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Coleman’s stated goal was to purchase this park land and use it to (what’s the polite term…) “leverage” the Marjorie Street lot. Remember, this is land that the City had already turned away offers to develop, land that they were in the middle of setting priorities for, land that was among the most valuable in WNC. Stewart Coleman set in motion a speculative land deal with his friends at the County, to jump ahead of all the honest, above-board devlopers who were drooling over the “Parkside” lot. His gambit ran into opposition from Council, who didn’t like the fact that he was asking them to chuck all their priorities for the Performing Arts Center, the Eagle/Market area re-vitalization, affordable housing, all of it, so he could jump in first with luxury condos.

Now, a year later, his enablers in this blackmail scheme are saying to the City to “just give the guy what he wants, or we’ll help him screw up your park!!!”

What in Gods name is the City Council waiting for? These are not nice people, they do not like you, they do not give damn about the park, and they are making chumps out of you! Sue them now, or live with the humiliation forever.

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Add to a large pitcher (anything less is “worthless”)

1 chunk ice-as large as will fit
1 pint vodka
1 pint chilled tomato juice
1 tbsp. Worchester sauce
1 jigger fresh lime juice
pinch celery salt
pinch cayenne pepper
pinch black pepper
several drops of Tabasco

-Keep on stirring and taste it to see how it is doing: If you get it too powerful weaken it with more tomato juice. If it lacks authority add more vodka.

It’s always refreshing to see bartenders do these up from scratch instead of using a mix. If there’s live entertainment at the venue, sometimes it’s more entertaining to watch the bartender make one of these.

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My favorite recipe:

1 1/2 oz tequila
1/2 oz premium triple sec
1 oz lime juice

Rum the rim of a cocktail glass with lime juice, and dip in salt. Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into the glass, and serve.

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Maybe we can talk about it tonight?

TS

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It’s a fairly strong accusation, that I take seriously and asked you to give reference to. Please do so or stop making accusations!

TS

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How would a friend of Mr. Coleman know his plan for a yet to be published resolution?

I honestly have no idea what you are refering to with regards to your wife’s name, could you please show me where that was done.

TS

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in the interest of transparency, and knowing that you’re a friend of Mr. Coleman, would you please lay out Mr. Coleman’s plan and your understanding of the County’s plans for a resolution?

(By the way – bringing my wife’s name into this debate at the AC-T Topix forums is the epitome of poor taste. It’s exactly the type of behavior we’ve come to expect from Colemanites during this controversy, but that doesn’t make it any less reprehensible.)

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I’m anxiously awaiting your plan that you promised yesterday.

“Stay tuned. Tomorrow I’ll lay out our options for releasing the park land that Mr. Coleman is holding hostage.”

See you tonight!

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It’s been said that the current County Commission never goes into a meeting without knowing exactly how everyone’s going to vote.

That has been my experience. All deliberation is done in secret and the commissioner’s meeting is a dog-and-pony show that takes pains to avoid public scrutiny. They schedule their meetings to coincide with city council, censor public comment, and grin at each other during public hearings like dogs playing poker.

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This, though, is my favorite part of Chairman Ramsey’s e-mail:

I expect that our staff will make a presentation of the history of the property that the county sold, the history of Hayes and Hopson, and provide the facts to clear up any myths that are in the community and the web.

I’m wondering if the staff plans to clear up the myths that they — and Chairman Ramsey — propagated the last time the commission took up Parkside.

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