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Andrew

Hehehe I hope they spend all their time out trying to collect signatures so they can look back when the time runs out and see that they just wasted a month of their lives!

Andrew

I think instead of political affiliations we could consider this a separation between "informed" vs "total idiots".

Andrew

Becka is usually a clown but on this issue some wool might be being pulled over our eyes but the bigger picture is that the new stadium is simply the best deal there is in the situation we are in. Â The private donations are just too high to let them slip away.

Andrew

I think it is safe to say the tailgating issue will boil down to the NCAA. Â I've heard tidbits on sports radio they might be looking to be a little more restrictive/controlling about it. Â In my opinion the Empire should keep their nose out of what is outside of the stadium.

Andrew

That's actually University of Phoenix Stadium, where the Cardinals play.

And it |inhales sharply on donkey testicles|, as does 95% of the Phoenix area.

Can't be that bad, Business Week has it as one of their 10 world class stadiums.

Andrew

Well, I like it for one. Â Been there many times and the only thing I've ever had was a Royal Red Robin burger which is basically a burger with cheese, bacon, some other stuff AND a fried egg in it! Â It is awesome but I don't know if I can rank it ahead of what would be my personal favorite, the Ki...

Andrew

Just counting down the years to a universal LED replacement! Â 100,000 hours bulb life with low energy requirements. Â I do see where they have come out with affordable dimmable fluorescent flood lamp bulbs (for recessed cans ~$9).

Andrew

NFM must be running everything off either digital but non-hd signal, highly compressed HD signal or regular DVD or upscaled DVD. Â With digital you pretty much either get full intended reception or you don't - you'll never get a "static" look to a digital signal. Â The different qualities ...

Andrew

Damn right King Kong! Â But only the one on 40th & Dodge. Â Seems the others don't like to use that spice stuff on the meat or fries.

Andrew

It's not like these roads are the typical suburb expansion roads people usually whine about here as they actually provide connection between the larger cities of eastern NE. Â Would you rather them remain 2-lane highways for all of time? Â Or should we build tracks so people can ride trains there? Â...

Andrew

What I would really like to see is for the banks and the creditors to take a hard hit in the six so they might learn their lesson along the lines of high credit limits among low credit scorers, monster mortgages for those on shoestring budgets, adjustable mortgage rates, etc. Â Meaning NO BAILOUTS f...

Andrew

For roads or against roads, cars are the only vehicle that can get you from any Point A to any Point B. Â Mass transit can only get you anywhere you need to if it is on a route. Â Don't try to pull this parking depot business over my head because once people are in their cars, they aren't going to b...

Andrew

These pensions are going to eat away city money for a long time and they need to get this situation fixed. Â How is this fair to the taxpayers to allow these employees to retire after only 20 years minimum and then collect free money? Â We have got to get these people into the 21st century and start...

Andrew

Is Omaha's population dense enough to support a light rail? Â Seems construction costs would be a very minimum of $15 mil/mile with potential costs much higher than that. Â How far west would it be feasible to go? Â Are there enough worthy destination stops to keep travel capacities high? Â What are...

Andrew

It's been gutted and turned into an art production/storage building. Â If you have seen the art sculptures that Keneko is well known for then you know what is being produced/stored. Â Same with 714 20th (old grunwald plumbing) at the NW corner of 20th & leavenworth. Â Took some dumpy old buildin...

Andrew

Look I just can't see in this day and age people with kids and the lifestyle they live are going to use a mass transit system to take their 2 or 3 kids anywhere when they have their own cars to go from point to point. Â That's my point about kids, deal with the reality that parents aren't going to g...

Andrew

So do you think if everyone packed into east of 50th & dodge there wouldn't be a need for cars? Â Some might be used to urban life and see no reason to have a car but most without a car would be crippled. Â You have kids? Â You want to bring something more than a sack of groceries with you somew...

