The free market will put in a new residential development, as that is where the demand is.
This will be interesting to watch.
ooh, a public track would be nice.
Perfect location for some mixed-use!
I find the new crosswalk near Farm Burger difficult to see at night. Are there plans for something reflective to be around it to make it more visible. I like the new artsy style of these cross walks well enough, all of the cool cities are doing it, but there is something to be said for standardization. Most everyone knows that big white stripes indicate a crosswalk – though not everyone cares. The crosswalk as it is now, it is difficult to tell if it is just some rustic ancient hippy painting or something official.
“rustic ancient hippy painting” — I’ll forevermore be thinking of this whenever I come across one! Just hope I don’t bust out laughing in the middle of the street! :0)
I support any effort in which generic municipal infrastructure gets overhauled with the aesthetic of rustic ancient hippies. See also: Painted utility boxes.
Now, who’s holding blotter?
But they clash with the Alexan spinner signs,
Today NPR rebroadcast a 2001 interview with Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, since “A Series of Unfortunate Events” premieres January 13 on Netflix. Asked if his books were banned anywhere, Handler said, “Decatur Georgia.” Anyone remember this?