Editorial Note: All you folks getting here from D Magazine: Welcome. I just wanted to say, before you read this; this post was my idea. Me. Steve Riley. I didn't ask anyone on the NSO Committee if they thought it was a good idea.
It's my post.
No one's ever accused me of being a diplomat, but I've played nice throughout the many months of this NSO, even when others weren't. I've been called a jackass, an idiot, a criminal, a vote stealer and worse, and all those things in print - except criminal, which you'll read more about down the page. So, after you've read all this, and the hilarious mud-slinging comments that arose from it; remember, it's between two of the neighborhood's crankiest residents; me and old what's-his-name.
So, read on! I haven't changed a word. Just added these few in italics. And when you're done, click HERE and read the whole blog. There's lots of good stuff here if you're considering an NSO for your neighborhood.
WE WON!
Your home is now protected by the University Terrace Neighborhood Stabilization Overlay.
I know I shouldn't, but I just gotta;
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As much as I'd like to write more, I really need to go celebrate now. But very soon I will be posting a blow by blow of the City Council meeting, highlighting all of the heroes - and antiheroes - of the day. It was a memorable experience, made especially more memorable by Mason Coplin storming out of Council Chambers and announcing, "Congratulations, criminals!" to all of us Pro NSOer's, proving, once again, the depth of his wit and intelligence.
But the insults didn't stop there. But that will have to wait. Like I said, time to celebrate!
I just forwarded this to the mayor. Hope you will stand by your words. And yes, I've printed a copy for our lawyers.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry buddy, we stand by that you guys did something unlawful and we are working on that. So stay tuned.
ReplyDeleteI always said I wouldn't post anonymous comments. But what the heck. WE WON! I can afford to be magnanimous.
ReplyDeleteI'm not worried about Our Good Mayor taking offense at what I've posted. First of all, it's true. Mason said it. Lots of folks heard it. Besides, I'm sure the Mayor has a sense of humor. Even if you don't.
So, Anonymous, are your lawyers anonymous, too?
Write soon.
Gosh, Mason, you wanna borrow a shovel to dig your hole a little deeper? Go for it, Buddy. Spend your hard earned cash litigating the legality of NSO's.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with that.
you know what tubby. I actually have a life. I have a family. I have better things to do than to bully people into decisions and impose on other peoples rights. But if you feel so good about it that you have to celebrate, then have a great time. It really shows to all the people that did not vote or voted no just how low class, and trashy you are.
ReplyDeleteRice
Oh and I did not storm out. I stood directly infront of the person and called them a criminal. That is what they are in my opinion. As well as you in my opinion.
ReplyDeleterice
I know you are but what am I?
ReplyDeleteWell, I think my work's done here.
ReplyDeleteNow, Now, folks. It's passed and should it be time we look forward to a cooler summer?
ReplyDeleteFind a cool spot and chill.
Steve.....you gonna threaten to sue D magazine now, and dallas morning news? If nothing else, these articles written will save people in the future from people like you.
ReplyDeletehttp://dallasdirt.dmagazine.com/
Gosh, Mason! Thanks! This is the most traffic we've ever had! Click on the Site Meter icon at the bottom of the blog and see what I mean!
ReplyDeleteWhy would I sue D Magazine? I love those folks over there!
I like to think of this blog we've created as something that other neighborhoods thinking about an NSO can use as a template. Heck, they can cut and paste whole articles and just change a few words here and there. The issues are the same.
Thanks to you, so many more people will be able to read this blog and get ideas for their own.
Did you ever think you'd end up being instrumental in spreading the Good News about NSO's?
I was with Mason when he left city council. We came in the same car. We did not storm out. I am a single parent and needed to get home and both of us were ready to go anyway. We lost, were disappointed and didn't see any benefit to sticking around. You really need to cut out the inflammatory language. I certainly didn't expect you to be graceous in victory and am not surprised at your ongoing tone. You are ever predictable. I have friends who voted for the NSO and remain friends with them. Pete Dickson and family are included in that. You, on the other hand, need to grow up.
