Why don't we save the theater that already exists downtown before we build a new one?
All the taxpayer money that went into A.I.G., then they give bonuses to their bigwigs, and some of them don't work for that company any longer and they still got bonuses. I personally think all that money should be returned to A.I.G.
I so agree with the reader that is disgusted about large pieces of furniture and appliances that sit in someone's yard for weeks - it certainly distracts from the neighborhood at large. Maybe the Citizen can address this situation for the people who don't know what else to do to get rid of the furniture.
We know the danger of alcohol and tobacco, but they are legal and taxed. Marijuana is less harmful, and should be legal and we could tax it and bring in needed tax dollars.
I'm a senior citizen and I go downtown in Auburn and I do not like these new parking meters. I think it was just a waste of money --- why can't Auburn invest money into something else, something we need, more profitable than new meters.
In my opinion, I really don't think Auburn downtown needs another theater. I think downtown Auburn needs more to pick it up than another theater.
On the city planning to turn the Kalet's building into a theater: If they move along as fast on that as they have on redoing the Schine's Theater, I don't imagine anyone around here will be enjoying it right away. Besides, the Schine's Theater is a sight.
They're are going to make the Kalet building into a theater and they haven't even finished the project with the Schine's Theater yet. When are they going to finish something before they start something new around here?
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mamimbe wrote on Mar 24, 2009 2:17 PM:
I don't agree with it but this stuff seems to gaining speed.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/miron.legalization.drugs/index.html "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 24, 2009 8:38 AM:
What the hell kind of attitude will you be transmitting to you kids if they hear you espousing those kind of views?!?
When I was growing up, my parents were like, "If I find out that you're doing drugs, I' going right to the police"--scared the hell outta me, and set CLEAR boundary lines!
Your kids aren't using it?! --"YET"! "
daydreamer wrote on Mar 24, 2009 8:10 AM:
sick of it wrote on Mar 24, 2009 1:47 AM:
cnyraised wrote on Mar 23, 2009 11:54 PM:
You are trying to sell us on a Theatre Festival that will "sell 150,000 per year" and a 1,500 seat theatre is too big? That doesn't make any sense.
You want to build a new venue at the Kalet's buidling at a 5 million dollar price tag, but spending 5 million on the schines is too much money? That doesn't make any sense. "
sick of it wrote on Mar 23, 2009 10:53 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 23, 2009 7:42 PM:
Not with a boneheaded, irresponsible attitude like that toward your children and their mental/physical/emotional health with respect to drug abuse.
People like you SINCERELY make ME sick. You're afraid, or unwilling to properly lay down ground rules and boundaries with respect to drugs for your kids because you're afraid of alienating them, when what I'll bet they're doing is just screaming out for some rules and structure in their life.
I fear, and cry for, your kids. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 23, 2009 6:44 PM:
In 21 years working in libraries, I have known ONE library worker who came in regularly drunk -- she was from another school, and she had been drinking heavily since losing her only son in Iraq. She was a mess and should have stopped working, but wanted to set an example for her daughter, who was depressed and didn't want to go to school with her only sibling dead. It was not a good example, but she was trying -- and, boy, was she a mess at the conferences where I ran into her. But in all those years, she is the only one I have ever known to be either drunk or stoned at work. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 23, 2009 6:40 PM:
sick of it wrote on Mar 23, 2009 4:58 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 23, 2009 4:58 PM:
The tests would be made affordable to companies through tax breaks. Since we lose millions of dollars every year through workplace drug abuse, we would benefit as a society in whole by paying for them The benefits in productivity and profits would outweigh the costs.
And I would mandate that the testing companies don't overcharge for them. It shouldn't be a profit-taking enterprise; it should be done as a pro-American policy. The drug use in this country is out-of-hand! Hell, just among high school kids, you wouldn't believe it, from what I've been told. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 23, 2009 3:57 PM:
Don't get me wrong -- I couldn't even tell you the last time I had any -- it's been years and years -- it's not my thing. But I can't see where it is worse than alcohol and it smells a lot less offensive than cigarettes or cigars (which are probably worse for your health).
As I said before, I would not be in favor of legalizing hard drugs, but medical marijuana, yes.
Testing every employee at every company would be like stopping every single driver on the road to check his headlights or something. It's just not practical, nor fair to the vast majority who are not doing drugs or drinking at work. It makes much more sense to spot test those who give some reason for suspicion -- the same way they stop drivers. It would cost way, way too much to test every employee of every company and it would be an unfair financial burden on people who are not doing anything wrong to make them pay for it.
Nope. That just doesn't work. Maybe in the NFL, but not in everyday jobs. "
CayCntyLifer wrote on Mar 23, 2009 2:05 PM:
---Speaking of wine, I do NOT agree that it should be sold in grocery stores. I see a lot of liquor stores going out of business over this. More business gone from NY. "
jonathan dough wrote on Mar 23, 2009 1:21 PM:
Unknown... wrote on Mar 23, 2009 12:30 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 23, 2009 11:58 AM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 23, 2009 11:56 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 23, 2009 11:45 AM:
jonathan dough wrote on Mar 23, 2009 11:25 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 23, 2009 10:16 AM:
Good to see you again, Angmom.
