By now many PRU readers have visited Mayor Howard's election website and read the Q & A with Mayor Frimark talking points. We hope readers have taken the necessary precautions, such as donning hip waders while slogging through the muck that passes for Mayor Howard's talking points.
The PRU Crew has gotten a kick out of the disparity between Mayor Howard's survey questions to residents and the Q & A responses from Mayor Howard.
We also laughed about Mayor Howard's discussion of Park Ridge Commons, which is an apartment complex outside the city limits of Park Ridge, and whose owners were seeking annexation into Park Ridge a few years ago. We think Mayor Howard may have meant to discuss either the Library City Commons, which was a streetscape project (.pdf) completed a year ago and over budget, or the PRC Uptown redevelopment itself, which is where retail tenants are needed. We understand that there is a partnership agreement in place between the City of Park Ridge and PRC partners, but we also feel Mayor Howard will be as effective as a screen door on a submarine in trying to tell PRC partners, specifically the Mid-America Real Estate Group, how to go about attracting retail tenants.
The PRU Crew is pleased to note some of the critical thinking we see in the comments people have offered on our blog. We too noted the ridiculous spin required to draw a line between promoting the Taste of Park Ridge and generating sales tax revenue. And we hope Mayor Howard isn't serious about licensing billboards in town!
So people, if you haven't had a chance to read Mayor Howard's website muck, we think you should take the time to do so. Just make sure you properly gear up for the task first.
March 16, 2009
Gear Up!
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you will need a magnifying glass as well. WOW!
I have to laugh! Howie has spent more time stirring the pot on the PADS thing than anything else, but he doesn't say a peep about it in his talking points! All those white shirts running around howling their heads off and their shameless leader doesn't even give it a mention!
Too funny!
Licensing bill boards! He can't be serious.
Also, non-resident commuter parking fees? Do we have non-residents that have parking permits? I had always heard there is a waiting list to even get a permit so I'm a bit surprised that residents wait behind non-residents. Is that correct?
This is a hoot !!! Malicious Bloggers Endanger City !!!!!! What I want to see is " Blog saves City of Park Ridge !!! City Government shaken to it's roots, as Mayor is held accountable !! PRU given key to City...party to follow at Uncle Dan's!!!
http://mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=153345&type=Daily
Oh yes....warm weather brings out the best in people!!!
Howie...get those shorts ready!!
Some of that Fla tanning oil too.
Bird legs in with open toed shoes...
wow...............
Once upon a time in a far off land there lived an emporer with new clothes. His constituents wore white shirts. They lived in castles next door to empty houses and spent their days racing up and down the town strip called Cumberland.
"WE MUST GO FARTHER!" They cried. The emporer said, "then you shall go farther. Build a bridge so they can go OVER the tracks, North into the kingdom called Hinkley park. Build them a homeless shelter too and name it after me."
All the white shirted residents applauded and jumped and shouted. "We shall fill that homeless shelter with the unemployed who gamble at the nearby casino, and feed them our Sunday Spaghetti Special!"
I voted today...early voting started today...get out and vote...the 2 referendums are on the ballot...make sure that you read them carefully.
anony-mouse
Thank you for the laugh!
Then the White Shirts said, "let's call it 'A Nice Place to Live' and put up signs everywhere with the Emporer's name on them." They all clapped their hands and cheered in unison.
With his eyes wide, one of the young White Shirts asked, "would he even take pictures with us?"
OH YES, OH YES, he will take pictures with you.
And they all lived happily ever after.
Mouse---I know you are Irish. Are you hitting the sauce early?
Mouse rocks!
happily ever after...or so they thought... the emporer took their homes and ate them all.
As we have said...its a conspiracy!
Or as they say....as the "fern turns"
or the "edge of wetness"...come on Apr 7th!!
Don't forget he's still working with Baily's on a new location and of corse there are those interested developers who want to build in target area 4. Don't suppose those names have been discussed with anyone other than Howard himself.
O.K who's really sick of hearing "more sales tax revenues"?
That's the same B.S. that was used to sell the PRC development and I still haven't seen the windfall of revenuue pouring of there. So expecting anyone to get excited about the Higgins plan or target area 4 is crazy.
No, he did not eat them.
He breathed on them with his dragon-coffee breathe, and enchanting them in a deep slumber, repeating "PADS", "too many accomplishments to name even one," and "stimulation plan for those who have Prostrate cancer in Norwegia."
A few months later, the White Shirts meet with the Emporer. He smiles at them with his usual creepy smile. They are frowning but he does not acknowledge their frowns. It turns out they didn't find 'Happily Ever After.'
One of his minions asks, "why are you frowning?"
The leader of the White Shirts steps forward timidly. "We are sad, our children are sad. We have been separated from the rest of the community because of our white shirts."
"So?" replies the Emporer.
"Well...sir...we used to be this nice community where we all worked together for a common goal. Now there is a line between us and the rest."
"You know what I say to those who are not the White Shirts?" the Emporer shouts. I say "!$*#&* them"--but the crowd cannot hear him over the excruciatingly low-flying airplane. The adult White Shirts realize what he is saying and cover the ears of their children, pulling them from the assembly of White Shirts.
They meet at an undisclosed location at the land where Country Club exclusivists meet.
"What can we do to fix this and end all the animosity?" Their sad faces looked around.
"Well, we should start with a new emporer. Perhaps we can just call him a leader and not make him an emporer. Maybe we just need one of the people, to lead us."
The Mouse has spoken...
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