ReplyDeleteYou really need to review what happened. Mason has even admitted that he called us criminals while in council chambers a few comments up the page, but you want to pick nits over me saying "stormed out". All I can say is you people got out of there in a hurry.
ReplyDeleteNow, Mason has called me tubby, jackass, and idiot and accused me of stealing votes. And we all know why he's signing off some comments with "rice", don't we?
Heck, today he was told by a lady over at the D magazine blog that after reading his comments on your blog that you're a team member on, she thought he ought to wash his mouth out with holy water.
But I'm predictable? I need to grow up? I'm using inflammatory language? Perhaps before you help me with the splinter in my eye, well, I'm sure you know the rest. Starts with a b, ends with an e-a-m.
Oh, and you misspelled gracious.
You still misspelled "storey" in your "D" magazine online comment - pretty public gaff. You're not gonna post this though are you? I mean, you jumped on me for misspelling gracious here. But fairness isn't that you're about, is it? You're smarmy.
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed. It took two goads to get you to admit to your gaff here, but you're still smarmy. I don't care if you post this or not. Just know that you are not liked by a lot of UT residents - all because of your smarminess. Not your opposition - your smariminess.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Merriman-Webster.
ReplyDeleteSmarmy
1 : revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, or false earnestness - a tone of smarmy self-satisfaction — New Yorker
Here's a link to the Princeton Online Dictionary:
ReplyDeletehttp://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=storey
I'll save you the click and post the definition here as well:
Storey:
Noun S: (n) floor, level, storey, story (a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale) "what level is the office on?"
Now, the funny thing is, I was always taught not to end my sentences with a preposition. But right there at the Princeton Online Dictionary, they give the example, "what level is the office on?", clearly using a preposition to end that sentence. So, as you can see, you don't always have to avoid a preposition at the end of a sentence. For example, you could say, "which level is the office on, bitch?"
In all honesty, the reason I didn't post your first response was that I didn't want to embarrass you by pointing out that you didn't even consult an online dictionary to find out that there was more than one correct way to spell storey/story before you jumped out there and came down on me about it.
Granted, story is more commonly used in American English, and many spellchecks set to US English will highlight it as misspelled. And spellcheck's all most people use these days. Gosh, most people have pretty much forgotten that there are still dictionaries and thesaurus' and such still out there. Even a lot of college graduates, people who ought to know better, still just count on some computer program to handle their spelling and grammar.
But it is correct to spell it either way. It is, after all, English that we're speaking.
Hate to argue with you (not really, it's kinda fun, donchafind?) but I always thought I was snarky. Smarmy's okay, but I think I'd call my wit more snarky in nature.
ReplyDeleteOh, and the other reason I didn't publish your spelling "correction" was that I was trying to move on, like everyone else has.
Dear Not Really Very Anonymous -
ReplyDeleteI rejected your last comment. I've been humoring all of you people who don't have the courage to put your name on your comments, even though it clearly states at the very top of this blog that anonymous comments won't be published.
That's it. You're done. No more ranting on the blog. You wanna rant, get your own blog. Or put your name on your comments.
It's too easy to be rude and insulting when you don't have to own those comments and I'm not going to stand for it.
You can rant all you want in the little Post a Comment box and hit Post Comment when you're done. I'll get an e-mail alert and as soon as I see that it's posted by Anonymous, I'll delete it unopened.
So, knock yourself out.
Besides, this blog's down to about you and me reading it. Look at the Site Meter for today and yesterday. We're about the Last of The Mohicans. So it's not like you're making any grand points here or calling me out in front of the whole neighborhood.
Nobody's watching...
Click HERE:
ReplyDeletehttp://utnsoyes.blogspot.com/2009/06/why-site-meters-are-great.html
to read a new blog post about Site Meters.
I voted for the NSO and understand why people were for and against it. The whole time it was being debated, I was aware that it could soon have a very real meaning in our lives as we consider whether to move or add-on to our house.
ReplyDeleteNow, we're at that point, and we'd like to add on, build up, or scrape and start over. We're just getting started on investigating our options. It will be interesting to see how the NSO plays itself out in our situation.