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Prisoner Cell Block H - Lou Kelly on the run 2/3

anybody would call a puppy 'Raja', even if they did wear a forties gangster-style trilby indoors. No wonder she has such an appetite for ...

Llamas with Hats

All the fun of llamas, but with the added comfort of hats! Be sure to check out the new Llamas with Hats merchandise: www.cafepress.com

Llamas with Hats 2

The llamas are back, in another hat-filled adventure! Be sure to check out the new Llamas with Hats merchandise: www.cafepress.com

Festival!, the story of the Adelaide Festival of Arts

During the early 1970s in particular, Adelaide's trilby hats, shady garden hats, polka- dot dresses, gloves, perms, serge suits and short-back-and-sides ...

Mandeville sales tax flap flares anew as council votes on resolution

But as always happens when the controversial sales tax is discussed, the adoption of the resolution followed a heated debate.

The 1-cent sales tax, which voters approved in 1959, was specifically dedicated to playgrounds, public roads and bridges, sewerage, garbage, water works, fire protection, seawalls and beach improvements. But at some point, the city began -- apparently illegally -- using proceeds from the sales tax for the police department and some general fund expenses, uses not specifically included in the voter-approved ballot language.

To cover future use of the tax money, the City Council in September approved a measure to ask voters to change the language for the tax, essentially allowing the city to use the proceeds "for any lawful corporate purpose of the city."

At the time that measure was adopted, city officials said the rededication would cover future use of the sales tax revenue. But throughout several debates on the issue, questions have been raised about how the city should handle the past, unauthorized, use of the tax money.

Source: NOLA.com

Trilby puts Jerry in the Corner

by Greta

Had to mix a little Mandeville, LA politics in here. If you did not know, my Mayor FINALLY resigned (pretty sure part of plea bargain with the Feds). Ya, the title is my Dirty Dancing reference (RIP Patrick Swayze). Well, yours truly attended the Mandeville (sly, last minute on a holiday, try to slip in your pal as interim Mayor) City Council meeting Monday night. Apparently, 3 members (Jerry, Carla & Adelaide) had met about having this meeting in a hurry and getting their pal (allegedly) in office for the temporary position ASAP.

Many of the people who I worked on the recall effort with were present for this meeting as well as many concerned citizens and the media. There were basically 2 things to be covered: 1. what dates would they collect resumes for and when would they hold the next meeting to select and 2. when was the special election. Easy…right? Nope – it is was blatantly obvious that if it were not for their positions, some of them would not be on each other’s Christmas card lists....

Adventures of Stubby Part III

by Sam

Freo, as it’s colloquially known, is an uber-trendy town that manages to attract backpackers and the too-cool-for-school Perth suburbia just south of the city. Our first stop was Cappuccino Strip, the road littered with coffee shops replete with fresh patisseries and all the weekend papers so that sitting down on the roadside tables to catch up on the world (we had been stranded in the midst of the Nullarbor during the American Presidential election and so had plenty to be filled in on) we actually ended up getting sunburnt...Gorged myself on a fabulous raspberry and white chocolate cake at the Merchant Tea Room and caught up on all the gossip from the election and then went to explore the arcades and little side streets for the rest of the afternoon. It wasn’t long before I had sniffed out the second-hand bookshop, Magpies, a true relic with creaky floorboards, books piled in haphazard columns wherever there was space and a...