City of Richardson Finds Itself At Odds With Its Citizenry

From a FrontBurnervian, I was alerted to some apparent skirmish involving city leaders and some citizens, who have apparently formed a PAC and are alleging some fiscal malfeasance of some sort by certain city officials. Apparently it’s been ongoing, and the subject of a whole lot of FOIA requests and videos.

The Richardson Citizens Alliance spells out some of their beef in the aforementioned videos, and here. City Manager Bill Keffler responds on the city website here. The FrontBurnervian in question asked me if this is legal – the question was apparently posed because Keffler is responding to campaign ads, and well, if that constituted campaigning on the city website. I do not know – that is for some elections law knowing readers, I suppose.

Soo?

Planning On Going to Game 3 of Mavs-Lakers?

You should probably get there early. Due to a possible increased threat level after the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden, the NBA asked all playoff teams to increase security. This, of course, means you will need to arrive earlier than usual on Friday if you plan on being in your seat for tip-off.

Also, free blue t-shirts for everyone!  And, of course, be careful out there. In general. Regardless of possible terrorist threat.

People Actually Injured on Escalators at Mockingbird Station

I have this thing about escalators. I tend to step gingerly on them, especially if say, wearing flip flops. And now, today, with news that several people were injured on the escalators at Mockingbird Station and then hospitalized, I feel vindicated. So quit laughing at me.

Leading Off (5/5/11)

Mavs Win Game Two. It was a classy finish for the Lakers and their fans at the game last night (technically early this morning). But hey, the Mavs won again. For those of you who aren’t following at home, that gives them a 2-0 lead.

Boy’s Death Saves Girl’s Life. This is a great story about a life-long friendship. Janice English’s son died randomly at a slumber party. After an autopsy, English found out her son had a sudden cardiac arrest. She wanted to help other parents from having to go through what she went through. So she talked to her best friend, and together, they organized a heart screening. Her best friend’s daughter got her heart screened, and that’s when they discovered the daughter could have sudden cardiac death. And through that, English’s son lives on.

Lockheed Martin Workers Drink Lunch, Get Caught on Camera. Here’s a six-minute segment about some Lockheed Martin workers (about 80 percent of the company’s payment comes from us taxpayers) being filmed drinking at lunch, throwing cans and bottles out their vehicle windows, and denying that any of that is true. I’m thinking today’s going to be rough for these workers–their lunch is going to be spent finding a new tree on a new lot to drink lunch.