Most Important Thing Happening In Your City/State Right now?

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DarcSkies777
DarcSkies777 Members Posts: 5,600 ✭✭✭
edited July 2010 in The Social Lounge
We all know the most important thing happening Nationwide (War, Economy, Oil Spill)

BUt what is happening in your community, city, or state that is important?

Community = Train track being built by Metro out here going to the beach. So thats cool.

City = Our Mayor getting in trouble for going to Laker games free when he's supposed to pay but thats about it

State = Arnold approval rating are at Gray Davis (our previous governor) level and we still broke.

HOw about your area ?

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  • ThaChozenWun
    ThaChozenWun Members Posts: 9,390
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    Community, City, and State = Steelers. It's that time of year don't nothin else matter.
  • Funky Dr
    Funky Dr Banned Users Posts: 2,348 ✭✭
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    Community = AARP meetings

    City = We are trying to get a new high speed rail to come through here to stimulate the economy, its part of Obamas infrastructure program, it would actually help us a lot. We may possibly hopefully turn into a transportation hub.

    State = lol have you been watching the news? We are about to be MC Hammer broke very soon. Have you ever heard of an entire state claiming bankruptcy? ? about to get really real, very soon.
  • DarcSkies777
    DarcSkies777 Members Posts: 5,600 ✭✭✭
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    NY? Broke?

    WOW....how the ? does that happen?
  • Funky Dr
    Funky Dr Banned Users Posts: 2,348 ✭✭
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    NY? Broke?

    WOW....how the ? does that happen?

    State Politicians cant agree on a state budget

    And I know, ? FOX NEWS, but this was the quickest vid I could find.
  • one_manshow
    one_manshow Members Posts: 4,591 ✭✭✭✭
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    City-G20 protesters setting 3 police cruisers on fire and smashing the windows of businesses....some hooligan ?

    Community- Its summer time so people getting stabbed and shot

    Province- Introducing a new HST tax which is only ? ppl up more.
  • Funky Dr
    Funky Dr Banned Users Posts: 2,348 ✭✭
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    City-G20 protesters setting 3 police cruisers on fire and smashing the windows of businesses....some hooligan ?

    Community- Its summer time so people getting stabbed and shot

    Province- Introducing a new HST tax which is only ? ppl up more.

    Toronto?

    (just guessing)
  • earth two superman
    earth two superman Members Posts: 17,149 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    city: opening up the streets so ppl who rent apartments can park for free

    state: hoping that a dead ? appears in Chris Christie's front door.
  • BethlehemBill
    BethlehemBill Members Posts: 140
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    they put a casino in my city last year. it was supposed to have a huge hotel and a mall with 150+ stores. sadly the economy tanked just after the casino was built. so thats been running for almost 2 years. apparently they're re-starting construction on the hotel and mall that are supposed to be there too, but moneys tight and its slow. it was kind of a big deal when it opened, all the religious people didn't want it, but a lot of people did. it has brought a good amount of money to the city, not nearly as much as expected given that the hotel and mall didnt open yet. but it also created about 1200 jobs so far, which is more than some other cities can say right now. table games are legal in a few weeks and then we expect them to do a lot more business.
  • And Step
    And Step Members Posts: 3,726 ✭✭✭
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    Community, City, and State = Steelers. It's that time of year don't nothin else matter.

    Sad part is, if you ever stayed in Pittsburgh during this time period, you would see how true this statement is.
  • The Prime Minister
    The Prime Minister Members Posts: 2,883 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Union Stations redevelopment, Fastracks...

    UnionStationmassing3.jpg
  • BethlehemBill
    BethlehemBill Members Posts: 140
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    Community, City = Steelers. It's that time of year don't nothin else matter.

    fixed it for you :tu
  • quietaskept
    quietaskept Members Posts: 333 ✭✭
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    Dorothea Dix Hospital (currently a mental institution) is going to close soon. They are in the process of relocating patients and determining use for the land. The will most likely make it a destination park on some Central Park type ish. The NC Highway Patrol is undergoing restructuring since cases of misconduct have came up. The inappropriate conduct includes cases of profiling, driving ? , animal abuse (???? wtf...lol), and sex on duty. The commander just resigned.
  • Bully_Pulpit
    Bully_Pulpit Members Posts: 5,501 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    There was a ? earthquake this morning, in maryland of all places.
  • janklow
    janklow Members, Moderators Posts: 8,613 Regulator
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    There was a ? earthquake this morning, in maryland of all places.
    yeah, that was weird
  • Funky Dr
    Funky Dr Banned Users Posts: 2,348 ✭✭
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    There was a ? earthquake this morning, in maryland of all places.

