Archive for June, 2005

Brunswick’s Boondoggle: My Apologies

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

It’s official. This Brunswick Crossing project is officially Brunswick’s boondoggle and the developer’s dream. I am heartbroken that I even voted for this mess now that I know the truth. I had misgivings about this whole project..me and my wife were on opposite ends of the spectrum. I was convinced to vote yes because the costs of upgrading the water treatment plant were going to be more than the entire city budget for three years. I just looked at the recent budget and the city is not very leveraged at all..i now know I should have voted my first thought..no!!

I also apologize to my fellow citizens of Brunswick. I was one of the founding members of the Brunswick Citizens Advisory Committee and I had to resign my post due to not having the time. I wish I would have made the time to at least be a voice against all of the backroom deals that are now going on.

to wit:
IKO now wants to eliminate the original 28 acre plot for senior living for two reasons:
1.) “Market Research”(always a fishy term…usually a lie) shows senior citizens want to be mixed in with the community. Let’s see this ‘market research’.
2.) because the units slated for the senior citizens count against the APFO..the developer said to forget the dedicated tract and now has no guarantees the housing for seniors will be low-cost and will have no age restrictions which means those homes will go first..just watch.

Dan Snyder shows the developer’s true colors when he told the Brunswick citizen that there’d never been age restrictions on the senior housing at any point in the process.

Baloney!!!!!

The layout pitched to the voters was that that tract was to be sold to senior citizens only. They are weaseling out because they did not specify an age restriction. Snyder also said this is an evolving thing. ROFL!!!!!

We voted for the original plan which the developer and the City planners have changed without consulting the citizenry. The city’s excuse? We have had planning hearings..nobody came..so we aproved the changes.

BALONEY!!!!!

What good is it for us to vote on something if the city government is going to end around us? I like the mayor and most of the council. If they keep approving crap like this it’s time for them to go!!

The CAC screwed the pooch here too. IMO they should have been holding the line against changes..or make them minor at best.

Moving the water tower I have posted about that already. This is yet another backroom deal..i don’t care how much it benefits the city the folks over in old Brunswick get to bend over while they get another water tower shoved into their midst. How about a referendum on all of these changes folks? Wait..it’s all about the $$$ now.

You know what I say? Forget it! this is not what we voted on and approved. Get your acts together and stick the course as we voted..or get out of office so that hopefully we can elect some folks who will listen to us.

****** Cosmic X ******: Cosmic X And Yingele Protest In Jerusalem

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

Check this out.

VOA News - Israeli Army Storms Jewish Outpost in Gaza

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

These folks are simply trying to keep their homeland that God originally gave to them and theya re labled extremists..Sharon has gone insane.

broadband ? News ? Adelphia 16Mbps - Leesburg, Virginia

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

This is going to blow up in Cox’s and Adelphia’s faces. They have less than 50 megabits per node and folks are going to buy the new tiers..most importantly..they will USE the tiers. This is going to lead to dial-up network performance and less than dialup pings for the gamers. These are simply knee-jerk reactions to FIOS. AFAIK Adelphia is deploying DOCSIS 3.0 but slowly..however Adelphia has a slight lead in the DOCSIS 3.0 deployment in this area(Frederick county and surrounding area.). DOCSIS 3.0 can compete with FIOS..for now. All vz has to do is change their optical equipment at their fiber nodes and BANG! instant bandwidth. The cablecos cannot increase that easily. I hope you cable folks getting these rediculous tiers are ready for the inevitable headaches these shortsighted, marketing only stunts are going to bring.

The Frederick News-Post Online - Frederick County Maryland Daily Newspaper

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

More backroom deals about several frederick city projects are coming to light. It appears that severals possibly illegal deals were made to further the projects(no surprise to me). I recently heard about a similar backroom deal pulled by our mayor here in Brunswick. The new Brunswick Crossing development is beginngin to look like Brunswick’s boondoggle and the developer’s dream. Recently I found out that City decided to let the developer of BC move the water tower from where it was supposed to go int he new development and place it right next to the current one. The new water tower was supposed to be 600k gallons…the new one will be 1 million gallons. This opens up an acre of space for the developer and means residents of the older part of Brunswick get stuck with two water towers in close proximity. This would not have happened had the Mayor not set the parameters as he did spcifically: The tower must be 1 milion gallons..must be reworked to tie into the old city, and paid for by the developer. Sure the developer is going to pay for this and all of us will benefit..the fact that this was a backroom deal is what bothers me. I applaud our local paper The Brunswick citizen for bringing this out into the open.

Miscarriage no crime, mom says

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

Again BOTH kids should be charged with murder. The parents coddling their kids is only breeding more hedonism in both kids. Do the crime..do the time.

No charges will be filed for teen’s abortion

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

no charges for this? Planned parenthood should be raked over hte coals for this. Why? He’s 21 she’s 14..statutory rape in almost any state. Planned parenthood did not notify law enforcement of the sexual abuse..this makes them guilty of at least one state if not a federal crime. Then the abortion performed after notifying hte boyfriend’s parents? The girl’s parents are the ones who have to be notified.