http://radioball.net doing stuff since 1976 Wed, 14 May 2008 03:16:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm glad to see Zoback over at Worcester Magazine was the first local journalist to pick up the trail of this incredibly damning DOJ Civil Rights Division report on the Worcester County House of Corrections. I don't know what's more bizarre, the report itself or Deputy Superintendent Turcos response ... http://radioball.net/2008/05/13/civil-rights-optional-at-worcester-house-of-corrections/ Looks like Councilor Smith actually took his batshit insane local lottery proposal to the council floor today. While the proposal is fanciful and mostly ridiculous for a number of reasons, according to the Worcester Magazine blog Mr Smith said something tonight which he really needs to be called out ... http://radioball.net/2008/05/13/a-tax-on-people-who-are-bad-at-math/ Right or wrong, the checks are actually in the mail and local businesses are looking to grab that cash as quickly as they can. What do you think about the economic stimulus plan? Quizzes by Quibblo.com http://radioball.net/2008/05/08/how-do-you-plan-on-stimulating-the-economy/ Former Sen. George McGovern, an early supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton, urged her to drop out of the Democratic presidential race and endorsed her rival, Barack Obama. link Can’t be long now, what’s it going to be Jim? http://radioball.net/2008/05/07/one-mcgovern-down/ I’ve been biting my tongue on the education funding issue for some time now, it’s an issue where I agree with too few locals to even bother with, but it’s really getting silly now. I just noticed on the Whos of Who-cester blog another call for more ‘strongly worded ... http://radioball.net/2008/04/30/but-think-of-the-children/ Looks like its game over for sanity in the Woo. At last nights council meeting we saw a unanimous vote to adopt a new amendment expanding adult zoning just enough to keep the city from facing a slam dunk of a constitutional challenge. Of course this introduces a ... http://radioball.net/2008/04/30/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-tips/ I don't know this person, but her twitter feed and blog have been making me snort pretty consistently for a few weeks now. So thanks AnnMarie, I hope the Lorazepam works out for you. that’s fine. whatever. http://radioball.net/2008/04/28/best-of-worcester-online/ It's kind of depressing when the newspaper business has come to the point where self-deprecation is perfectly acceptable, it's no joke. Yesterdays Dianne Williamson column in the T&G tried to make light of the troubles the newspaper business is seeing. Since the analysts predict that newspapers may soon be obsolete, ... http://radioball.net/2008/04/28/the-telegrams-midlife-career-change/ Since it will probably be gone by the time anyone reads this, here's a screencap of what appears to be a pigeons ass blocking the view of city hall. http://radioball.net/2008/04/28/pigeon-cam/ This morning while waiting for my coffee at the Bean Counter on Highland I was looking over their bulletin board when my eye caught an 8.5x11 piece of paper down at the bottom advertising an event for Ed O'Reilly, who I gather is running for Senate this year. The ... http://radioball.net/2008/04/17/meet-ed%e2%80%99s-brother/