How cool would it be to have this much money to spend on books every year?
Selecting which books will make it onto the shelves at the Allen County Public Library is more of an art than a science, says bibliographer Kathy Witwer. Following trends in television, popular magazines, publishing companies and literary awards, Witwer finds the beat of current literature.
So, Geoff Paddock is one of the people who don't get their reminders to renew their license plates. He forgets and is issued a ticket. He complains to the BMV and is told, well, it was one of our computer glitches, and it's just a courtesy anyway, so quit yer whinin'. Paddock isn't buying it:
“But it's more than a courtesy. License fees are a tax, and the least the state can do is to mail notices in a timely manner.”
Unfair! We get Mellencamp at the coliseum, but Bloomington gets:
Rock icons Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello will perform Oct. 19 at Indiana University as part of homecoming week celebrations.
Bummer. Being angry won't solve anything. I shall try to be amused.
We tough-on-criminals types have to answer for people mistakenly convicted -- in capital punishment cases especially, but in all other prosecutions as well. The show-some-compassion crowd, though, has to talk about monsters like this guy, who beat his 3-week-old son to death:
As much of this city as Gianni Longo is going to end up having shaped, maybe he should just move here:
I'm still fascinated by and playing around with the "Simpsonize Yourself" site. Some efforts look better than others. I just had to put this pair in, but I doubt if many can guess who they are.
Remember that "It blows up REAL good" running gag on SCTV? Add the Allen County Republican Party to the list of things with that attribute. County Recorder John McGauley, after a meeting of the party's executive committee Monday:
I'm not assuming Matt Kelty's guilt in bringing this up, but it's something I haven't seen discussed yet. Has anybody considered the possibility of a plea bargain in which Kelty pleads guilty to misdemeanors? That's an idea the candidate might not want to entertain if he's absolutely certain he did nothing wrong. But it would be the least complicated way to ensure the mayoral election still goes on with the two candidates the primary voters preferred.
I'll be writing an editorial for tomorrow's paper on the nine-count indictment of Republican mayoral candidate Matt Kelty. But a few preliminary thoughts:
