Tagging the Mayor's Ride - Los Angeles TimesL.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was promoting a new bus stop near a school south of downtown L.A. when his bus was tagged by student as it stopped at a traffic light. The mayor didn't think it was funny or ironic. The bus stop was added because the violence and harrasement on near the campus. The two-block walk to the previous bus stop was considered the worst in L.A.
The mayor was riding with the superitendant of the Los Angles Unified School district, other officals and reporters. Students have been trying for months to get a new stop on the bus route to ease gang related crime near the old stop. But as the mayor found out, even the maiden trip on the route isn't free from harrasment.
A reminder to all of you about taxes. There is a one time telephone refund for all years of getting ripped off.
St. Paul Pioneer Press | 02/26/2007 | It's free money: IRS urges Minnesotans to claim telephone tax refund
Party time, excellent!!
I've posted a few pictures from Saturday. We had a great mix of people from past and present, Montana to Lake Park.
Check it out. You may also notice that these pictures are going to my second Flickr account where I'll put more of the random photos from events like this. The account is Flies et (and) Friends. Check it out!
photo by M.C. Bernard
U.S. Senate | Coleman, Franken, & Fitzgerald?
We'll it has been made official Al Franken is running for the U.S. Senate. His focus is squarely on the senior Senator from MN, Norm Coleman. Now if we can only get UMM alumnus Robert Fitzgerald to run again for the Independence Party, we could have a really interesting race.
Overall 2008 (actually 2007) will shape up to be a very intersting year for races. The MN Senate seat will get national headlines for the names involved and MN's status as a "swing" state and which ever party is leading in the Senate seat will also give a large advantage to the presidential race.
There will be a lot of canidates not only trying to convince voters they have the better plan, but to prove that they are serious contendes. For Al Franken, he is trying to prove that he may tell jokes, but he is not a joke. Barak Obama is out to prove that his rock-star rise is just as much substance as flash. And Hillary Clinton is out to show people that she isn't who liberal nut that people like to think she is (or was).
There can be a lot of firsts that could become reality this time next year. We could have our first woman or black president and we could have our first comedian in the the US goverment.
We'll see, it should be fun.
Al Franken's YouTube MessageCHECK OUT AL'S OPENING MESSAGE!
Some communities have created thier own currency to help local buisness deal with the pressures of globalization.
St. Paul Pioneer Press | 02/12/2007 | Do you have change for a 10-Berliner bill?
Visit to the Como Park Conservatory
Every few months the Como Park Zoo & Conservatory open up early for photographers and artists. This Sunday was one of those days. Usually the open coincides with a new exhibit, this is the opening of the winter flower show.
This was my first visit to the conservatory with my camera and I made a few rookie mistakes, but overall I was pretty happy with the results.
