Aaaaaand they’re off!!
We here at The News must have missed the starting gun and the track announcer introducing the candidates but we sure didn’t miss the cheers and jeers as the candidates rounded turn number one in what promises to be one of the hottest tickets in local politics this season.
We are definitely off to the races.
The verdict? It’s going to be Politics as usual, Northeast style this summer.
Based on the mud that’s been thrown up thus far — we don’t think anyone will be immune as both the weather and the political scene heats up this summer.
When I got this gig about ten years back, former publisher Brock advised me: “Don’t do endorsements, you’ll make nobody happy and everybody angry.”
Well this little dog is livin’ by those sage words of advice and currently has no intention of throwing support behind someone or even taking a stand on who to vote for in this one — unless someone runs for dogcatcher, then we might howl a bit.
Kibble is a fine treat, but this dog lives off the truth.
We are not here to make friends and be popular. We are here to be a voice for Historic Northeast neighborhoods and be the voice of truth standing tall amid the din of political rhetoric.
We hear that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks. Well, this old pooch still has some young blood in her and she not going to “sit” or “ stay” during this primary election.
Bette Davis said it best: “fasten your seat belts fellas, its going to be a bumpy ride.”
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We would like to offer a personal wag of the tail to the find folks at the Kansas City Police Department for their crime lab and smart police work.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms recognized the Kansas City Regional Crime Lab for their use of technology when matching weapons used by criminals in certain cases.
Since 2002, the lab had successfully made 100 matches of bullets recovered at crime scene with the weapon that was used. And, to add to the kudos, the labs in just the past two months has already made another 20 matches using the ATF database.
In one case police were left with no clues other than the spent shell casings from the crime scene. LAter that year a police officer was assaulted, the suspect was arrested and his weapon seized.
Police using the weapon and lab technology were able to match the weapon and the shells and made a case against the man.
Congrats and keep up the good work.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
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The Buzz for Wednesday, March 19
This explanation needs to be returned to sender, ASAP.
When moving trucks arrived Friday morning at the Hardesty Post Office, neighborhood leaders and this newspaper feared the worst.
It was almost like Northeast was about to get its own version of “The Move.”
In 1984, semi-trucks pulled up to the Baltimore Colts’ stadium in the middle of the night and loaded everything up and moved out without saying a word. Stunned football fans woke up the next morning to find their hometown team had found another home in Indianapolis.
On Friday morning last week, Northeast residents feared they were getting the same cloak and dagger treatment as trucks pulled up to the Hardesty post office and postal employees began hauling out the furniture, wall decorations and all “non-essential” equipment.
Employees there even told customers that they had been told earlier that March 31 was the last day the old post office would be open.
Pack it up, this circus is moving on down the road.
But once again the postal service was left pointing fingers in circles attempting to divert the fervor their own early morning move was causing.
Officials say no final decision has been made, but from all appearances those decisions have been made and carried out — along with all the furniture. It’s a lot easier to close a post office that you have already cleared out for your “structural study.”
But through this whole process the Postal Service has been a little too tight-lipped for comfort. If this truly was something the post office wanted to do honestly and cleanly they should have involved neighborhood leaders, activists and others in the process from the beginning.
The integrity of any report, structural study or engineer’s report is going to be questioned because it was done while leaving residents in the dark.
The Postal Service has already lost the trust of the neighborhoods though their actions leading up to the possible closing of the Hardesty sub-station. To close it now will leave neighborhoods all over Northeast simply angry and bitter at another government organization short-changing this area.
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John “JJ” Rizzo wanted to set the record straight this week.
Last week, this little Newshound took a swipe at the political shenanigans from the Jay Nixon fundraiser held in Northeast. In this column we made a joke about how State Rep. John Burnett and his former political challenger Will Royster were shaking hands and offering glowing comments about each other at the event. We also took note of how Rizzo, another challenger in the 40th District House race was nowhere to be found.
That is because, Rizzo said, he was not invited.
“It was not because I did not want to be there to represent Northeast. It was a private event and I was not invited,” Rizzo said this week.
But Rizzo said he was not upset; just perplexed. Maybe his invite got lost in the mail as the post office attempted to flee Northeast.
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The Buzz Blog is your place for breaking news in Historic Northeast and daily updates on the big stories that are affecting you.
Check in on politics and the twists in the State house race in you own backyard. Find updates on the Museum, post office and Old Northeast. The Buzz Blog is your conduit to Northeast and the movers and shakers that live here.
The Northeast Buzz Blog: your neighborhoods, your blog.
This explanation needs to be returned to sender, ASAP.
When moving trucks arrived Friday morning at the Hardesty Post Office, neighborhood leaders and this newspaper feared the worst.
It was almost like Northeast was about to get its own version of “The Move.”
In 1984, semi-trucks pulled up to the Baltimore Colts’ stadium in the middle of the night and loaded everything up and moved out without saying a word. Stunned football fans woke up the next morning to find their hometown team had found another home in Indianapolis.
On Friday morning last week, Northeast residents feared they were getting the same cloak and dagger treatment as trucks pulled up to the Hardesty post office and postal employees began hauling out the furniture, wall decorations and all “non-essential” equipment.
Employees there even told customers that they had been told earlier that March 31 was the last day the old post office would be open.
Pack it up, this circus is moving on down the road.
But once again the postal service was left pointing fingers in circles attempting to divert the fervor their own early morning move was causing.
Officials say no final decision has been made, but from all appearances those decisions have been made and carried out — along with all the furniture. It’s a lot easier to close a post office that you have already cleared out for your “structural study.”
But through this whole process the Postal Service has been a little too tight-lipped for comfort. If this truly was something the post office wanted to do honestly and cleanly they should have involved neighborhood leaders, activists and others in the process from the beginning.
The integrity of any report, structural study or engineer’s report is going to be questioned because it was done while leaving residents in the dark.
The Postal Service has already lost the trust of the neighborhoods though their actions leading up to the possible closing of the Hardesty sub-station. To close it now will leave neighborhoods all over Northeast simply angry and bitter at another government organization short-changing this area.
™ ™ ™
John “JJ” Rizzo wanted to set the record straight this week.
Last week, this little Newshound took a swipe at the political shenanigans from the Jay Nixon fundraiser held in Northeast. In this column we made a joke about how State Rep. John Burnett and his former political challenger Will Royster were shaking hands and offering glowing comments about each other at the event. We also took note of how Rizzo, another challenger in the 40th District House race was nowhere to be found.
That is because, Rizzo said, he was not invited.
“It was not because I did not want to be there to represent Northeast. It was a private event and I was not invited,” Rizzo said this week.
But Rizzo said he was not upset; just perplexed. Maybe his invite got lost in the mail as the post office attempted to flee Northeast.
™ ™ ™
Can’t get enough Bunny the Newshound? Do you yearn for daily Bunny or your breaking Northeast News? Then check out the newest Web site brought to you by The Northeast News: The Northeast Buzz Blog at www.nebuzz.blogspot.com
The Buzz Blog is your place for breaking news in Historic Northeast and daily updates on the big stories that are affecting you.
Check in on politics and the twists in the State house race in you own backyard. Find updates on the Museum, post office and Old Northeast. The Buzz Blog is your conduit to Northeast and the movers and shakers that live here.
The Northeast Buzz Blog: your neighborhoods, your blog.
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