Container Ordinance

http://www.springfieldmo.gov/pdfs/container_draft_12A240.pdf


It all started innocently enough as Gary Deaver spun the tales of days gone past and how he is just looking for a solution to a problem which for all intended purposes doesn't exist. Storage Containers run amok in the city and they must be controlled for the sake of everyones safety. Never mind that there have been NO accidents in the city with these containers and I would imagine accident rates for personal injury in and around these devises is quite minuscule.

The comparisons were made to the garage sale and residential parking ordinances which it didn't occur to me until today why this is.
Few if any people raised a fuss when the city regulated garage sales because this is a minority of the population and NO one came to their defense. Then it was parking in residential neighborhoods and once more this didn't affect a good percentage of the population so it as well sailed through.
Now were onto containers and this brought out much more weight then the city had imagined. 65 people attended the meeting last night and it seemed like the topic of discussion is stuck in a revolving door. On one side the business leaders are asking why such an ordinance is needed since placing a container already comes under the building & fire codes already in place. The flip side of the coin proclaims it has to be done for safety and to control the means by which these containers are used. Never mind in most cases these containers are placed on PRIVATE PROPERTY not governments.
Mr. Deaver kept on bringing up issues such as parking them too close to structures, except this already violates fire code. Dropping them to close to fire hydrants, once more a fire code violation. Blocking access in driveways and to other businesses, once more a violation of this matter is already in city code.
The crux of the matter is that someone thinks that the containers are unsightly and they are trying to use the force of government to prevent having to look at one from their back deck or bedroom window. A word of advise would have to be not to purchase a home near a business park. This is quite similar to purchasing a home in an area near an airport then complain because your home is in the landing pattern area when the wind is blowing.

It appears this issue should be tabled however I get the inclination the city will keep in at the top of the docket

A sad day for all

Elliot Spitzer is gone from the governors office on MOnday he announced his official resignation today. We will be hearing about the first African American being the NY governor for some time to come. And hear I thought we were looking to live in a color blind nation.
The man was brought down by banking officials that turned him in for moving cash around to various other accounts. This should send shock waves throughout America except the "conservatives" are dwelling on the prostitution aspect instead of HOW he was caught.

the dethroning of a governer

This morning while driving around a local radio station with a FOX feed stated that money being moved around into different accounts caused the bank to notify authorities. If all of these accounts belong to Eliot Spitzer what business is it of the banks to notify authorities of him moving money around in HIS various accounts.

Personally I'm fed up with these stupid prostitution laws, what two consenting adults do with their own time is THEIR business not the governments. That being said how one handles their private life does bleed over to their professional life. This show teach our stupid voters to research there candidate of choice before casting any ballot. Don't worry I won't hold my breath waiting on the 99% to catch on to those of us in the 1% category.

Eliot's waste land

He could have been America's first Jewish president. Instead, the career of New York's crime-fighting governor is being ended by a sex scandal

Michael Tomasky

March 10, 2008 8:30 PM

When the news first broke earlier today, it was vague enough - Spitzer "involved in" prostitution ring - that maybe it was possible that New York governor Eliot Spitzer could skate through.

But now, an updated version of the story on the New York Times' website - a version that adds the co-byline of the Times' great police and crime reporter Bill Rashbaum, who has crazy sources on this kind of thing - indicates that Spitzer was caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a prostitute in Washington DC last month. Last month!

He's finished. He did not say outright in his brief statement, issued at around 3pm east coast time, that he'll resign. But he'll resign. No governor can survive this. Especially not one who has so few friends and allies willing to go to the mat for him. I would expect he'll be gone by tomorrow.

This is just one of the most unbelievable political stories of the last couple years, and it caps (and ends) a pitiful gubernatorial term for a man who, just two years ago, was being touted as the guy who could one day become America's first Jewish president.

As attorney general of New York state, Spitzer could do no wrong. He sued and prosecuted all sorts of white-collar bad guys, won and relished his reputation as a white knight (even if some think he ultimately went too easy on Merrill Lynch, the deal he cut with Merrill didn't undercut the media's basic white-knight narrative). When Republican George Pataki announced that he would not seek re-election in 2006, it was a fait accompli that Spitzer would win the governor's race. He rolled.

The problems started very early on last year, with the so-called Troopergate scandal, in which he tried to destroy the Republican leader of the state senate. Within weeks of taking office, Spitzer's approval ratings were in the toilet. That was a worse-than-average political scandal, but the kind from which politicians who have three years until they face the voters again routinely come back from.

They don't come back from this.

What could he possibly have been thinking? (Yes, he's married, with three kids.) It just leaves one speechless. "OK, let's see. I'm the governor of New York, one of the highest-profile governors in the country. I have a reputation for self-righteousness. I'm already screwing up my job. I have loads of people out to get me. What should I do? Yeah, I know - go see a hooker!" Jesus H Christ.

I've known Spitzer since 1994. He ran a first race for attorney general, a race most of New York subsequently forgot completely about, when he finished fourth out of four candidates in the Democratic primary. He ran then as a centrist New Democrat and was a lousy candidate.

