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Word on the street is that a major TV talking head, one we all have the chance to see regularly commenting on high-profile legal cases, is coming to New Albany...more details as they become available.
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No one has yet articulated why the group is so desperately opposed to a new subdivision of vintage homes relocated from the Floyd County hospital grounds. No one has yet explained why they oppose bringing tens of millions of dollars to New Albany to be used to rehabilitate substandard housing.
But the plaintiffs' hail-mary effort to stymie Linden Meadows was rebuffed, as expected, when special judge Cecile Blau cut through the attempts to confuse the issue and ruled in favor of the City of New Albany. Lead plaintiff Becky Gardenour vowed to appeal the decision. No word yet from Main Street on whether funds will continue to flow to pay for the lawsuit appeal.
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One local blogger knows better than all of us the benefits that would flow from completion of Linden Meadows.
Wonder why we never hear about it from that quarter?
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Sen. Connie Sipes is trying to hold back the tide, or at least ameliorate some of the ill effects of a telecom deregulation bill making its way through the General Assembly. This has become an annual assault on the people. Government is best when it's closest to the people. So why
would the legislature pass a bill removing local authority over cable TV, and threaten to prevent (preempt) localities from providing municipal broadband services?
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Maury K. Goldberg, publisher of the Web log "New Albany Today," provides an important service by posting the candidate filings this month. But Maury, we'll find it wherever it is.
Come back to blogging new content!
posted by All4Word at 8:32 AM
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There are people out there much better qualified to answer that one. But on Feb. 1 we're going to have a discussion of the whole topic.
But affordable covers all levels of income, and the homes at Linden Meadows (and their owners) are likely to improve the area's average home price (and average income?).
FYI, "affordable housing" means spending less than 30% of your gross income on housing costs. Almost all homeowners, under the terms of their mortgage, do this. Many renters spend as much as 50% of their income on housing. All of the Linden Meadows buyers will be at 29% or less, and will be below 80% of the area median income (about $45,000 for a family of four). The houses will sell for around $10,000 below appraisal.
Well, hello Joh... uh, 'paying attention'.
Nice to know you're reading even though you "...wish blogs would disappear".
Randy, we thought you hated anonymity. Why allow it now?
Special occassion?
I have allowed anonymous commenting on my blog for about 5 months, now, east ender. Do you have a comment to make about the content of the source's information? Is it incorrect? Do you dispute it?
I've invited anyone to respond to ceece's query. So what's your point?
I thought you "hated" when anyone who disagrees with you posts on your blog? Why post here now? Special "occassion?"
That "grammer" will get you every time.
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