Posted in Current Affairs, Iowa, Local News, Local Stuff, commentary, disabilities, environment, life, politics, tagged dubuque, green, Iowa, politics, public transportation on July 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The mayor is always spouting about how green our city is. There’s all sorts of little initiatives that they’ve done to make it green, and most seem to be construction related, or dealing with government buildings.
They neglect one of the biggest things that would make a city green.
Public transportation.
Because of school, I REALLY need to [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Iowa, Local Stuff, commentary, disabilities, family, kids, life, tagged disabilities, disability rights, dubuque on May 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Taco John’s
Originally uploaded by Kibbles
Doesn’t like disabled people. Even tried to contact management. Got nowhere. Ignored it. Don’t go there, anymore. Would have been nice if they made an attempt to be conciliatory, but they wouldn’t. So, we had to redo Ted’s routine, and find other places for him to have his [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Iowa, Local News, Local Stuff, education, kids, life, tagged dubuque, fundraisers, schools on April 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Hy-Vee Pie Baking Promotion
A local school, Lincoln Elementary, teamed up with Hy-Vee supermarket to bake pies for their school! They made the pies on site, and got $1 for each pie sold. I bought one, and it was HUGE!
Was weird though, I just grabbed a pie. A number of people were standing there, examining each [...]
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Posted in Iowa, kids, photos, tagged dubuque, family, Iowa, snow on December 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Posted in Iowa, kids, photos, tagged dubuque, home, Iowa, winter on December 21, 2007 | 3 Comments »
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Originally uploaded by Kibbles
Icicles on my daughter’s balcony. (New photos up)
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My street is a busy two way street that pretty much runs from the Mississippi River to the West End District of town. Cuts across the city, east to west.
My son’s school bus broke down (before it picked him up) and blocked traffic. It had its lights on. It had an SUV with lights on [...]
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To be green, they’re going to have to change a few things. Despite all the mayor’s crowing about it, policies keep Dubuque from being as eco friendly as they like to make believe they are.
Let’s take, for example, the public school transportation system. Right now you must live in the zone for the school AND [...]
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I love that kids get recess here. I love that they go outside and play as long as it is above 20f. Snowpants and boots are required, but that’s ok.
Back in Brooklyn, once it was a bit below freezing, or if there was snow, kids stayed inside. They’d watch a movie, or huddle in the [...]
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Posted in Iowa, tagged dubuque, Iowa on December 4, 2007 | No Comments »
I am glad that I still find snow here magical. It is one of the reasons I’d stay here, instead of going back to NYC. It’s breathtaking outside.
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