Saturday, August 01, 2009

Portsmouth Floodwall: Crazy Swayze

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The Patrick Swayze image above is on an out-the-way section of the Portsmouth flood wall. It looks like it might have been painted from a s...
Saturday, July 25, 2009

Floodwall Murals: Going with the Flow

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In a memo to the City Council, dated July 22, City Solicitor Jones wrote, “At the last council meeting on July 13, 2009, some issues were ra...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

Murals Mishmash

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G raffiti on ancillary flood wall, behind Pat's Caf e On July 13, 2009, the Portsmouth City Council gave a first reading to an ordinance...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Porksmouth Revisited

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[ I am reposting "Porksmouth,"  slightly edited, from March 2006 as background for a new article on Portsmouth Murals, Inc....
Saturday, July 11, 2009

Ten Possible Lights at End of Tunnel

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“I believe there is light at the end of the tunnel.” Portsmouth Daily Times crack cover-up reporter Frank Lewis (July 10, 2009.) 1. The lig...
Saturday, July 04, 2009

Franklin on the Fourth

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“Since there is no proper ceremony for observing the Fourth of July, it’s left to each of us to decide how to reflect on the meaning of free...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Ten Commandments of City Council Etiquette

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I am told by those who do their civic duty and attend Portsmouth City Council meetings that His Honor Our Lapdog Mayor recently reprimanded...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

Wired World

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In the last quarter-century or so, and particularly in the last ten years, computer technology has transformed politics tremendo...