Four years later, he moved a little to the left to make himself more attractive to New York's Democratic voters. He won easily that time around. Then, he got to work. I remember interviewing him a few months into his term in office. He had assembled a great team of lawyers and investigators. He, I thought to myself, will be making a lot of noise over the next four years.

Well, his career is over. The next governor of New York will be David Paterson, an African American former state senator from Harlem who is now lieutenant governor (an office that serves the same function as vice-president nationally). Paterson is legally blind. He's the son of a historic figure in New York state black politics, Basil Paterson, who was a major leader in the first generation of really powerful black politicians in New York. I've known David for a long time too and have had a mostly good opinion of him, but lieutenant governors are basically there to balance the ticket and cut ribbons. Whether he's ready for this assignment is a very open question.

This is one of the most operatic political flame-outs in recent American history. Will even one male politician learn anything from this? I think we all know the answer to that.

eminent domain battle in MO

Dear Friend of Liberty,

We're getting closer to victory... This is our chance to stop eminent domain for private gain once and for all in Missouri! We need your help!

The Founding Father knew that freedom is not free. On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry gave his famous "Give me liberty, or give me death" speech. We all know of the war that followed and the great sacrifices of our forefathers to secure that liberty for us.

Those great men and women would be appalled at the abuse of the government's power of eminent domain today. Missourian's are losing their homes and businesses âEURO" not for roads, bridges or sewers, but so that private developers can build another strip mall for their own profit! (Read about some of the abuses at: www.mo-cpr.org/fundraise.html) We must not continue to squander the great blessings of liberty that were purchased with so much blood and tears!

For the past two years Missouri Citizens for Property Rights has been working on a solution. We are circulating two petitions to amend the Missouri constitution. If passed by the voters in November 2008, we will end the use of eminent domain for private gain. Instead of being one of the top five abusers of eminent domain, Missouri will have the best property protection in the nation - the very thing that promotes a strong economy.

Volunteers have been collecting signatures since April, 2007. However, volunteers alone can't get the job done. In February, we hired a professional firm to manage the monumental job of collecting 215,000 signatures per petition by the May 4th deadline.

We need your help. This effort will cost about $860,000. We've raised almost $500,000 of that but at the rate we are collecting signatures, that money will soon run out.

We weren't there in 1776 to man musket and cannon, but on the anniversary of Patrick Henry's great speech we want to drop a MONEY BOMB!

Like the sacrifices our Forefathers made, your contribution toward these amendments will protect the property rights of many future generations - and we aren't relying on ANY politicians to get the job done!

Here are two things you can do that WILL make a difference:

1) Go to www.mo-cpr.org/givemeliberty.html and pledge $100 (or whatever you can afford). We will send you a reminder email to make your donation on March 23rd.

2) Pass this email on to as many people as you can.

Together, we can win! Please act NOW!

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave...

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! (Patrick Henry, in a speech before the Second Virginia Convention, March 23, A.D. 1775)

I had to laugh

this AM while listening to our local conservative talk show host pontificating on how supporters of Ron Paul are going to destroy the Republican Party. This was done many years ago by people who tried to dictate to individuals how they must live their lives and they determined they should determine the essence of freedom. Dare I might add that lunatic fringe religious zealots added to this demise as well when they decided to dictate to the masses how one must lead a righteous life while they themselves didn't do like wise. Do as I say not as I do is not a way to abdicate political affiliations. As a religious individual I show people through my actions that having faith is essential to leading a good life, however I do know people that aren't religious that lead good lives as well. I'm really going to give him a break on this issue since being raised up in Canada is known to dilute the common sense of people. I would like to challenge Mr. Jericho to look at the voting record of Ron Paul and tell me where he finds such a notion of his thought process. There is NO one in Congress closer to being a reincarnation to one of our greatest Presidents Thomas Jefferson than Ron Paul.

According to the show this AM anyone who believes as Ron Paul is a flaming liberal , hate America crowd, and is destroying the greatest document ever written. Keep in mind that being Canadian raised VD Jericho still has fascist characteristics about him including how the individual should be governed.

I just about rolled off the highway laughing this morning when he pronounced me as a FLAAPL
and that yours truly is a danger to the United States of America. Imagine the horror that my special ops commander would feel if he knew that I was a turncoat and an American hater. I'm not a decorated war hero or anything(during the 80's we didn't go into military battles with anyone except that exercise in Grenada)but, I did serve my country honorably and with dignity until my discharge. I still love the country I was born in and all that it stood for by reading the Constitution. I dare anyone to read the document now and look at the government we have and tell me it still stands for freedom, liberty, and justice for everyone within the borders of this nation. Yes we have more freedoms than many nations, however I wasn't born there I was born here and I have fewer freedoms now then what was available when I was born in the early 60's.

It is a shame that my kids won't be able to experience a time when government doesn't tell you what you can do and how you can do it.

Imagine a staunch Constitutionalist with a good understanding of the document and an avid reader of the Federalist Papers being called a FLAAPL, it still brings a chuckle when I think about it.