I respond to email directly, but sometimes summarize questions and replies in a post. Here are a few summaries, in one of those posts.
A question about fees for new construction permits, from the discussion at Common Council Tuesday night.
These are positive changes, and it was right to seek a lower and more competitive fee schedule, with a more modern method of calculation. I’ll write more about this, and why it’s a good idea, tomorrow. One of the reasons that I’ve not yet written is that I like to include the video of a meeting along with my commentary, so readers can assess for themselves if my take reflects the proceedings accurately.
Embeddable videos of Council meetings are not always available the next day, so sometimes a post takes longer. The way around that limitation, however, would be to embed my own clip of a portion of a meeting.
In any event, more tomorrow about fee reform.
Will comments be back?
Yes, tomorrow, running from Friday around noon through Sunday morning. Featuring a poll, too, and styled as a challenge on a particular topic, at least for a while.
Questions about the search for a new police chief.
One searches for a set of standards, and then afterward someone who’ll live them. Leaders come and go, and it’s their policies, not their personalities, that remain to shape those who come after.
Do the Brewers still have a chance?
Yes, you bet they do.
Why don’t you write / comment / praise / celebrate/ endorse / ponder / express gratitude for the Ron Paul candidacy?
Oh, brother.
You don’t comment as much about newspapers as you used to do.
That’s true. It may not always be true.
Don’t you feel at least a little sorry for bin Laden?
No, absolutely not. Bin Laden was a murderous enemy of our people, of our way of life. The president’s order was the right thing. Libertarians believe in peace; we are not, however, pacifists. Men and women have a natural right to defend themselves.
Bin Laden broke the peace, and America was right to bring the consequences of that breach directly to him.