http://johnknoxwhite.com mindfulness in the face of a challenge Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:52:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As I'm sure that everyone here know, there's a drought on! The East Bay Municipal Utility Disctrict (EBMUD) has set a goal for a decrease of 15% in water usage in the district (19% for Single Family Residences) and has banned the following, effective as of May: using water for decorative ... http://johnknoxwhite.com/2008/06/23/blogging-the-drought/ only outlaws will be children? (no wait, that didn't work). All I can say is “Wow!” or is that “WTF?” I get my emphatic three-letter “W” words mixed up. The council must have been in quite a hurry to get to the budget last night because that’s the only excuse I can ... http://johnknoxwhite.com/2008/06/17/when-scooters-are-outlawed/ I remember when I read it the first time. I was surprised, and so are most people I mention it to. Of course I’m talking about the City’s Municipal Code (AMC) 4-26.1. Commonly known as Four Dash Twenty Six Dot One or FDTSDO. It reads: No person shall play baseball, football, ... http://johnknoxwhite.com/2008/06/16/bicycling-is-not-a-crime/ It been a busy week at the secret headquarters of SD&R, but I managed to sneak out to the City Charter public Workshop on Wednesday night. Some quick thoughts: It’s amazing how the meetings that are covering most important issues in town ... http://johnknoxwhite.com/2008/06/13/redefining-our-city/ On Wednesday, the ARRA (city council sitting as a redevelopment agency) heard a report on a bill moving through congress sponsored by Duncan Hunter. Now I’m not a big fan of Hunter’s, but the city has a lobbyist working on issues surrounding the Alameda Point transfer. (paid for by SunCal ... http://johnknoxwhite.com/2008/06/06/the-audacity-of-hope/ The good news is that Prop 98 failed and Obama was able to claim the Democratic nomination. The bad, clearly, that Measure H failed by 115 votes and Wilma Chan lost. There will be time to look at this another time. Tonight, the ARRA (Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Association), aka City ... http://johnknoxwhite.com/2008/06/04/sunshine-on-my-shoulder/ Big week in Alameda. Voting today (anyone want to make predictions on Measure H? I pessimistically thinking misses passing by 250 votes. But only if people who support it don’t go out and vote today. No matter what happens, KASE has run a really good campaign, it won’t be a ... http://johnknoxwhite.com/2008/06/03/a-stargell-is-born/ It's the day before the big day. That's right, tonight's election-eve! So straight to the chase. (I've been admonished, no more rambling, unfocused posts....Whoops!) The Senate race between Hancock and Chan has been odd to say the least. And not that strange, State Senator Don Perata has been at the center ... http://johnknoxwhite.com/2008/06/02/countdown-to-the-next-election/ The blogs have been heating up again. And I don’t mean breaking stories (though sometimes we do that too! ;-o). It appears to me that the opening of the theater and the across the board glowing over the restoration has opened some wounds that had scabbed over but never healed. I ... http://johnknoxwhite.com/2008/05/30/ranting-on-ranting/ Riding up Central this morning, feeling guilty about not having gotten up early enough to write a post on the Drought, or Measure H or the terrible bike parking situation at the new theater, I was thinking of, I wondered if something short would pop into my brain. It was ... http://johnknoxwhite.com/2008/05/29/not-coke-just-pepsi/