County Council (November 18, 2008)

Thanks for the information Art!

You go Bob! Show them they can't ignore the law. It is about open government! Why do I think he did not get the information from the County Attorney? Oh that is right. The County attorney is not the county's attorney. He assists and advises Mr. Preston!

I just went to the county website to download the entire agenda packet for the 18th. It was not there. The only one there was the one for the third. How did you get Art?

But while I was on the website I was looking at the county's organizational chart. Below is what is currently listed as the county attorney's mission statement on that section of the chart. Do you think many in the county can understand it?

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Are you kidding me?

As nearly as I can cipher, Ron, it says: "If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em."

Why would anybody put LATIN on an Anderson County website? Check here. Anderson County apparently has somebody on the payroll who hasn't done the job yet. It's just a placeholder in a computer program, apparently - better known as "gibberish." Pigeon Latin, so to speak.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum

Thanks Virginia! I thought for a moment I had celebrated the Maryland victory over North Carolina with a few too many adult beverages. JD, latin or not it had me confused!

Looks like Ralph is going to be around for awhile at Maryland, Ron. Drink one for me while you're at it. He's a good coach, although if he doesn't drop a pound or two he's going to blow a gasket on the sidelines someday. I'd bet he hasn't seen his own feet since he was in high school.

You know, my two favorite ACC football coaches are whoever's coaching at Clemson and whichever coach beats North Carolina on any given Saturday.

Virginia, I just fed that entire "lorem ipsum" text into an online Latin-English translator, and it didn't have that much trouble. The translation came back in about two seconds and said: "Bite me!"

(Just kidding, Virginia.)

Who knows why that is, Ron? Last time I covered a football game at Maryland, Jerry Claiborne was still the head coach - and nobody ever doubted what HIS mindset was on any given day. And even if we did doubt it, most of us weren't brave enough to ask him.

We've strayed way off topic now. Back to that upcoming County Council meeting.

Art, do you have any thoughts on how this soap opera is going to play out?

Claiborne was good for Maryland football. I think he can be credited with moving the football program into the modern era.

How about basketball? Did you cover Lefty Drissell (sp?)?

You are right about Ralph's health. His size worries a lot of folks.

Yep, covered Lefty many times, including in the "Greatest Game Ever Played" - the 103-100 overtime win by N.C. State in the finals of the 1974 ACC Tournament. Two of the best ACC teams ever in my book.

Maryland had Tom McMillen, Owen Brown, Mo Howard, John Lucas, Len Elmore in the starting five (Tom Roy, who still sucks, also played and scored one point); N.C. State had David Thompson (the greatest ACC player I ever saw), Tom Burleson, Monte Towe, Tim Stoddard and Mo Rivers, along with Phil Spence and Mark Moeller.

I remember the night clearly, though, not because it was a great game, but because the game ran late and it's the only time I ever "almost" missed a deadline. Danged overtime nailbiters!

JD there is a lot I'd like to ask. But I need to not Highjack Art's thread. I think I may attend the meeting on the 18th. This one may be interesting.

I still am curious as to where Art got his info from?

I just went to the county website to download the entire agenda packet for the 18th. It was not there. The only one there was the one for the third. How did you get Art?

But while I was on the website I was looking at the county's organizational chart. Below is what is currently listed as the county attorney's mission statement on that section of the chart. Do you think many in the county can understand it?

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit a

Are you kidding me?

 

-nomadron