Friday, February 24th, 2006...4:42 pm
To Which Mr. Bourn Responded, “My Testicles Are None of Your Business.”
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Local developer Don Bourn, from an article in this morning’s Arizona Daily Star:
“A lot of my development friends say ‘your nuts,’ ” he said, although he stressed he is still committed to the project.
I have a lot of trouble getting my students to avoid confusing possessive pronouns with contractions, but of course they are working on their GEDs and don’t have editors with journalism degrees.
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February 24th, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Yay! Old joke time:
A guy walks into a shrink’s office wearing nothing but cellophane wrap.
The shrink takes a look at him and says, “Clearly, I can see your nuts.”
February 26th, 2006 at 4:08 pm
Ok…so no one bit on my other post about Mr. Bourn (and I am not picking on him…there are others…Pathways, etc.).
It is clear that downtown is becoming a haven for a government/business partnership where those who get “inside” of government get nice deals like free land, tax abatements, zoning exclusions, and other breaks in order to bring about economic development. I may be wrong…who really gets these opportunities?
Were these contracts bid out? What mechanisms of oversight do we have on these types of deals? How does one get at the table in order to be offered such deals? What mechanisms does the city have for who gets these government bestowed programs?
Charles Lindbloom, a great political economist, noted the “Priviledge Position of Business in Government”. It appears business likes government quite a bit afterall.
February 28th, 2006 at 4:35 am
Stones and glass houses . . . Your “blurb-o-matic” has the following quote: ”People adore this blog for it’s snarky insightful commentary and reporting.” - Elizabeth Rogers, Former Democratic Nominee for US House, Discourse on Honesty Unicorns
Its, it’s, your, you’re — grammer and spelling are important, but politics is ever so much more fun.
February 28th, 2006 at 8:41 am
It’s a quote…I’ll blame Elizabeth.
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