Nature -- I called Kohl's and they said they don't sell windows of any kind. I must have misunderstood. You should have an e-mail from Rich and we can take the discussion off-list. I really do want to get some windows at a price I can afford.... "
CayCntyLifer wrote on Mar 23, 2009 8:42 AM:
There is alot of help for those in need other than from DSS. I find that most of the time they just don't want to do anything for themselves, espcially if it requires that they put some of the effort in. Wheels to work will help you get into a vehicle- but you have to have a job.
If a single parent gets accepted to CCC and they live on their own with no help from their parents they can get a FREE 2 yr college degree. But again, this requires effort... "
the bone wrote on Mar 23, 2009 8:13 AM:
She was on TV the other day saying how Tompkin County gives out alot more than Cayuga County. We as tax payers put up with this,why? Is there something WE can do. I would love to know your comments about this. "
sabres wrote on Mar 23, 2009 7:25 AM:
teacher1 wrote on Mar 23, 2009 5:23 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 23, 2009 5:05 AM:
The trouble with regulations is that they are more effective at preventing justifiably concerned citizens from being able to stop destructive practices than they are for protecting the environment and the health of those living in the area. A regulation is just a license to pollute at a slightly lower speed. Some practices, such as the spreading of toxic sludge (euphemistically renamed "biosolids") -- which is everything that goes down a sewer from human waste to cleaning chemicals to pharmaceuticals to pathogens to carcinogens and more -- just plain should not EVER be spread on farm fields. The current regulations only check for a tiny handful of heavy metals -- and not at all for all the rest of the dangerous pollutants, which are allowed. They are spread on fields and get into the air as well as the water, and they are in the soil where they are supposed to not plant food for people for 2 years, I believe it is -- but they can grow hay or corn for animal feed which we then eat.
Think of all the dangerous things that go down a toilet or other sewage drain. Think of those drugs for men which they tell women not to even TOUCH -- how do you feel about things like that being in the soil where feed is grown? Or running off into the water where no filtration system is going to get it out? And be in the fish you eat out of the lakes? That's just one example -- and it's not like it's happening only far away -- I know for a fact that it is being spread on a farm just outside the Auburn boundary, and I know it is spread out here in Genoa too.
That shouldn't be regulated, it should just plain be prohibited.
I don't know about MA, maybe they are tighter, but here -- you can't even get the DEC to come out and look at a problem -- somebody might expect them to do something about it. "
ANGMOM3 wrote on Mar 23, 2009 2:25 AM:
Here's wishing a good week to everybody.
I have several opinions I wish to express, but do hesitate. I am hardly fragile (as my family would gladly attest, as we have all been through so much}, but some of you are so quick to pounce! Why is that? Debating is part of the lifeblood of our society, yet there is a bit of meaness in some of you. It is often unecessary.
That's it for now. I anticipate some criticism and disagreement. "
anonymous wrote on Mar 22, 2009 11:33 PM:
Some idiots think that a knife is not a weapon. "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 22, 2009 9:44 PM:
So that would mean that you have no qualms about giving financial support to the murderous, savage Mexican drug gangs who import tons of this stuff daily, and who are spreading a wave of terror in the border towns?
If you ARE a drug user, you are supporting murderers. 2,000 people DEAD in the last 6 months!
Feel good about yourself now, do ya? "
sick of it wrote on Mar 22, 2009 8:59 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 22, 2009 8:39 PM:
I guess that YOU know better than all the scientists and experts--not to mention people with the experience of having seen perfectly reasonable people become stoned, stupid LOSERS from this drug?
You sound like a HORRIBLE role model. "
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 22, 2009 8:32 PM:
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Mar 22, 2009 6:46 PM:
CayCntyLifer wrote on Mar 22, 2009 6:14 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 22, 2009 6:01 PM:
I may ask Rick to put us in touch anyway, just so I don't have to trot out my boring house-fixing questions for all to read. ;-)
BTW, no argument, Karl -- you do any of that stuff, and I mean the legal stuff as well (not only alcohol, but caffeine, sugar, fatty foods, staying up all night playing computer games) -- to excess and it will affect your health, your stamina, your physical abilities, your mood and personality, etc. As a people, we are not very good at moderation.... "
brew1234 wrote on Mar 22, 2009 5:56 PM:
sick of it wrote on Mar 22, 2009 5:47 PM:
nature lover wrote on Mar 22, 2009 5:00 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 22, 2009 3:28 PM:
The kid didn't understand why he was losing his motivation. Swears that he really, really WANTS to play guitar, but just loses his desire to practice.
I had to explain to him how pot gets into your fat cells, stays there, and then constantly leaches into your system, making your perpetually stoned and stupid. He didn't even know the first thing about the poison he was abusing.
