Comments on: No Sour Grapes http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593 New and Improved in it's sameness Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:00:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: captainkona http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593&cpage=1#comment-646 captainkona Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:39:01 +0000 http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593#comment-646 Hard to follow this from so far away, but rest assured that if an asshat like Brown doesn't like you, you're doing the right things. Stay in their face, Steve. Right up in their face. Hard to follow this from so far away, but rest assured that if an asshat like Brown doesn’t like you, you’re doing the right things.

Stay in their face, Steve. Right up in their face.

]]> By: AD http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593&cpage=1#comment-645 AD Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:51:36 +0000 http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593#comment-645 Hey Stephen...please continue to keep doing what you are doing. Government is for the people, you have caught the eye of some in city government. Don't stop your observations and postings! Hey Stephen…please continue to keep doing what you are doing. Government is for the people, you have caught the eye of some in city government. Don’t stop your observations and postings!

]]> By: blindersoff http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593&cpage=1#comment-644 blindersoff Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:57:04 +0000 http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593#comment-644 Ooops, I put the following on the wrong post Steve, I hope you continue to be involved in Memphis. Memphis is on life support when it comes to politics and politicians. I believe progress will come for Memphis and my neck of the woods ONE DAY. New blood and ideas is desperately needed in Shelby County. I am not a native and I can remember the looks I received when I start going to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen meetings. The looks were worst when I start challenging some of the decisions and effective in stopping some things that were not in the best interest of the community. Memphis is your home just like Millington is my home. I am the first to say Millington is a diamond in the rough and it is time for Shelby County to stop treating Millington like a red headed step child. It is not there yet, but Millington is trying to progress forward. We may not be native Memphians or Millington’s, but we damn sure have every right to be involved when decisions from the Mayor’s office have an impact on our lives. Keep doing what you do. Finally, I was appalled by Joe Brown’s outburst and it was an embarrassment. Ooops, I put the following on the wrong post

Steve,

I hope you continue to be involved in Memphis. Memphis is on life support when it comes to politics and politicians. I believe progress will come for Memphis and my neck of the woods ONE DAY. New blood and ideas is desperately needed in Shelby County. I am not a native and I can remember the looks I received when I start going to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen meetings. The looks were worst when I start challenging some of the decisions and effective in stopping some things that were not in the best interest of the community.

Memphis is your home just like Millington is my home. I am the first to say Millington is a diamond in the rough and it is time for Shelby County to stop treating Millington like a red headed step child. It is not there yet, but Millington is trying to progress forward.

We may not be native Memphians or Millington’s, but we damn sure have every right to be involved when decisions from the Mayor’s office have an impact on our lives. Keep doing what you do. Finally, I was appalled by Joe Brown’s outburst and it was an embarrassment.

]]> By: GoldnI http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593&cpage=1#comment-643 GoldnI Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:16:20 +0000 http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593#comment-643 {{vibinc}} {{vibinc}}

]]> By: Tom Jones http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593&cpage=1#comment-642 Tom Jones Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:07:40 +0000 http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593#comment-642 It is often said that you are known by your enemies as much as your friends. It says volumes about you. You would have been invaluable to the charter commission, and hopefully, you'll have other ways to help. Keep up the great blogging. It is often said that you are known by your enemies as much as your friends. It says volumes about you. You would have been invaluable to the charter commission, and hopefully, you’ll have other ways to help. Keep up the great blogging.

]]> By: Joan Carr http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593&cpage=1#comment-641 Joan Carr Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:28:37 +0000 http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593#comment-641 Steve, it's too bad that politics, and apparently racial politics, kept you off the charter commission. You could have contributed much in your quiet and thoughtful way. As for "blogger" used as a slur, there are certainly bloggers who deserve it. But what you write is responsible, thoughtful and well-researched. There are many journalists who could take lessons from you! Your calm post about this bad decision is yet more proof of your worthiness. Your rational approach is what we need more of in local politics. You are a class act, my friend! Steve, it’s too bad that politics, and apparently racial politics, kept you off the charter commission. You could have contributed much in your quiet and thoughtful way. As for “blogger” used as a slur, there are certainly bloggers who deserve it. But what you write is responsible, thoughtful and well-researched. There are many journalists who could take lessons from you!

Your calm post about this bad decision is yet more proof of your worthiness. Your rational approach is what we need more of in local politics. You are a class act, my friend!

]]> By: Tom Guleff http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593&cpage=1#comment-640 Tom Guleff Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:52:45 +0000 http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593#comment-640 Steve, you would have made a great addition to the process. Take care. Steve, you would have made a great addition to the process. Take care.

]]> By: Memphis blogger takes heat in Charter Commission nomination « Nashville Is Talking http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593&cpage=1#comment-639 Memphis blogger takes heat in Charter Commission nomination « Nashville Is Talking Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:51:26 +0000 http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593#comment-639 [...] area blogger Steve Ross (vibinc) posted a nice follow-up to a contentious confirmation process for nominees to the city’s Charter Commission. Ross was [...] [...] area blogger Steve Ross (vibinc) posted a nice follow-up to a contentious confirmation process for nominees to the city’s Charter Commission. Ross was [...]

]]> By: The Word Blogger Is Not A Dirty Word – Newscoma http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593&cpage=1#comment-638 The Word Blogger Is Not A Dirty Word – Newscoma Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:28:28 +0000 http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593#comment-638 [...] This is what I want to talk about. This is going to be long and a bit of a hissy fit, so if you aren’t in to that, you might want to see a picture of Barney Frank The Bassett Hound whose human is Mary Mancini. I am surprised at some of the rhetoric used by City Councilman Joe Brown in reference to me. Invoking the word “blogger” as if it were a slur or a swear is something that I have heard more than once, but never in a public meeting. Councilman Brown has every right to voice his opinions, but in the end, I’m a concerned citizen that uses my blog to talk about areas of concern in my community, as well as in state and national politics. How that constitutes something negative is lost on me. [...] [...] This is what I want to talk about. This is going to be long and a bit of a hissy fit, so if you aren’t in to that, you might want to see a picture of Barney Frank The Bassett Hound whose human is Mary Mancini. I am surprised at some of the rhetoric used by City Councilman Joe Brown in reference to me. Invoking the word “blogger” as if it were a slur or a swear is something that I have heard more than once, but never in a public meeting. Councilman Brown has every right to voice his opinions, but in the end, I’m a concerned citizen that uses my blog to talk about areas of concern in my community, as well as in state and national politics. How that constitutes something negative is lost on me. [...]

]]> By: Divers and Sundry http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593&cpage=1#comment-637 Divers and Sundry Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:27:40 +0000 http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1593#comment-637 "Invoking the word “blogger” as if it were a slur" What a bizarre thing for him to focus on. He paints with a broad brush. So far as I can tell, the only 2 things all bloggers have in common is at least occasional internet access and some degree of literacy. I learn a lot from the local political blogs. Maybe he should try it... “Invoking the word “blogger” as if it were a slur”

What a bizarre thing for him to focus on. He paints with a broad brush. So far as I can tell, the only 2 things all bloggers have in common is at least occasional internet access and some degree of literacy. I learn a lot from the local political blogs. Maybe he should try it…

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