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The [Monday] Papers"The city of Columbus, Ohio, will not observe the controversial federal holiday honoring its namesake, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, for the first time this year," USA Today reports. "City offices are instead scheduled to close on Veterans Day in November, though a spokesperson for the mayor's office said the decision was not spurred by movements to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day, a counter-celebration held on the same day to commemorate Native Americans." Then why? "Ohio's capital city is the most populated city named after Columbus, with 860,000 people in the 2016 U.S. census. The city, however, lacks the funding to give its 8,500 employees both Veterans Day and Columbus Day off, said Robin Davis, a spokesperson for Mayor Andrew Ginther." * "Columbus made its announcement Thursday in a two-paragraph news release focused on the impact on trash pickup and parking enforcement schedules," CBS News reports. * By the way . . .
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* Postscript | Resignifying the day at Logan Bar: - New on the Beachwood . . . SportsMonday: The Plan * The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #220: Worst 95-Win Team Ever! - Chicago Reddit Is it legal to plant a tree on the verge in front of my house ? from r/chicago - ChicagoGram - ChicagoTube Incredible CN lashup at the Chicago Marathon w/ IC 1000, IC 1003, and WC 3018 "[A]t Canal/Cermak just south of downtown." - BeachBook Melania Trump Cosplays Nazi Villain On Holiday In Egypt - Continues Search For The Ark. * U.S. Government Requests For Comment Are Routinely Flooded By Pro-Corporate Bots. The most pseudo-patriotic companies and the people who lead them are also those who most pervert democracy in order to attain their own egoistic, greedy desires. - TweetWood
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* I finally came up with a nickname for JB.
As for the incumbent, I'm thinking about Raunerovich, as a play on Baloneyvich, which I thought was my best ever and never caught on because this world sucks. *
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- The Beachwood Tip Line: Five dollars and footlong. Posted on October 8, 2018 |
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