Promoting intelligence and reason in city government.
Our mission: to inform and involve ALL Birmingham citizens.
Our mission: to inform and involve ALL Birmingham citizens.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
This is our life.
Ireland.Reusablebags.com.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
This is our life.
Caroline Kennedy.George Packer.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
This is our life.
Part 6.Barack Obama:
Friday, January 04, 2008
This is our life.
Part 5.William McDonough.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
This is our life.
Part 4.Robin Blumner.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
This is our life.
Part 3.Amory Lovins.
Thomas L. Friedman.
Felix Kramer.
Gary Bauer, Edwin Black, Sam Brownback, Debra Burlingame, Lincoln Chafee, Milton Copulos, Tom Daschle, Eliot Engel, Frank Gaffney, David Harris, Jack Hidary, Bill Holmberg, Jack Kingston, Anne Korin, Felix Kramer, Deron Lovaas, Gal Luft, James Lyons, Steve Marshall, Cliff May, Robert McFarlane, Thomas Neumann, Daniel Pipes, Gabrielle Reilly, Chelsea Sexton, William Shireman, Professor Richard Smalley, James Strock, Orson Swindle, James Watkins, Sheldon Whitehouse, James Woolsey, Meyrav Wurmser, Robert Zubrin.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Skip ahead with Comcast remote
Comcast left the 30-second skip-ahead function off its DVR remotes in deference to advertisers, but you can add it with a few simple steps.1. Press the CABLE button at the top of the remote.
2. Press and hold the SETUP button until the CABLE button blinks twice.
3. Enter 994 on the keypad. The CABLE button will blink twice again.
4. Press (but do not hold) the SETUP button.
5. Enter 00173 (code for 30-second skip function) on the keypad.
6. Press the LOCK button to program function into LOCK button.
You're done. To skip ahead 30 second, simply press LOCK.
Happy New Year again from the Buzz!
This is our life.
Part 2.Happy New Year.
Benjamin Barber.
Laurie David.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
This is our life.
Part 1.Merry Christmas.
Chris Jordan.
Annie Leonard.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Nickita blogs on Detroit planning
Our friend, Birmingham Planning Board member Mark Nickita, is posting some thoughtful pieces as a guest blogger on Metromode.Fortune forecasts housing values
The magazine's interesting analysis is relatively good news for Detroit.Thursday, December 13, 2007
Ethics Board dismisses Conrad complaint against Longe
Architectural Review Committee member Christopher Longe did not violate Birmingham's Ethics Ordinance by forming a political action committee that participated in the November election.Longe, a local architect and contributing editor to the Buzz, was charged with violating the ordinance by Dorothy Conrad, a former mayor and city commissioner who remains involved in city politics. Conrad alleged that three postcards sent out by Residents for Birmingham, the PAC that Longe formed, "cast doubts on the intentions -- character -- honesty of Seth Chafetz and George Dilgard."
"As a member of a city committee Christopher Longe is bound by the rules set forth in the Ethics Ordinance," Conrad said in her complaint. "The postcards cast doubt on the trust, integrity and conduct of two members of city boards," Conrad said. Chafetz sits on the Library Board, and Dilgard, at the time, sat on the Planning Board. Dilgard was elected to the City Commission despite Longe's campaign.
"The postcards undermine respect for city officials," Conrad went on. "The postcards adversely affect the confidence of the public and the integrity of city government."
Ethics Board member Sophie Fierro-Share recused herself from the case. The remaining two members, James Robb and John Schrot Jr., dismissed the complaint, finding that Longe exercised his First Amendment right to engage in political speech, and that it was unrelated to his membership on a city board.
The board's decision will be published after its next meeting Jan. 31.
