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Posted by Bigprune on June 9, 2009 at 9:55 p.m.

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Much Ado About Nothin’

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Posted by Bigprune on January 3, 2009 at 4:02 a.m.

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A Letter To The City

A Letter To The City of Manhattan, KansasDear City Fathers,Congratulations for receiving the national Bio-Defense Lab. In 10 years, when your population is greater than Lawrence’s, please do not look to Lawrence as an example to follow unless you want to see how a great community turned into a dismal community. Our city is dying and your city is thriving and will be thriving even more in the years to come. Just remember, growth is good for the tax base. Growth pays. Being anti-growth and restrictive does not pay and leads to high property taxes, high sales taxes, increased cost of living, lack of jobs due to excessive requirements for incentive seeking industry, and lack of new retail due to excessively restrictive land standards. Keep up the good work encouraging business expansion. Lawrence doesn’t have a clue. Most here are waiting for a new phoenix to rise from the ashes of our failed City policies. Please remember, it is better for a community to be business friendly. Sincerely,Mr. Big PruneLawrence, KansasThe Gilligan’s island on the prairie

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Posted by Bigprune on December 18, 2008 at 9:56 p.m.

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NOW is the time to buy an American car.

NOW is the time to buy an American car. The dealers WANT your business, BAD. I know from personal experience. Holy cow do they want your money. Like I said, NOW is the time to buy.

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Posted by Bigprune on December 17, 2008 at 1:19 p.m.

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Community Cost/Benefit Analysis Suggestion

Since Lawrence has had study after study done for this, that, and the other thing, I have a suggestion:Why not do a Cost/Benefit Analysis performed in regards to the University of Kansas and its impact on the community as a whole? Of course to remain impartial and unbiased, the people doing the study could not be the Policy Research Institute at KU or be associated with the university in any way.I am curious as to what kind of impact, positive and negative, the University has on our city. It doesn't take rocket science that the fast food eateries and bars benefit tremendously from the students, but what other businesses reap the benefits when compared to the permanent residents? Also, what costs, if any, from property taxes and sales taxes do the permanent residents have to pickup in order to provide services for the students?This could be a study I could support, especially since KU does not have to pay any property taxes and the students single handedly passed the T bus free ride sales tax. I wonder how much these non-permanent residents and the university spend and how much do they contribute in relation to the expenses paid for fire, medical, police, transit, streets, street maintenance, schools, water, sewer, and gas ?

Posted by Bigprune on December 9, 2008 at 9:23 p.m.

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Citizens Of Lawrence, You Have 48 Hours

A computerized voice comes on your answering machine: "This is the *static garble" of Lawrence. As of 6:00 pm this evening, you are hereby given notice that you have 48 hours to remove any snow or ice from your sidewalk. Failure to comply within this period will result in a fine of $81 including court costs. You are hereby notified. Thank you for making our home safe.""If you would like to hear this message again, please press 1. If you do not want to hear this message again, please press 9 or simply hang up."Sort of like the school district's voice messaging system.

Posted by Bigprune on December 3, 2008 at 6:38 p.m.

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Blog Draft Entries

On occasion I'll have draft entries get posted without my doing. I am wondering what is up with that? It'll show up as a draft but then later on it'll post. I always make sure I check "Save this as a draft instead of publishing" but days later I'll notice it mysteriously appears on the site. Has anyone else had this happen? I've had a few post, especially during the election that I hadn't finished or edited before posting.I wonder if this will get removed?

Posted by Bigprune on November 28, 2008 at 9:01 a.m.

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Fisher Price doll says, “Islam is the light.”

I was at Target last week looking for a Christmas gift for one of my children. I came across a doll from Fisher Price. It says, "Mama," and other things - it says "Islam is the light." The attached news story says it also says "Satan is king" but I didn't hear it say it. As of Monday of this week, Target still had the doll on their shelf. I don't know about Walmart yet. Has anyone else seen any other indoctrination type toys lately during the Christmas holiday season?

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Posted by Bigprune on November 23, 2008 at 1:12 p.m.

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I-70 West Exit to Re-open

It'll have a new roundabout. I didn't realize the housing and K-Mart Distribution was SO close to the exit. It looks pretty nice.

Posted by Bigprune on November 23, 2008 at 2:23 a.m.

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If an apple a day keeps the doctor away…

What would happen if you ate 30 apples in one sitting? Would you be in perfect health for a month?Someone try this and get back to me.

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Posted by Bigprune on November 16, 2008 at 12:25 a.m.

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Where is this 70% that voted for new sales taxes?

In a so-called educated community such as Lawrence, how in the world did the T Bus win 70% of the vote, seriously? Was it because we were gonna get bent over regardless of the outcome? Let's see, it was pass the sales tax attaching the paratransit to it, or the City would jack up our property taxes even more. Is this why it passed with 70% in favor of new sales taxes vs. 30% in favor of no new taxes?

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