Sunday, August 23, 2015

Update on a Cover-up

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October 2014: And the Wall Came Tumbling Down       I published a post on River Vices (29 October 2014) on the  wall that fel...
Saturday, August 15, 2015

Schlepping Online Around Ohio

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Ohio: 88 counties, 251 cities, 35 city managers       I have been schlepping around Ohio for the last couple of days via the interne...
Friday, July 31, 2015

Snuffy Sez to the Shitty Man'ger

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"Dammit D'reck my outhouse washed away!" Grandview geysers iz overflowin’ wiffout our sity man’ger kn...
Monday, July 20, 2015

The Dragon Lady is Back!

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I am reposting below a  River Vices  blog on the Dragon Lady from September 2010.  Has the manager-council form of government introduce...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Grandview Geysers

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The Grandview area before the Dreck Geyser spouted [ Residents of the Grandview area reported that during the recent...
Thursday, July 02, 2015

ICMA: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, or Worse?

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One of the curious things about  the campaign in Portsmouth in 2011 to change back to the manager-council form of government was the...
Friday, June 26, 2015

The New City Seal: Stars and Fleurs-de-Lis Forever

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Portsmouth's New City Seal If there’s one thing Portsmouth should not want to commemorate with a new city seal it’s the new U...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Manager-Council Government: Less Democracy, More Hypocrisy

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     I see that our officious First Ward council member Kevin W. Johnson is at it again, once more donning his Mussolini hat to mo...
Thursday, June 04, 2015

Dreamland: What's in a Name?

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      Sam Quinones’ Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Addiction (2015), has been rightfully acclaimed for detailing and rega...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Remembering My Brother on Memorial Day

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Forrey family, fall of 1942. I am at extreme left, Ed in uniform, back row      While doing chores on Memorial Day morning, 2015,...