Sheesh. I swear, there is a marijuana problem amongst kids today that is simply frightening. I hate this $&%^R#^ drug! "
cheeko wrote on Mar 22, 2009 3:27 PM:
anonymous wrote on Mar 22, 2009 3:02 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 22, 2009 1:27 PM:
Well, the girl down the street, who was beyond wild and has ended up locked up, once told her mom that *I* had procured the bottle with which SHE was caught. That led to a lot of grief, which was very unfair, since it really wasn't me. She pulled the same thing with guys -- she had them (literally!) lining up for fun and when she had too many one night, she sent the extras down to my house. At that time, I shared a bedroom with my mom, and was just as disconcerted by some strange male calling my name outside my bedroom window at 1 AM as she was. Sadly for me, my mother never believed me that it wasn't anyone I knew -- but it wasn't and it was pretty scary, really.
Kids can get into all kinds of weird and unexpected trouble -- some brought on by their own FALSE sense of maturity, and others by totally unexpected circumstances. "
cm wrote on Mar 22, 2009 12:44 PM:
I agree FG, I saw no use on pot, strawberry hill wine was so much better when I was 16...lol
I noticed they still sell it, someday I will buy a bottle.
I will keep it on my windowsill as did my mom when she found my bottle..
however she never knew for many years to come, I had poured the wine into another container and refilled her 'catch' with water and food coloring!
ahh.. the good 'ole days! "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 22, 2009 11:28 AM:
I've tried it, years ago, it was OK, but not so exciting as to make it worth risking trouble with the law, so when I feel like having a buzz at home, I'll have a drink instead. But if pot were legal, I can't see where it would make any difference compared to alcohol. I've not been led down a road to abuse either. The only time I have had "harder" drugs was in the hospital (and they made me so ill I got off them as fast as I could).
There are people with "addictive personalities" who are going to get hooked and go deeper, whether with drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex or whatever. Legal or illegal will not make a difference. For everyone else, if marijuana can ease the suffering of pain patients, then I am all for making it legal, regulated and affordable.
For the record, I would NOT legalize hard drugs and think there probably should be stricter regulations on some prescription meds which are addictive and commonly abused. "
the bone wrote on Mar 22, 2009 10:05 AM:
Marijuana does lead to other drugs. How do you know that its not harmful? "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Mar 22, 2009 8:38 AM:
2. Furniture by the side of the road: Even in Detroit, which is a pretty backwards place, we had twice a year pick-up runs by municipalities to remove large items (there was no public dump, even if people had a way to transport things) -- I seem to recall when I was little, you could just put your old furniture and appliances out for pick-up on that day, but later, when I was older, they asked a small donation -- $5 or some such. Either is reasonable.
3. Nature -- I was at the Club yesterday, walked north, looked -- didn't see a 300. Maybe next weekend -- though I think Farmer Guy has a Fish and Game Dinner at some other club. -- But -- where did you get your Affordable Windows -- what business or store? I am ready to call and order some myself. I bought all the bits and bobs of hardware to go with my hanging lampshade (from eBay) for the purple room -- took some trial and error, but in the end I nailed it perfectly and it looks great. Also hung a large mirror (it's a small room and this really helps). All I need now is just the right rug.... "
brew1234 wrote on Mar 22, 2009 5:07 AM:
nature lover wrote on Mar 21, 2009 6:57 PM:
cm wrote on Mar 21, 2009 2:22 PM:
how many inspections. surveys,and wasted money has the city used via taxpayers dollars, to declare it an UNFIT building?
there must be a: bulldozer.com "
cm wrote on Mar 21, 2009 2:19 PM:
cm wrote on Mar 21, 2009 2:16 PM:
maybe charging the homeowner 10.00 per pick up? if it's a renter then it will be added to next months rent?
most cases are simply a person has NO WAY to get it to the dump.
It would aid the city into cleaning up faster! "
cm wrote on Mar 21, 2009 2:11 PM:
Not your mothers divorce by Kay Moffett & Sarah Touborg
full of information and dealing with all the emotions, courts, etc.while reading it makes you feel you are not alone, you are NOT the only person to experience such chaos.
the reader will connect within the first chapter!
There are a few things I wished I had done differently, too late now, but eye-opening for the future. "
karl the 2nd wrote on Mar 21, 2009 1:52 PM:
(heavy sigh)...
These talking-tough Iranians need to keep up appearances for their own zealots. They send out the letter to posture as being "tough", and then the talks go on behind closed doors.
My prediction--in a few weeks, there will be a "diplomatic breakthrough" brokered between the US and Iran.
Pat Roberts laid out a plausible, perfectly-reasonable explanation for why Iran would be simply insane to want to acquire a nuclear weapon. They would face annihilation from not only America, but Israel if ever a rogue operative "got a hold of" an errant nuke, and then somehow launched it against a westernized nation. They're not that stupid, nor that nihilistic and suicidal.
Note to David--Hannity does not "know all"! "
brew1234 wrote on Mar 21, 2009 12:59 PM:
brew1234 wrote on Mar 21, 2009 12:58 PM:
brew1234 wrote on Mar 21, 2009 12:56 PM:
brew1234 wrote on Mar 21, 2009 12:45 PM:
one step wrote on Mar 21, 2009 12:16 PM:
daviddelker wrote on Mar 21, 2009 11:34 AM: