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Welcome to liveblogging on Firelands411! This week we're featuring former Sandusky police chief Kim Nuesse. The chat window below will go active 4/15/09 at 8:00 pm (barring any technical problems.) Stay tuned!
I got a speeding ticket a few weeks ago in Sandusky. I went to the court clerk's office, pleaded guilty to not being a police chief, city manager or city attorney and paid my $125.
Aside from a few technical difficulties in the beginning, the chat went well. I'm glad that it stayed friendly in nature - seeing as how Nuesse hasn't yet made a formal announcement on whether she's running for Sandusky city commission. Nuesse scratched the surface on issues facing the city and
Connie Schultz had a column in last weekend's Plain Dealer arguing that bankers working for troubled banks should not get big bonuses. She also praises "populist rage."
I tried to have a dialogue about this during a live chat with the tin foil hat crowd, but nobody participated. It's high time somebody challenges this nonsense in public.
I went to see “Late Night Catechism 2” at the Sandusky State Theatre on Saturday night with my mom and beau.
I had such a good time. Being raised Catholic until third grade (I’m a Catholic dropout.) I was still able to appreciate the humor in all of it. What fun!
This past week, the kids were on spring break from school. I worked a lot and I went to Michigan for a long weekend to go gambling with the family. Workouts this week, well, didn't happen.
For those of you who loved “March of the Penguins,” say hello to “Earth,” a new documentary from Disney, which will be released tomorrow (Earth Day).
It’s G-rated, but don’t expect only cute and cuddly.
Michael Munger, an economist who is the chairman of the political science department at Duke University, says Americans are being pushed to recycle even when it doesn’t make any sense.
I recently had the opportunity to go the open house for Lyme Elementary School in Bellevue. It was an open house for a school that is closing at the end of this school year.