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~~~Ill Mannered and Occasionally Unseemly Outbursts~~~ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." --Catherine Aird

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Sin City-What Happens in Vegas . . . You know the rest

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In the late 80's Vegas tried a more family friendly marketing plan. Many casinos set up areas like arcades for kids to play in while th...

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

He Won't Actually DO That

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“ He won't actually DO that, but Hillary . . .” It's taken me two weeks to pull myself together to write this. The reasons for...

Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Monday May 9 City Hall Meeting re: Cabrini Park

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Below was sent to me by a friend who's been working tirelessly on this issue. Please pass it on. Monday May 9 at City Hall 8th floor...

Saturday, November 14, 2015

AirBnb STR Regulation? Questions and Issues to Consider

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I wrote a piece last month that ended with a declaration that I was working on a list of questions that needed to be answered and would have...

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Wednesday, October 07, 2015

STR/AirBnB: Pay No Attention to that Corporation Behind the Curtain

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I've been reading reports, proposals and talking to people for and against short term rentals all week. I've been paying attention t...

Monday, October 05, 2015

Unsolicited Advice to the Northeast in the Aftermath--Now Relevant to South Carolina's Flood Victims

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Thursday, July 23, 2015

Sold Out: More AirBnB Concerns

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Many years ago, a friend and I stood forlornly outside Madison Square Garden as David Bowie went on stage inside. We had been unable to find...

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Sam Jasper: This blog is being retooled. It began as a post-Katrina chronicle but time moves on. Some posts continue to be New Orleans-centric. Some will be my thoughts as an aging activist hoping that my memories of what went before, in addition to historical context, can help the brilliant young activists I see coming on up to the front of the line. If I learned anything along the way that can help them, or if they can light a different path for me, I will have gained in the doing. Context is everything and sometimes the context changes with time.

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