St. Louis
Renewing License Plates in Missouri
I can't stand it when things are harder than they need to be. Many times, things are hard because someone stupid is making the decisions, or someone lazy is doing the implementation. My plates are up for renewal. I always wait until the last minute to do these types of things.
Tamm Ave. Bridge Demolition
They blew up the Tamm Ave. bridge tonight, the first bridge of many that will be demolished to make way for the upcoming I-64/40 construction.
HDTV in St. Louis
I've had an HDTV for at least 5 years. I had to buy an expensive DirecTV tuner in order to properly enjoy it, but enjoy it I did. A few years ago I moved to Charter, because DirecTV wasn't keeping up with HDTV offerings. One glaring omission in Charter's HDTV line-up is our local ABC affiliate (KDNL), due to a fee dispute. Fine, whatever, I can get by without one local channel. This month they did the same thing with our local CBS affiliate (KMOV). This means Charter subscribers cannot watch the Super Bowl in HD, unless their TV is capable of picking up the signal over the airwaves.
Levels of Government
When you think of the word "government", what government do you think of? US federal government? Your state's government? County? City? I'm a big fan of self-governance. When people get together and decide that they want their government to do something, they frequently skim over the definition of "government" without even thinking. Getting their measure passed by any of these governments will have roughly the same effect for their local community. Why is it that people automatically think "state" or "federal" when "government" comes into the picture?
Voting in St. Louis
So I voted this morning, and had my choice of voting (a) with a paper ballot; or (b) electronically. Having read much of what's come out about electronic voting machines, I was a little wary, and asked if it had a paper audit trail I could see. The lady at the desk said yes, it did. So I opted to go electronic.
Bombarded by Politics
I am being bombarded by political ads, telephone calls, visitors and junk mail. It has never been this bad, and I'm getting really fed up with it.