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You've got a point to a certain extent but in a lot of mid size cities the downfall started back in the 1960s. Cities that once had thriving downtowns saw a lot of their traffic move to the suburbs with the advent of shopping malls. Throw the rise and merger of many of the department and speciality stores that dominated the areas, along with loss of major industries. While many cities have tried various solutions nothing seems to stick. I think it goes beyond religion as local churches look like they are aging out..giving way to Mega Churches. Which to me promotes the loss to the feeling of community in favor of corporatism. (I realize I'm broad brushing here)

I accompanied my wife to a conference there 3 years ago. I managed to avoid the main drag most of the week. Even during the day a lot of the bars and restaurants blared deafening music. I just read recently that Ernest Tubb's is closing. I did enjoy the CMA Museum, and caught a concert at the old Ryman. One little place a couple blocks off the main drag called The Listening Room was my favorite spot. It's an entertainment venue with smaller acts. The night I went they were showcasing a couple of the record labels' song writers. Away from the tourist area, the city seems very viable. Lots of companies still have offices there and there seemed to be a fair bit of construction.

That's probably what the plan is. It's probably also the holdup in getting a final tally. I was just riffing on the QPublican line in 2020 that the results should be in by the end of Election Day. All the gyrations of the final tabs in the QGOP Senate race does seem a it fishy however.

I’m not sure how it’s done in Pa, but usually the party runs the primary. Granted they’re volunteers. But if Party bigwigs can trash election workers during the general, the same applies to primaries imho

I think he’s a regular contributor on the MLB Network. I’m sure those guys are working with him on his skills as well.

This is a somewhat updated list from HOF https://baseballhall.org/news/class-of-2019-features-three-first-round-draft-picks

Put me in the pro Alex A camp. He and Dan have been outstanding.

More evidence the Pa GQOP Sen race is rigged... These guys can't even run a simple state primary, let alone a state or nation..

Wait a sec, I thought the former guy who lost said election results should be known election night. I smell hankey pankey in the GQOP primary. It's rigged I tell you, It's rigged....

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Especially since the Pa Senate results seem to hang on mail in ballots.

That's basically what happened in Pittsburgh with the Prince/Woods team. The Pirates wanted more sponsor related stuff in the booth. The also offered Woods a very small raise which he turned down. I was 12 when we left Western Pa, but I remember listening to the game on Saturday or Sunday afternoon while throwing a rubber ball against the brick wall of my grandparents house.

How come no one ever wrote a song about a dead possum in the middle of the road?

The last time I heard baseball and possum tied together was way back in the Bob Prince PBP days with Pittsburgh. He was the second guy in the booth, nicknamed Possum. The nickname supposedly came from Enos Slaughter who said he saw better heads on a possum. edit He also worked with Mel Allen, Red Barber and Ned Martin during his career... https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jim-woods-2/

I'm actually rooting for this. Would rather see a Jet Blue takeover than a Frontier/Spirit mess... https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/16/jetblue-launches-hostile-takeover-bid-for-spirit-airlines.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioscloser&stream=top

At least in the last 25 odd years....

I really don't give a flying ....... If young Mr Self Entitled was anywhere but Congress he'd probably have bankrupted his trust account paying for lawyers to stay out of jail.

He’s had second, third and even fourth chances. He’s shown who he is. Any other profession he’d be standing on the street corner faking saxophone tunes to eat

if true...

They just keep getting scummier... The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has been at war with campaign finance laws for more than a dozen years, stretching at least as far back as its decision in Citizens United v. FEC (2010). On Monday, the Court’s six Republican appointees escalated this war. The Court’s decision in FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate is a boon to wealthy candidates. It strikes down an anti-bribery law that limited the amount of money candidates could raise after an election in order to repay loans they made to their own campaign. Federal law permits candidates to loan money to their campaigns. In 2001, however, Congress prohibited campaigns from repaying more than $250,000 of these loans using funds raised after the election. They can repay as much as they want from campaign donations received before the election (although a federal regulation required them to do so “within 20 days of the election”). The idea is that, if already-elected officials can solicit donations to repay what is effectively their own personal debt, lobbyists and others seeking to influence lawmakers can put money directly into the elected official’s pocket — and campaign donations that personally enrich a lawmaker are particularly likely to lead to corrupt bargains. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) manufactured a case to try to overturn that $250,000 limit, and now, the Court has sided with him.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/suspect-in-laguna-woods-church-shooting-idd-as-68-year-old-vegas-man/ Pretty extraordinary considering all the ages of those involved were over 65

The church was holding a luncheon reception with a local Taiwanese church honoring a retired pastor. From what Ive seen the victims were all of Asian decent.