Ord Talk

Rock,

I have watched the video 3 times. Paul talks about the 12-18 foot branches that they broke off with there hands AND while they were up in the air he talks about cutting one back to the trunk that was towards his house. The one towards his house is not the 12-18 feet dead branch that he talks about breaking the power line. Please do not tell me to go back and watch the tape again when I am not the one that isn't getting the correct information. In fact if you listen at 4:07 he talks about when he noticed the 12-18 foot branches in the MIDDLE of the tree, then at 4:43 he says that while they were up in the air they cut one off that was towards his house, then at 5:15 he is talking about the dead wood in the middle of the tree again.

As for the moot point, I wasn't talking about tree trimming there. I was talking about your photographs of the snow removing and the dirt work. How do you know that this equipment is city-owned?

As for the low-life comment, are you saying that if someone told your wife to go any time and pick up a building, which you then carry out, and then threatened with charges, that you wouldn't be a little angry and even a little "unprofessional?"

05alum, Ok...I won't refer you back to the tape since you have watched it three times. To quote Markowski beginning at 3:59, "I was down there picking up limbs on a Saturday. I looked up into the trees there...and there was big...12 by...12 to 18 inch tree limbs growing up in the middle of the tree. If you go down there it's the 3rd tree from the north." Quote ending at 4:16.

I clearly heard the word inches...not feet. Admittedly, I am getting older, I may not hear as well as I used to, but I am sure that the word inches is spoken as opposed to feet. The difference is being significant in units of measurement. Since we are hearing two different units of measure any further discussion is also likely to differ.

Your statement, my photographs is an assumption on your part, and is in error. As I have previously stated, I have not taken any photos for any reason in Ord. The photos were taken by the witness that identified Markowski as the operator with the city equipment.

As for the low life comment the point you have made here is well made and taken. Honestly between you and I...I may have been more indignant with myself for not talking with the owner of the building myself just prior to the building removal (since two weeks had past as stated at 4:48), to be sure all were still on the same page. Evidently at some point in time someone had different thoughts causing a police investigation and Markowski $200, and person(s) being described as low life. The question still must be asked, what equipment was used and whose ownership of that equipment was used?

Isn't it time for an audit of the city books by the attorney general or the state auditor to check out how the rest of our money is being spent? Why is the clerk making special phone calls to private land owners about who's looking for properties, rather than selling city property. I think this cronyism goes deeper then anyone thinks.

PMS calls this affair, the 1105 G Street trimming. I went down there. I can see that there was nothing cut on the 1105 G Street side. It's all on the 1103 G Street side - PMS side. Because PMS calls it the 1105 G Street trimming, we're supposed to believe him, what BS. Come on PMS give us the PMS excuse why senior fixed income ladies have to pay for their trees to be trimmed and you get your 1103 G Street property done at tax payers' expense.
When slum lord PMS collects his rent does he drive his Mercedes around town to do it, or the city furnished pickup? hmmm? I talked to one of his renters, he drives the city owned pickup. That's what he was doing the Saturday before the tree trimming was done. 1 & 6 year plans applies to all of us, but not him. It's more like 1-6 days plan for him.

On this very special day, I wish all mothers a very happy Mother's Day.

Goldfish had city crews cut many trees down to the ground at his son's house. He claimed they were in the power lines. It looked like to me that the power lines were across the street. Trimming the trees should have been enough, but these trees were cut completely to the ground. If these city people can get their trees trimmed, why can't the city cut the trees down to the ground that's hanging over Q Street for Susan? Isn't the kid's safety at the Kid's Zone as important as Goldfish's son? Like irish one said, why does Edna Whitmore have to pay to have her's removed when Goldfish's son doesn't?

Seems that even though they think they can say whatever they want, however they want, even OrdTalk is subject to copyright infringement. Too bad, I'm sure comparing situations in this town to a video of NAZIS AND HITLER is just so hilarious! Wish I could laugh about one of the largest genocides in history, using it to parody a small town squabble. Very classy OrdTalk!

admin - Apparently along with learning some civility and tact, you need to learn how to read more closely. I said "one of the largest genocides in history" not "the" largest. Nice try at making me look dumb, but you just put me in your rifle sites, turned the gun around and pulled the trigger. Good job!!! I guess in this case I'll be a "bigot" and decide not to take the Holocaust, or any other genocide, lightly. Guess I'll leave that to the "good Christian folks" that run OrdTalk!

Not to change the subject (this Big M stuff is really interesting .... can't wait to see how the B M movement comes out) but does anyone know what's behind the VCH admin request for the county to tear up and remove the "old" hospital parking lot?

Someone should write a grant to study concrete in the state. I think nobody pours more cement per capita than Valley county (or should I say Ord).