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My Secret America
COLUMBIA TALK 11:29 AM ON THU JUL 29 2010
Here's my ed note in Capital Business this week:I read with special interest last week The Washington Post's three-part series on "Top Secret America" because what the paper ...
Food Bank Makeover
TALES OF TWO CITIES 8:29 AM ON THU JUL 29 2010
When the HoCo Food Bank first opened about five years ago it basically adapted to the space it leased. When the lease came up for renewal last year, Bita Dayhoff, who was t ...
This Explains a Lot
TALES OF TWO CITIES 7:59 AM ON THU JUL 29 2010
According to this report by Laura Vozzella in The Sun, “Columbia has more shrinks per capita than anywhere else in the state.” ...
Hobby Lobby and Big Lots
TALES OF TWO CITIES 5:02 PM ON WED JUL 28 2010
As we continue to work on store locations for Bob’s Discount Furniture we continually learn about other big box retailers coming to Columbia. Today we learned that Hobby L ...
A Night at Victoria
TALES OF TWO CITIES 4:30 PM ON WED JUL 28 2010
Last night I dropped into Victoria to grab a bite to eat. I sat at the bar next to a guy who told me he was a cyber security guy. He works in Annapolis Junction. I’m not g ...
CA, why hide it? You’re making a good decision here!
COLUMBIA 2.0 THE NEXT GENERATION OF COLUMBIA 1:48 PM ON WED JUL 28 2010
The Columbia Association recently created a new Community Development Service Bureau, which, according to this article in the Flier, is “tasked with overseeing CA’s ...
National Night Out - This Tuesday
TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS! 1:47 PM ON WED JUL 28 2010
Howard County police and residents are joining forces on Tuesday, August 3, in an effort to fight back against crime. National Night Out, a nation-wide event in i ...
Wilde Lake's Village
COLUMBIA TALK 12:11 PM ON WED JUL 28 2010
Kimco's plan is out. What say CA, the Interfaith Center and the Howard County school system? Aren't they key partners in whatever happens?Will there be a village in the new ...
Gov. Christie = awesome
FREE MARKET 7:45 AM ON WED JUL 28 2010
Lost & Found in Quebec Province
A WALK INTO THE PAST 6:56 AM ON WED JUL 28 2010
Oh, you digital love,always with me--even when my eyesare on someone or something else!Then, somewhere in the bowelsof the Clarion Hotel in downtown Montreal,you as much as ...
In my previous posts (part 1 and part 2) I introduced the topic of same-sex marriage as a civil right, discussed how many gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) p ...
In my previous post I introduced the topic of same-sex marriage as a civil right, only to digress into a discussion of how many gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (LG ...
In this post (actually the next three posts—I do run on so) I continue my focus on how the Columbia vision of tolerance and diversity might translate into Howard Count ...
A Nice Place to Work Too
TALES OF TWO CITIES 4:48 PM ON TUE JUL 27 2010
Howard Community College is not only a great place to learn it’s now been recognized as one of the best places to work. According to this story by Joe Burris in The Sun, t ...
What about Bob?
TALES OF TWO CITIES 4:11 PM ON TUE JUL 27 2010
I met Bob Wheatley for coffee this morning at the Lakeside café in Town Center. I had been anxious to meet Bob since he decided to challenge Liz Bobo for the House of Deleg ...
