By Steve Rhodes
“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.”
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“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.
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By the way . . .
Happy Indigenous People’s Day! Chicago’s City Council declared that the second Monday in October will be officially recognized as Indigenous People’s Day throughout Chicago thanks to a measure introduced and passed by Ald. @Ameya_Pawar_IL and me in September 2016. pic.twitter.com/HSpZXbvQq1
— Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa🌹 (@CDRosa) October 8, 2018
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Last word:
Christopher Columbus was a total dick.
— Martellus Bennett (@MartysaurusRex) October 8, 2018
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Postscript | Resignifying the day at Logan Bar:
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New on the Beachwood . . .
SportsMonday: The Plan
What should the Cubs do now? Our very own Jim “Coach” Coffman has some ideas.
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The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #220: Worst 95-Win Team Ever!
Offense cold as The Freeze. Plus: Judging Joe; Back To The Future; Joe’s Job (In)security; Jason Benetti’s Awesome Statcast; The 2018 Cubs Lacked Killer Instinct; Dr. Theo & Mr. Epstein; Bring Cole Hamels Back; White Sox Season In Verse; State Of The Bears; Blackhawks Should Get Used To Winning Ugly; Bulls Set To Open Most Boring Season Yet; There Is Nothing To Say About College Football; TrackNotes, Racing Luck; Ugly Light-Up Christmas Sweaters Now With Audio!; and Tempered Expectations For 2019 Cubs.
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Chicago Reddit
Is it legal to plant a tree on the verge in front of my house ? from r/chicago
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ChicagoGram
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ChicagoTube
Incredible CN lashup at the Chicago Marathon w/ IC 1000, IC 1003, and WC 3018
“[A]t Canal/Cermak just south of downtown.”
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BeachBook
Melania Trump Cosplays Nazi Villain On Holiday In Egypt – Continues Search For The Ark.
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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.
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TweetWood
A sampling.
Upload your art to the online Banksy Shredder https://t.co/uDOOoJASCH
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 8, 2018
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Is Sprint Misleading Customers or the FCC? https://t.co/Mwz71Kcv4u
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 8, 2018
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I finally came up with a nickname for JB.
Jumbo Bucks. https://t.co/LMUAk5iNfg
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 8, 2018
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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Quinn was a famous journalist married to Ben Bradlee. When two FBI agents knocked on her door and asked about the incident; she refused to talk to them. She did not believe her account would remain confidential. Besides, she had no corroboration, no proof. Who would believe her? https://t.co/NJAVBJvQMJ
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 6, 2018
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And Det. Collins will spend the rest of her life looking for the real rapist. https://t.co/1A2fGqNv9d
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 6, 2018
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The Beachwood Tip Line: Five dollars and footlong.
Posted on October 8, 2018