1. | Dec 6, 2013

What I can do is raise awareness on my blog, offer stlnoious and suggestions to the city etc . As an EAC member I can hope to advise the city on a direct course of action in an official capacity Thing is, the city has to listen to me, and to us (as the EAC). Considering that I cannot actually craft policy decisions, the best I can do is to try and elevate the level of information the average citizen here is getting and hope that the general public demands a better solution. The elected and appointed officials who get to make the decisions need to listen, or, we can either vote them out or force the people who appointed them to rethink their appointment. Even with the strength of god, I could not do more than I am because, I am just a blogger and council member. My job, is to try and make them listen. I'll be doing that in Council Chambers tonight at 6:30. I hope to have good news tomorrow.

2. | Nov 14, 2013

Good to hear from you Mike. I always know extacly what to write to get you to pipe up, right? Reasonable people can disagree on these rankings, but Syracuse did just lose AT HOME to Pitt by DOUBLE DIGITS. I understand the Kansas-Cornell analogy by we all know Kansas would beat Cornell 9 out of 10 times. That's the definition of a fluke. Can we say that about Pitt-Cuse? I don't think so. Let me see more and then I will adjust accordingly. As for West Virginia and Villanova, I've had them 1-2 in that order since October and I see no reason to change that right now. Nova losing to Temple in one of those crazy Big 5 games (where upsets are commonplace) doesn't upset the apple cart in my mind. Again, it'll all play out. I actually enjoyed Boeheim's postgame after Seton Hall, even his potshot at the media about OOC schedule strength (at least the quotes were interesting and usable). Much better than the normal blah-blah-blah you get from a lot of the other guys. Bitter, the point about last year's Big East is how it was the deepest league ever. Obviously no league was better at the top than those mid-80s Big Easts. If it makes you feel better the next time it comes up I will put an asterisk and a footnote making this distinction. Piratefocus,I've been beating the drums for Fero Hall as you know, but he is way too small to play center in the Big East. Have you seen the size of the postmen on the other teams? Big John is a space-eater and is useful in short spurts (alas, his knees have robbed him of the rest). Fero has to beef up big-time before he can hold his own at center for any reasonable lengths.

3. | Nov 13, 2013

Hey, Adam, don't you think the freshwater anrlges of SJ would be better served by the State eliminating the trout stocking and focusing instead on enhancing the habitat and numbers of those species more natural to the region, like bass, crappie, and pickeral? Trout (and trout stamps) don't fit in slow-moving, warmer blackwater, except that the State can make a few extra bucks by convincing spring and fall Saturday anrlges that they're really fishing with fly-rods and nymphs in the fast moving streamwaters of upstate New York.