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July 19
Orchids to
Bud Herron for a thoughtful column.
the Fortinis for taking the time to organize the garage sale for the Flat Rock Park community this past weekend.
Bryan Burton and Diana at the Department of Public Works for going above and beyond, from Adele on Caldwell Place.
the silver Jeep driver who paid for my smoothie last week, from the lady in the green car.
the lady in the black convertible at Aldi’s for rescuing and loving an elderly golden retriever.
Teresa, custodian at the mall, for the great job you’re doing.
the city for hiring an outside company to develop a new roundabout.
Onions to
those who make u-turns at intersections when you are not allowed to do so.
the person who thinks people care more about animals than people.
the city for allowing the park shelter to become the homeless camp.
whoever is responsible for maintaining the weeds on State Street People Trail section.
over $2 million more dollars approved on top of millions already spent in bike and walking trails and only about 5% of our citizens use them.
the Corvette racing down Hawcreek Boulevard on Monday morning.
the southern politician for holding up military nominations just for a personal ego trip.
not installing a sidewalk on 10th Street from Central to the east side Walmart location, there is nowhere to ride a bike on that road.
our city having 14 Mexican restaurants and only one steakhouse.
the Secret Service for saying they can’t find out who left cocaine in the White House.
those who approved of the FBI investigating MLK and John Lennon, but don’t like them investigating real criminals that we all saw break the law.
the crew replacing glass on a downtown business who are taking forever to finish and can’t seem to string three words together without interjecting a loud, offensive curse word.
high price social events for whatever cause which tend to exclude low income participation.
the terrible striping job on National Road through Columbus.
the city for being a desert for retail and fine dining.
the gentleman lying to the insurance company trying to get his roof and guttering replaced for free.
Happy Birthday to
Abigail Sanders, from Bethel Baptist Church.
Ryan Cline, from your family and Donna.
Linda Louden, from your family and friends.
Timmy Stover, love your fiancé Hailynn, your son Kaidence and daughter Ny’Liah and Kevin, Dawn Courtney, Steven, Kamryn, Bryar, Brayleigh, Kaleb, Pappaw Rex, Shelby, Kyson, Zarron, Grams and Paps.
