Bloviations

I suppose there’s value in that about 70% of the editorials come from their Freedom Communications, INC overlords, (this editorial borrows heavily from this one) but

August 21st, 2010 | Tags: Economy, Freedom Communications INC, Freedom ENC, Jacksonville Daily News, Politics | Category: Economy, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, News, Politics | Leave a comment

The Jacksonville Daily News has published a letter to the editor I sent regarding Mike McHugh’s column on gasoline prices in the Jacksonville-Swansboro-Onslow County area. You can read the letter below or visit the Jacksonville Daily News’ version, but be sure to read McHugh’s column first. Disagree with my letter? Support it? Let me know [...]

June 13th, 2010 | Tags: Activism, Alternative Transportation, Commuting, Economy, Environment, Free market fundamentalists, Freedom ENC Communications, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville Transit, Jacksonville, NC, Letters to the Editor, Libertarians, Mainstream Media, Mike McHugh | Category: Activism, Alternative Transportation, Commuting, Economy, Environment, Free market fundamentalists, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville Transit, Jacksonville, NC, Letters to the Edtor, Libertarians, Mainstream Media | Leave a comment

I provide my usual and all-too-often needed apologies for being a less-than-stellar blogger. This post is a mixed-bag of stuff that’s been floating around my head these few weeks. The race for Jacksonville’s City Council There hasn’t been much public campaigning. Mr. Hunter Hadley, Jr (At-Large) has yard signs posted. Councilwoman Reva Sullivan (Ward 2) [...]

September 3rd, 2009 | Tags: 2009 Elections, Alva Williams, Bicycle Commuting, Bicycling, City of Jacksonville NC, City of Jacksonville Recreation and Parks Department, City of Jacksonville Trails and Greenways Commission, Freedom ENC Communications, Hunter Hadley Jr, Jacksonville Daily News, James Bryan, Libertarians, Reva Sullivan | Category: 2009 Elections, Alva Williams, Bicycling, Blog Navel-Gazing, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Hunter Hadley, Jr, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, James Bryan, Libertarians, Recreation and Parks Commission, Reva Sullivan, Trails and Greenways Commission | Comments (3)

My week is almost over. I’m off tomorrow at Noon until Monday. So, yays for me. If you thought recent dramas in Jacksonville were over, you were wrong. The folks at Americans for Prosperity have attacked Mr. Phillip Cherry (Director of the Onslow County Library System) for sending out an email requesting citizens speak at [...]

June 30th, 2009 | Tags: 2009 Elections, 2010 Elections, Americans for Prosperity, Freedom ENC Communications, Havelock News, Jacksonville Daily News, Kinston Free Press, New Bern Sun Journal, Onslow County Board of Education, Onslow County Library System, Onslow County Politics, Onslow County, NC, Phillip Cherry | Category: 2009 Elections, 2010 Elections, Economy, Free market fundamentalists, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Kinston Free Press, Mainstream Media, New Bern Sun Journal, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Education, Onslow County Politics, Onslow County, NC, Open Thread, Politics | Leave a comment

Earlier this week (I think it was Tuesday or Wednesday morning) I was bicycling to work and had this flitting thought: I haven’t heard the names “Joe McLaughlin” or “Delma Collins” in a while. Isn’t that nice?" And it was, it was very nice…But it wasn’t to last very long. Follow the jump for details.

March 1st, 2009 | Tags: 2008 Elections, 2010 Elections, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Ci ty Council, Jacksonville Daily News, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), NC-03, NC-Sen, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Commissions, Republicans, Richard Burr, Walter B Jones Jr | Category: 2009 Elections, 2010 Elections, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), NC Senate 6, NC-03, North Carolina, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Senate, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Politics, Onslow County, NC, Politics, Republicans, Richard Burr, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Leave a comment

Ms. Steinfeld recently wrote a guest post at Thordora’s Spin Me I Pulsate blog. The subject of her post, cyber stalking, is something I’ve never had to deal with, as I have always written online by my given name. I do so for two reasons: I believe it lends more creditibility to my writing It [...]

January 15th, 2009 | Tags: Blog Navel-Gazing, Bloggers, BrockNet, City of Jacksonville, Family, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Internet, Jacksonville Daily News, Relationship, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate | Category: Blog Navel-Gazing, Bloggers, BrockNet, City of Jacksonville NC, Family, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Relationship, Uncategorized, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate | Comments (2)

Mr. Quinn’s response is below, in its entirety, since it’s not available on the Jacksonville Daily News’ website. Community’s needs greater than bridge To the editor:     In his Jan. 8 letter to the editor headlined, “More use of bridge than some claim,” Thomas Brock acknowledges that Robert Hitch and I “may not” have seen [...]

January 10th, 2009 | Tags: Eddie Quinn, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Letters to the Editor, Rails-to-Trails, Trails and Greenways Commission | Category: Activism, Bicycling, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Letters to the Edtor, Mainstream Media | Comments (3)

The below is the text of a letter to the editor of the Jacksonville Daily News regarding this article. Dear Editor, The January 6th, 2009 edition of the Jacksonville Daily News featured an article titled “Rails-to-Trails bridge earns state engineering award”. This article unfairly portrays the Rails-to-Trails project, and the associated pedestrian bridge, as unused [...]

January 7th, 2009 | Tags: Bicycle Commuting, Bicycling, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, commuting car-free, Freedom ENC Communications, Jacksonville Daily News, Rails-to-Trails | Category: Activism, Bicycling, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Letters to the Edtor, Mainstream Media | Comments (2)

According to the Raleigh News and Observer’s political blog, Under the Dome, the N.C. Metropolitan Mayors Coalition has submitted their wish-list for federal stimulus money. The list includes projects for the infrastructure improvements in Jacksonville which total over $11 million. The full list is below: Cold Patch Asphalt Storage    $       80,000 Red Oak Culvert [...]

December 20th, 2008 | Tags: as their “Libertarian” leanings would certainly not be in support of federal money being spent on such frivolous projects., I’m surprised that the Jacksonville Daily News hasn’t covered the list | Category: City of Jacksonville NC, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Mainstream Media, News, Sammy Phillips | Leave a comment