259. Another Milestone

. . . . although we prefer to say Milepost as in the Left Bank of the Ohio River Near Milepost 606. Then somtimes I type Milepoint. Today's milestone? Our meter reader informs us that we've topped 10,000 page reads amongst our 7700+ reader-hits. So today's entry is about ego-stroking, with this first part stroking mine.

Then there is the recovery of the Mayor of Louisville-Jefferson County Metro, who after having a somewhat down 2007 rebounded Thursday night with the re-passage of the Smoking Ban, which he signed into law Friday morning (for the second time) proclaiming it was time to move on to other matters of more importance. I wont argue the plusses and minusses of the Ban. I will say the Mayor is correct. There are important issues facing the City and he needs to be addressing them.

Thursday was also election day for the President of the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Council with that high-and-mighty post going to Tenth District Councilman Jim King, who was first elected to the Council in 2004 and has aspirations for higher office. Jim's work in the 10th District is evident every where you look. Improvements have been popping up in every nook and crannie, the most recent being the completion of the clean-up and painting of the Norfolk-Southern Railroad Crossing which, according to the signage attached to it, separates the neighborhoods of Belmar and Camp Zachary Taylor, the latter of which is normally called by the less-pompous folks who reside therein, simply Camp Taylor. No mention is made of the Prestonia community which preceded both of these names, as I have written about before here on the blog. Best Wishes to President King [an almost-reduncancy] in his term as legislative leader of the Free World, at least the 380 or so square miles along the Left Bank of the Ohio River near Milepost 606.

Finally, it looks like the presidential races may be taking off or maybe not. There has been a lot of talk about the pundits and the politicians misreading the polls and predicting Senator Obama would get Win Number Two in New Hampshire, which of course did not happen. There are competing theories as to why this misread occurred. I'll suggest that much of eastern Iowa is in the Illinois media market, where Obama has been covered reguarly since his statewide election in 2004. Similarly, all of New Hampshire gets New York news, news which would inevitably give Senator Clinton an edge there. Just my thoughts.

Closer to home, among several friends running for the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Council, including several incumbents, are two men who aren't incumbents. Ken Herndon is seeking to upset long-term Councilman George Unseld in the 6th District, which includes Old Louisville, California, and parts of the South End, as well as some of the downtown high-rises. Brent Ackerson is seeking office in an open seat in the 26th District, a suburban area running from Saint Matthews south along Browns and Breckinridge lanes southwestward through Seneca Park, Bowman Field, Bon Air, and into the smaller cities of Kingsley, Wellington, and Strathmore. I am helping both of them in these efforts.

Anything else? The weathermen are calling for snow tomorrow. Thanks Be To God.