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Global warming campaign coming to Burlington
Just received this from VPIRG (Vermont Public Interest Research Group): Global warming is all over the news, and has become the top issue of this legislative session, ski season and kitchen table conversations everywhere. But it will be up to the people of Vermont to ensure we find solutions that match the severity of the […]
Rob Roper Elected Chair of VT GOP
Congratuations to Rob Roper for winning the election! I’m hoping that he uses the seat to continue to push for more fiscal responsibility with government budgets as I believe this is the single biggest issue facing the state. The fact is our local and state budgets are unsunstainable.
New Databases on the Burlington Free Press Website
The Burlington Free Press now offeres 3 comprehensive databases…
Newest She’s Right Show Online
The latest podcast of She’s Right is now online. You can listen to it here. Host Charity Tensel and guest Haik Bedrosian discussed the upcoming Burlington elections and their blogs.
Patience is a Virtue
When investing, you sometimes need patience. Especially when you invest in companies that are out of favor with wall street. However, it’s usually when wall street hates a stock, that it gets cheap.
UVM Students Save the Ice Sculpture Contest
A big congrats to Gregory’s class for succeeding where the city couldn’t. I thought it should be possible to still have the event without taxpayer’s money. You would think that with all the connections the city officials and CEDO have, they should have easily been able to find the sponsors to pick up the tab.
Ron Paul for President 2008
That’s right, Ron Paul recently started an exploratory committee for a 2008 presidential campaign.
Ode To Taxes
I got this little poem about taxes in my email recently and thought I would post it as I myself begin to prepare for the upcoming tax season…
Bangor Maine Makes It Illegal to Smoke in Cars
The Bangor Maine city council recently approved a smoking ban in vehicles where kids are present.
Inventor of Ramen Noodles Dies
Momofuku Ando the inventor of the world’s first instant noodle or better known as ramen noodles died on Friday (January 5, 2007).
It’s Hammer Time!
Did you know that as of this year, all passports issued by the US State Department will include an always-on radio frequency identification (RFID) chip to make it easier for officials, or hackers, to get your personal stats?
Rob Roper to Run Vermont Republican Party Chair
I recently read in Charity’s blog, that Rob Roper is running for chair of the Vermont Republican Party. I think it would be a great thing for the republicans to have him as their chair. I’ve met him and heard him speak several times and I agree with him on many issues.
Happy New Year!
Wow, what a year 2006 has been… at the end of 2005 I had set out to complete some ambitious goals and did better than expected on most of them.
Annual Winter Festival not happening this year…
Yeah, I know… long time no blog, since (glances at past blog entry) November! wow… anyways, here’s the 1st entry for ’07 Yup, announced on Ch. 3 last night: Burlington is putting the freeze on its annual winter festival. The snow sculpture contest and popular Penguin Plunge have helped attract people to the waterfront at […]
Free PARC Shuttle Bus Passes for November and December
CCTA is offering free PARC shuttle bus passes for November and December. Businesses, employees and individuals who arent enrolled, can sign-up with CCTA by calling 864-0211. The PARC Shuttle travels from the General Dynamics parking lot on Lakeside Avenue to the corner of Bank and Pine Street every fifteen minutes during peak commuting times, starting at 6:30 am until 9:30 pm, Monday-Friday.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales Look Strong
As you may know, part of what I do is run several online retail websites including jlryan.com, champlaincoffee.com, portablechangingroom.com and cosmicvitamins.com. Usually, jlryan.com and champlaincoffee.com get large increases in sales for the holiday season.
What I’m thankful for…
Every Thanksgiving, I do reflect on things and think to myself what I’m most thankful for. This will actually be the first time I’ve actually written (or typed) my thoughts.
The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving
The following links are two articles which describe a very different version of history around the holiday of Thanksgiving. I first heard about this version a couple years ago on Free Talk Radio and thought it made a lot of sense.
Free Holiday Parking in Burlington
CEDO just emailed out a listing of 850 additional parking spaces are available downtown from November 18th through January 7, 2007.
New Streamlined Sales Tax
I got this following note from Nancy Wood of the Burlington Business Association. My initial feelings regarding the proposed streamlined sales tax is negative as I believe it will be more of a burden to Vermonters and will give up local control to the other collective states that have signed on to it. I will definately be attending and I am very interested to hear it explained further.