ESI Staff
Pay to park policy
Ty Burden pointed out in Parks’ Public Comments last week that a $5 fee was charged for parking at the Fat Tire Festival, and...
Hip or gable – Carroll-Boone needs a new roof
At its July 19 meeting, the Carroll-Boone Water Board voted to authorize James Yates to enter into a contract with Olsson Associates to prepare...
Water district explores land purchase
General Manager Barry Connell told water board commissioners last Thursday he had been following up on the need for another location to spread sludge...
Park moves toward ferrying for cash
Justin Huss noted at the July 17 meeting that the Parks commission had voted to allow free rides on the shuttle system for the...
Selfies with Big Foot at Leatherwood
Multi-media artist Stephen Feilbach had sent Parks commissioners a rendering of his seven-foot tall Big Foot sculpture that he proposed to install at Lake...
Constables on Patrol
July 16
3:55 p.m. – Caller told ESPD she had been hit in the face by another female. Constable on patrol scurried to the location...
Displaying the flag
In 1968, activist and provocateur Abbie Hoffman was arrested for wearing a shirt designed on the American flag to a hearing held by the...
Crimes of corruption
Government actions destroying life, pretending to improve the economy, ignoring public health and environmental justice, are crimes of corruption.
Corruption is dishonest behavior by people...
The Pursuit of Happiness
Presidential historians agree the Obama Administration was necessarily focused on fixing the heartbreaking, recession-making mistakes of Bill Clinton’s domestic policies and, secondarily, dealing with...
Ironic what’s iconic
Editor,
It’s fun to think that everything American-iconic has a special value because it represents us at a certain point of “being great” and we...