    Up here too, started WAAAAY the hell up in Canada, it was like a 5 or 6 point or whatever the hell that means. People felt it all the way to Syracuse, happened a few weeks ago. ? is weird....
  • DarcSkies777
    DarcSkies777 Members Posts: 5,600 ✭✭✭
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    Funky Dr wrote: »
    State Politicians cant agree on a state budget

    And I know, ? FOX NEWS, but this was the quickest vid I could find.
    smh..........I thought your state was good. All the tourism and moguls and companies based in that state and Wall Street itself how the ? ure state manage to ? that up?

    Thats what happens when you let crackers run a state

    *static...incoming message in radio...

    "what's that?....."

    "The governor's black?"

    "You sure?"

    "? u cracka i'm pretty sure they framing him....he doing a great job...brotha just stressed having to deal wit a crazy white ? *

    "what's that?....his wife is black?"

    "you sure?"

    "LOOK....either way..."

    *runs*
  • Funky Dr
    Funky Dr Banned Users Posts: 2,348 ✭✭
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    smh..........I thought your state was good. All the tourism and moguls and companies based in that state and Wall Street itself how the ? ure state manage to ? that up?

    Thats what happens when you let crackers run a state

    *static...incoming message in radio...

    "what's that?....."

    "The governor's black?"

    "You sure?"

    "? u cracka i'm pretty sure they framing him....he doing a great job...brotha just stressed having to deal wit a crazy white ? *

    "what's that?....his wife is black?"

    "you sure?"

    "LOOK....either way..."

    *runs*

    LMAO!!

    I personally don't even think Ive EVER seen a governor receive as much hate as Paterson has received, they REALLY REALLY REALLY hate this guy. The hate is not deserved, he even personally said that he had never planned on being governor, the job was thrown in his lap he didn't know what to do.

    As far as the budget crisis, white people across the state are blaming welfare (rolls eyes) but I think it had something to do with all the corruption on Wall Street.
  • Bully_Pulpit
    Bully_Pulpit Members Posts: 5,501 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Funky Dr wrote: »
    LMAO!!

    I personally don't even think Ive EVER seen a governor receive as much hate as Paterson has received, they REALLY REALLY REALLY hate this guy. The hate is not deserved, he even personally said that he had never planned on being governor, the job was thrown in his lap he didn't know what to do.

    As far as the budget crisis, white people across the state are blaming welfare (rolls eyes) but I think it had something to do with all the corruption on Wall Street.

    i'd say it was a lil bit of both
  • ThaChozenWun
    ThaChozenWun Members Posts: 9,390
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    fixed it for you :tu

    Dont no one care bout the Eagles but philly. So yes State also = Steelers
  • Funky Dr
    Funky Dr Banned Users Posts: 2,348 ✭✭
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    i'd say it was a lil bit of both

    The Welfare budget is no where NEAR as large as people make it out to be. At all.
  • Chike
    Chike Members Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭
    edited July 2010
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    We all know the most important thing happening Nationwide (War, Economy, Oil Spill)

    BUt what is happening in your community, city, or state that is important?

    Community = Train track being built by Metro out here going to the beach. So thats cool.

    City = Our Mayor getting in trouble for going to Laker games free when he's supposed to pay but thats about it

    State = Arnold approval rating are at Gray Davis (our previous governor) level and we still broke.

    HOw about your area ?



    You're from Cali? Aren't they getting ready to legalize Marijuana alltogether out there?
  • Skeratch
    Skeratch Members Posts: 1,395 ✭✭
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    Our mayor called his opponent a "melba toast" (meant milquetoast) and claimed that the camel was "designed by consensus."

    Jimmy Cliff had a concert.
  • DarcSkies777
    DarcSkies777 Members Posts: 5,600 ✭✭✭
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    Chike wrote: »
    You're from Cali? Aren't they getting ready to legalize Marijuana alltogether out there?

    No, not if the youth and liberals dont show up to the polls.

    Right now the polling is 52% AGAINST and 48% for legalization.
  • The Prime Minister
    The Prime Minister Members Posts: 2,883 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    No, not if the youth and liberals dont show up to the polls.

    Right now the polling is 52% AGAINST and 48% for legalization.

    Full legalization comes up for a vote in CO in 2012. We'll see what's up. Of all the "weed states" we got ours in with an amendment to the state constitution, allowing a for-profit business model to emerge.

    My understanding is that there's broad support, given the budget crunch and all. It's really the only issue state Republicans and state Democrats agree upon.
  • Chike
    Chike Members Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭
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    No, not if the youth and liberals dont show up to the polls.

    Right now the polling is 52% AGAINST and 48% for legalization.




    Damn, that's close.