I suspect that Abel Harding, the Times-Union’s columnist/reporter/blogger/multi-tasker, didn’t get the memo from his colleague Ron Littlepage. Harding wrote a brief item about the Chamber of Commerce’s annual leadership trip, but he did not, as Ron would have, make a tedious point of how much money the trip would cost and how much city employee time and/or salary was being expended on it. Maybe Ron sent the memo by carrier pigeon and it simply didn’t arrive in time. Whatever the case, I’m picturing him muttering darkly through his beard about whippersnappers and such. Let’s go to the scroll:
Jacksonville Chamber group visits Indianapolis for ideas
Because we all know the Midwest is a freakin’ Fertile Crescent of innovative thought.
More than 100 members of the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce will fly to Indianapolis, Ind.,
We all know where Indy is, Abel. Kind of like Minneapolis. No need to mention the state. Check your AP stylebook. You have access to one, right? It’s best not to rely on your editors for shit like this.
today on a three-day fact-finding mission. The group, which includes several mayoral candidates, is led by Hugh Greene, the Baptist Health executive who will head the chamber next year.
The Chamber is a black hole as far as news goes. No normal reader cares what they do. So name-checking Hugh Greene? Waste of time (though I hear he’s a lovely chap and plays a mean game of Wii Mario Kart). I’m more interested in who those mayoral candidates are who signed on to this junket. Can it be called a junket if it involves Indiana?
Greene visited the city to prepare for the trip and came back convinced it would be time well spent, particularly the time spent learning about how Indianapolis has transformed its downtown.
Indy transformed its Downtown? Great. You will provide some evidence to back up this alleged transformation, right? No? Sigh. Is your desk right next to Weathersbee’s? You might be spiraling down into the cone of ignorance. Anyway, I’m sure the wizards of Indy have thought of stuff to revive downtown that hasn’t occurred to any of us gap-toothed hicks down here in the 23 years since the Landing failed to do the trick. Can’t wait to hear what it is.'
Jacksonville Chamber group visits Indianapolis for ideas
Because we all know the Midwest is a freakin’ Fertile Crescent of innovative thought.
More than 100 members of the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce will fly to Indianapolis, Ind.,
We all know where Indy is, Abel. Kind of like Minneapolis. No need to mention the state. Check your AP stylebook. You have access to one, right? It’s best not to rely on your editors for shit like this.
today on a three-day fact-finding mission. The group, which includes several mayoral candidates, is led by Hugh Greene, the Baptist Health executive who will head the chamber next year.
The Chamber is a black hole as far as news goes. No normal reader cares what they do. So name-checking Hugh Greene? Waste of time (though I hear he’s a lovely chap and plays a mean game of Wii Mario Kart). I’m more interested in who those mayoral candidates are who signed on to this junket. Can it be called a junket if it involves Indiana?
Greene visited the city to prepare for the trip and came back convinced it would be time well spent, particularly the time spent learning about how Indianapolis has transformed its downtown.
Indy transformed its Downtown? Great. You will provide some evidence to back up this alleged transformation, right? No? Sigh. Is your desk right next to Weathersbee’s? You might be spiraling down into the cone of ignorance. Anyway, I’m sure the wizards of Indy have thought of stuff to revive downtown that hasn’t occurred to any of us gap-toothed hicks down here in the 23 years since the Landing failed to do the trick. Can’t wait to hear what it is.'
"They've implemented a cultural trail," he said. "Art was a big part of what they did there."
Oh. Well, say no more. Why didn’t we think of that? Wait, we did -- putting a contemporary/modern art museum Downtown, art walks, those wacky painted manatees that were all over town for a while, like the animal kingdom version of the obese natives.
Greene, who wants the chamber to focus on downtown, educational reform, and urban neighborhood redevelopment, said the trip would be a learning experience and a chance to replicate best practices.
This paragraph reads like a press release, complete with flaccid phrases like ‘learning experience’ and ‘best practices.’ Sending 100 or so would-be big shots to another city to learn their ‘lessons’ is a ludicrous waste of time and effort. If it wasn’t, Downtown wouldn’t be the stagnant, bum-infested blight that it is, and I wouldn’t worry about my imaginary girlfriend being down there after 3 p.m. And who are these mayoral candidates, and how do they justify spending money on this boondoggle? Oh, shit. Tarnation, I’m starting to sound like Ron.
Oh. Well, say no more. Why didn’t we think of that? Wait, we did -- putting a contemporary/modern art museum Downtown, art walks, those wacky painted manatees that were all over town for a while, like the animal kingdom version of the obese natives.
Greene, who wants the chamber to focus on downtown, educational reform, and urban neighborhood redevelopment, said the trip would be a learning experience and a chance to replicate best practices.
This paragraph reads like a press release, complete with flaccid phrases like ‘learning experience’ and ‘best practices.’ Sending 100 or so would-be big shots to another city to learn their ‘lessons’ is a ludicrous waste of time and effort. If it wasn’t, Downtown wouldn’t be the stagnant, bum-infested blight that it is, and I wouldn’t worry about my imaginary girlfriend being down there after 3 p.m. And who are these mayoral candidates, and how do they justify spending money on this boondoggle? Oh, shit. Tarnation, I’m starting to sound like Ron.
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