Around Town – Barf-Worthy Billboards, Speed Traps, Parade Madness and More
September 24, 2022
Highlights and lowlights from a stroll around town:
1. I found it curious how the guy who passed me on Bunting with a flat rear tire made it all the way back to his driveway off Ferndale without doing any visible damage to his rims. He had to have known his tire was flat, since I heard him from at least a half a mile away.
2. I nearly lost my breakfast on the street when I saw Haley Bateman’s billboard on Merritt Street. She would be well advised to consider that she would attract more potential voters by leaving her mug off any other billboards she may be planning.
2a. No, I did not take a picture of the billboard. This is a case where the “no visuals please” line so often uttered by a long, lost friend is most appropriate.
2b. Your daily reminder that every person who doesn’t vote or who doesn’t fill up their ballot leaves the door open for the likes of Haley Bateman, Laura Ip and the ghost of Jim Bradley.
2c. The ghost of Jim Bradley, whose official title is Regional Chair, was aptly described as the “Regional Chesterfield” by a candidate running for city council who I met this past week.
3. Not far from that barf-worthy scene was a sign from the Merritton Barber Shop, offering men’s haircuts for the princely sum of $23. I’ll keep the $23 in my pocket and cut the remaining strands on my scalp myself, thank you very much.
4. Almost an equally barf-worthy scene as the Haley Bateman billboard was the sight of a woman on Glendale wearing a purple and pink hoodie with the CBC’s logo on it.
5. Within seconds of passing a speed trap set up by the NRP on Glendale, they had a customer and promptly pulled over the half-ton whose driver was racing through that big dip before the light at Pelham Road.
6. For those who need enlightenment, there’s a house on Pelham Road offering free copies of Druthers.
7. The freedom movement remains alive and well . . .
8. Spotted at the customer service desk at the Walmart on Fourth was a rainbow-colored wicker basket. I don’t know how much I’d have to be paid to take such a thing off their hands.
9. Lots around downtown were charging $10 cash for the privilege of parking, yet the Grape and Wine Festival, the big event many were there to attend, doesn’t accept cash.
10. More than an hour before the parade, many had laid out their lawn chairs along the route. Geez, it’s just a parade.
11. Affordable housing downtown . . .
11a. The alert reader will notice the empty beer can among the community resident’s bum’s worldly possessions. He’s got money for beer, but doesn’t have enough for food and shelter. Yet I’m supposed to feel sorry for him.
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