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privatization
Chicago To Lease Parking Meters To A Company That Will Charge $6.50 An Hour?
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago is trying to get "quickie" approval for a proposal to privatize the city's parking meters. Under the 75 year lease, Chicago's 36,000 parking meters would be controlled by a partnership that includes Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners and LAZ Parking. This partnership will, naturally, raise prices. Critics of the proposal say that charging $6.50 an hour by 2013 to park downtown would hurt local businesses. More » -
capitol cake
FDA: Pardon Me, But Your Bakery Warehouse Is Full Of "Rodent Excreta Pellets"
We'd never stopped to think about it before, but we were not surprised to learn that our government had a polite term for rodent feces. It's "rodent excreta pellet," and apparently a warehouse belonging to Capitol Cake, a Baltimore bakery specializing in fruitcake and pound cake, is full of them. More » -
grocery shrink ray
Grocery Shrink Ray Hits Publix, Yoplait Yogurt
Where did those two ounces of yogurt go? The dreaded grocery shrink ray has blasted them to oblivion, my friends. Not even store brands are safe.
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Wondering where the tax money you pay into the NYC public school system is going? Well, part of it goes to pay the salaries of about 700 teachers who are forced to sit in special rooms that are located all over the city. All day. And do nothing. Sometimes for years at a time. [Rubber Room via BuzzFeed]
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transit
NYC Subway Gets More Expensive For Most Riders
NYC's Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted to raise subway fares today. More » -
The folks at NPR would like you to know that they've added a "Green Room" to the NPR Shop. In addition to not wrecking the planet, your purchase supports NPR's general awesomeness. The glassware made from recycled wine bottles looks pretty darn cool. [NPR]
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government
NYC May Require You To Obtain Permit To Shoot Vacation Movies?
The Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting is considering new rules that would require any two or more people who plan to shoot for more than 30 minutes in a public location to obtain a permit and $1 million in insurance. More » -
wifi
LA: City-Wide Free WiFi By 2009
From the LA Times:Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa outlined plans Tuesday to blanket Los Angeles with wireless Internet access in 2009, in what would be one of the nation's largest urban Wi-Fi networks.
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blogs
Walmart, Edelman, And The Future Of Flogs
Reader something_amazing pinged us on our thoughts of the fallout over Edelman, Walmart, PR and blogs. It serves as a nice excuse to vent on this subject so we thought we would share them with you. More » -
blogs
Krempasky vs. Consumerist Blog Roundup
• Krempasky's personal blog reports disappointment. Scott Womack comments with vigor. Krempasky parries tactfully tact and offers to take the conversation private. Sound familiar?
• Flicking the nerve of internet crazies means showing up on a Daily Kos user blog. [The Writing On The Wall]
• Pending warrants aside, no one's ever featured our doings in a chronology of events before. [Potomac Flacks]
• "The question that was posed to Editor Ben by Krempasky will make your stomach sink..." The Bivings Report post also has a comment from queen of PR whoredom, Strumpette, about Edelman's failed attempt to reach out and touch her somewhere special: her anus.
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