Comments on: Communities Coming Together http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/03/09/communities-coming-together/ If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen. — Samuel Adams Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:18:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gordon Smith http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/03/09/communities-coming-together/comment-page-1/#comment-29518 Gordon Smith Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:46:04 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=7402#comment-29518 <a href="http://www.mountainx.com/news/2009/burton_street_residents_urged_continue_activism" rel="nofollow">Great report with video at Mountain Xpress.</a> Great report with video at Mountain Xpress.

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]]> By: Ryan http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/03/09/communities-coming-together/comment-page-1/#comment-29515 Ryan Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:33:02 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=7402#comment-29515 Hey Gordon, just for an FYI, it was St. Paul's Baptist Church (right idea, wrong Apostle), and Doug Ruley was the lawyer from the Southern Environmental Law Center. Thanks for reporting! Hey Gordon, just for an FYI, it was St. Paul’s Baptist Church (right idea, wrong Apostle), and Doug Ruley was the lawyer from the Southern Environmental Law Center.

Thanks for reporting!

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]]> By: ObamaTJ http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/03/09/communities-coming-together/comment-page-1/#comment-29511 ObamaTJ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:47:51 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=7402#comment-29511 I believe this was more of an event to inform people and to motivate people to take action - by contacting elected officials and DOT - and to let them know the fight is not over! I beleive it was more of an organizing event for what we need to do to get DOT's attention and be able to influence their decision. I believe this was more of an event to inform people and to motivate people to take action – by contacting elected officials and DOT – and to let them know the fight is not over! I beleive it was more of an organizing event for what we need to do to get DOT’s attention and be able to influence their decision.

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]]> By: greenasheville http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/03/09/communities-coming-together/comment-page-1/#comment-29509 greenasheville Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:19:31 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=7402#comment-29509 Was anyone from the NCDOT there? Those are the folks you need to be talking to. Was anyone from the NCDOT there? Those are the folks you need to be talking to.

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]]> By: Gordon Smith http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/03/09/communities-coming-together/comment-page-1/#comment-29507 Gordon Smith Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:46:31 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=7402#comment-29507 Will you share it here, Tim? Will you share it here, Tim?

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]]> By: Tim Peck http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/03/09/communities-coming-together/comment-page-1/#comment-29503 Tim Peck Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:36:02 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=7402#comment-29503 "I missed the last part because I was out front talking to folks." Too bad. Bellamy had a lot of good advice for advancing a good cause. “I missed the last part because I was out front talking to folks.”

Too bad. Bellamy had a lot of good advice for advancing a good cause.

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]]> By: Gordon Smith http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/03/09/communities-coming-together/comment-page-1/#comment-29502 Gordon Smith Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:42:31 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=7402#comment-29502 <a href="http://www.wlos.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/wlos_vid_2264.shtml" rel="nofollow">WLOS report here</a> WLOS report here

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]]> By: Jim http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/03/09/communities-coming-together/comment-page-1/#comment-29498 Jim Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:59:50 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=7402#comment-29498 MX quick blog entry is at http://www.mountainx.com/news/2009/burton_street_neighbors_consider_i_26_options_the_twitter_report MX quick blog entry is at
http://www.mountainx.com/news/2009/burton_street_neighbors_consider_i_26_options_the_twitter_report

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]]> By: Jim http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/03/09/communities-coming-together/comment-page-1/#comment-29497 Jim Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:59:20 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=7402#comment-29497 Actually, Jason and I didn't team up. We were both just there and twittering (sounds odd-- is tweeting better? Microblogging, perhaps?). Mountain Xpress made a quick blog entry out of it. Lesson: When you think you're just sending something out to 100 people, it may go to more people than that. And you can see the quality of Jason's post are higher than mine-- he's a professional journalist; I'm just a citizen. Still, I think it shows the power of quick news. I remember the quake of Sept. 1, 2005 or so, when I had just moved to town. We watched the news to see what LOS had to say about it: nothing. ACT website- nothing. Twitter would fill such a gap. But it is NOT a replacement for a good news story or blog entry. And while we're on the topic of professional journalism vs. blogs, I might mention that there's a number of times I've attended an event, and not recognized the event I was at from news story, both here in the US and in Germany. So sometimes blogs are better than Pro Journalism. And Gordon's blog is an interesting mix-- for me, it's a supplement to the MX and ACT (Thanks, Gordon). Actually, Jason and I didn’t team up. We were both just there and twittering (sounds odd– is tweeting better? Microblogging, perhaps?).

Mountain Xpress made a quick blog entry out of it. Lesson: When you think you’re just sending something out to 100 people, it may go to more people than that. And you can see the quality of Jason’s post are higher than mine– he’s a professional journalist; I’m just a citizen.

Still, I think it shows the power of quick news. I remember the quake of Sept. 1, 2005 or so, when I had just moved to town. We watched the news to see what LOS had to say about it: nothing. ACT website- nothing.
Twitter would fill such a gap.

But it is NOT a replacement for a good news story or blog entry. And while we’re on the topic of professional journalism vs. blogs, I might mention that there’s a number of times I’ve attended an event, and not recognized the event I was at from news story, both here in the US and in Germany. So sometimes blogs are better than Pro Journalism.

And Gordon’s blog is an interesting mix– for me, it’s a supplement to the MX and ACT (Thanks, Gordon).

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]]> By: Gordon Smith http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/03/09/communities-coming-together/comment-page-1/#comment-29495 Gordon Smith Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:39:32 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=7402#comment-29495 <a href="http://www.mountainx.com/news/2009/burton_street_neighbors_consider_i_26_options_the_twitter_report" rel="nofollow">Jason Sandford and Jim Barton teamed up to Twitter the event.</a> Jason Sandford and Jim Barton teamed up to Twitter the event.

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]]> By: Jerimee http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/03/09/communities-coming-together/comment-page-1/#comment-29494 Jerimee Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:35:00 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=7402#comment-29494 As usual, I love the graphic. Let us abound. As usual, I love the graphic. Let us abound.

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