Andrew

And as far as the 3 acre McMansions, they may ruin the country in your eyes, but they also are the people paying for your downtown baseball stadium, Qwest Center, and eventually the light rail that the very people that despise them will use. I know it is a hard-hitting admission, but ain't that Ame...

Andrew

Menards rumored to open for business January 15/16. Â Looks like they are busy stocking the store currently.

Andrew

I think in a perfect world, Fahey would present EVERYTHING he could to the people of Omaha point blank exactly how the stadium would be funded, how much it would cost and to who and in what ways and for how long. Â That's all I want to see, none of this 9% mind-game billboard baloney or any fudging ...

Andrew

Um OK, just tell me what's in the photos on this Beijing street market then. Â Consistent with what an acquaintance of mine who has been to China a few times has told me. Â Maybe Taiwan is different?

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/114547 ... 6995STgVFE

Andrew

Who do I believe, the CPA or the IT guy... well I still see things pretty black and white myself, no new debt + no new stadium + probable loss of CWS + loss of $38 million in monetary exchange (of which ~$3 mil in combined taxes collected) + Royals vs. CWS stays + new stadium + $38 mil of monetary e...

Andrew

This also makes the preliminary sewer rework figures (an elephant compared to this stadium stuff) even more scary!

(runs away screaming, jumps out window)

Andrew

I was wondering where some of that fuzzy math was coming from ---- RECAP (2003): o 48.5 percent of 2003 CWS attendees came from outside Nebraska. o 7.4 percent of 2003 CWS attendees came from Nebraska outside Omaha. o 31.4 percent of 2003 advance CWS ticket sales came from individuals living outside...

Andrew

I'm guessing you don't want the full menu of authentic Chinese food unless you like bugs on skewers, giant millipedes, scorpions and evidently whatever else that moves.

Andrew

AMEN CapitalGuy!

Andrew

Sometimes I wonder if people don't care about others' opinions regarding the construction of the new stadium if it is against their own. Â If they can pay $25 mil for improvements on a current stadium and keep the CWS for 10 years how is that not more cost effective than paying $100 million (which y...

Andrew

The World Herald site has an artist rendering of the proposed ballpark.

Andrew

People also tend to forget that nothing's free and universal health care would be funded by everyone. Â In cases like me, I would get to pay a bundle more in taxes so obese Joe down the street can continue his burger king and mcdonald's splurges without restraint and the resulting average increase i...

Andrew

Or as some acquaintances of mine call it "Whole Paycheck"

Andrew

So what did happen to the Justice show? Â Just canceled due to bad ratings? Â I sometimes hear perrault on my way home but luckily that only takes about 10 minutes because after that he gets real annoying. Â I am too easily put off by bad radio voices and for some reason his voice just doesn't sound...

Andrew

And the thing with public transit is that right now they really aren't spending a whole lot of money upgrading roads in West Omaha, yet we still have no reasonable public transit service. Â That is where Omaha failing. Â Sure, not building roads would be fine... provided that everyone not wanting t...

Andrew

Ahh the Mandolfo house.

Andrew

Dunno about that, R-> D is about a 20-25 minute drive (DT to DT) and Lincoln->Omaha is around an hour.

Andrew

Does KPTM have specific guidelines that prohibit employees from making public endorsements or contributions to the political candidates they endorse? Â From KPTM's perspective I don't know that I would want my employees taking photos with political candidates that are exposed to the public eye. Â I ...

Andrew

Don't build those dams and you might have to label all future development (which will happen regardless) as Dundee II. Â I would say in my personal opinion that the introduction of the flood controlling dam infrastructure before commercial and residential development far outweighs what would otherwi...

Andrew

What pollution are you referring to? Â Algae? Â Certainly not as bad as raw sewage backing up! Â Build the dams right and prepare the land beforehand and you'll have a great looking lake.

Andrew

I would have voted for Angelo's if they hadn't closed down a couple years ago!

Andrew

Now all we need is a King Kong in West O!

Andrew

Double confirmed, Moe's is closed.

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