Bloviations

The agenda for this month’s Trails and Greenways Commission meeting is here.
Notes and results follow:
The Commission unanimously approved the minutes for the December 08 meeting.
Mr. Chris Lukasina (administrator for the Jacksonville Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization) provided a presentation on JUMPO’s efforts in transportation planning. He touched on the status of the Comprehensive Bicyclist and [...]

March 22nd, 2009 | Tags: Activism, City of Jacksonville NC, City of Jacksonville Recreation and Parks Department, City of Jacksonville Trails and Greenways Commission, Fannie K. Coleman, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organizat, Jacksonville, NC, Rails-to-Trails | Category: Activism, City of Jacksonville NC, Fannie K. Coleman, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville Transit, Jacksonville Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Org, Jacksonville, NC, Trails and Greenways Commission | Comments (1)

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 requires that I [...]

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 [...]

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)

Lindell Kay has a new article at the Jacksonville Daily News about the very public drama over Register of Deeds Becky Pollard’s pay.
In the article, Pollard claims that his “research” into other Registers of Deeds’ salaries was an attempt to ensure that Pollard (who has zero experience as a Register of Deeds) maintained the level [...]

December 3rd, 2008 | Tags: Becky Pollard, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Lindell Kay, Off the Cuff, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Politics, Onslow County Register of Deeds, Tommy Pollard | Category: 2008 Elections, Jacksonville Daily News, Lionell Midgett, Onslow County, Onslow County Politics, Onslow County Register of Deeds, Onslow County, NC, Paul Buchanan | Leave a comment