Twitter Tracks: State Budget Cuts, City Candidate Forums, Trees

Twitter tracks from April, 2011:

• 2011 04 01 - For your April Fool's pleasure ... Rent-a-Grave. This might sound like an April Fool's story, but it's not. http://www.slate.com/id/2285478/
• 2011 04 01 - Richardson Heights NA urges members to turn out to *support* the city. How refreshing. Is "IMBY" an acronym? http://goo.gl/vWeKG
• 2011 04 01 - Headline: "Unemployment rate falls to 8.8 pct, two-year low." GOP blames health care reform.
• 2011 04 01 - I grew up loving baseball. I'm glad Rangers won pennant. Still, steroids & money & mismanagement spoiled it all for me. No excitement today.
• 2011 04 01 - By critics' logic, we ought to pave parks. If they really want to help Richardson, they can find more sponsors to cover more costs of trees.
• 2011 04 01 - The Adjustment Bureau (2011): Bourne meets The Matrix meets The Candidate with a touch of Mad Men style. Most of all, a love story. B+
• 2011 04 02 - Mark's Stylebook: Maybe the rest of us don't know what a compositor is, but he can only blame himself if the movie credit reads "composter".
• 2011 04 02 - Get yourself over to Eastside. Free food. Great weather. Party atmosphere. Hurry. 'Til 4. Oh, did I remember to say free?
• 2011 04 03 - Metropolis (1927): Long overdue viewing of this classic. Overwrought story but some amazing imagery. Will Avatar look as good in 2100? C+
• 2011 04 03 - RT @amiromar: "Tree the Town inspires Tree North Tx." @amiromar doubles down. No concessions, then? In your face, critics?
• 2011 04 03 - Tree North Texas: "a plan to plant 3 million trees in North Texas." http://goo.gl/joiMO Just think of the water that'll suck up. ;-)

After the jump, more Twitter tracks.

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• 2011 04 04 - Early standouts for Best&Worst Texas legislators: "Best will be Dan Branch and John Carona. Worst will be Stef Carter." http://goo.gl/gAiC7
• 2011 04 04 - Butler, 6 of 28 shooting. UConn, 9 of 37. Ugliest first half of a national championship game ever?
• 2011 04 04 - 2nd half as ugly as 1st. Overall, Butler 18% shooting. UConn 30%. Ugliest championship game ever. Is it too late to bring back top seeds?
• 2011 04 05 - I saw a train wreck this evening. Don't be alarmed. No one was hurt. Even the trees survived. Our democracy will come out of it OK, too.
• 2011 04 06 - Did you know this? Headline: "Alternatives to Planned Parenthood in Dallas? I found no such thing." http://goo.gl/vLcFu
• 2011 04 07 - Take the RISD Stakeholders Budget Reduction Survey. http://goo.gl/OffpA
• 2011 04 07 - Yikes! "To me, [the Confederate flag] represents freedom; [the US flag] represents tyranny. Oppression. Racism." http://goo.gl/2pIWj
• 2011 04 07 - LHHS in the national news -- little bit good, little bit embarrassing. Most lopsided HS baseball game in state history. http://goo.gl/AWAZR
• 2011 04 11 - It's National Librarians Week. It's also Sex Week at Northwestern University. Combine them & have sex with a librarian. http://goo.gl/EMxgV
• 2011 04 11 - Headline: "Obama's debt cutting plan: Everything on the table." ... Including jobs, presumably.
• 2011 04 11 - Who knows what Richardson MCIP 12105 for Richardson Main Street is? Is it street widening? Does it favor cars over neighborhood vitality?
• 2011 04 12 - Before today, I didn't know who Marc Crawford was. I'm pretty sure today's headlines are telling me that I needn't bother learning now.
• 2011 04 12 - Letdown. Candidate forum turned out to be a "meet&greet." OK, I thought. At least I'll get to attend Berkner baseball game. They lost 11-0.
• 2011 04 12 - "Reservation" HOA pres feels neglected by gov't. Maybe now he'll understand how native Americans have felt for 200 yrs. http://goo.gl/vNAjX
• 2011 04 13 - There's a Berkner HS angle to this distressing story. '"The Truth About Race, Religion, And The Honor Code At BYU" http://goo.gl/NpzCO
• 2011 04 14 - What's with 3 candidates for Richardson City Council all tweeting the same thing (2 word for word) at the same time? What's up with that?
• 2011 04 15 - Amir Appleseed. Now *that* is a funny name. RT @amiromar: "Thrilled @DBJinsight acknowledged Richardson's leadership w/ Tree the Town!"
• 2011 04 15 - Candidate for Richardson City Council reacts to being voted off "Richardson Idol": http://goo.gl/eRBgm
• 2011 04 16 - Catfish (2010): Doc. about young NY man, the Mich. family he friends online, & his (and our) quest to figure out what's real. Watchable. B-
• 2011 04 17 - ->@Greg_Lindsay, @WalkableDFW, importance of China's building bubble, when it will burst, and what it will mean for US: http://goo.gl/kUdpK
• 2011 04 17 - Just a snapshot of China housing. Turn left, turn right, turn around. It's the same view every direction. http://goo.gl/sMt24
• 2011 04 18 - 85 mph? Cintra, the company building toll road in Texas, wants higher speed limit to attract drivers (and their tolls). http://goo.gl/tW4Uf
• 2011 04 18 - Anyone able to watch Richardson City Council meeting on Time Warner digital channel 16? Picture is pixellated, sound is choppy. As always.
• 2011 04 18 - Siddhartha Mukherjee wins Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for "The Emperor of All Maladies: A History of Cancer." http://goo.gl/uZTmD
• 2011 04 19 - Due to the fire situation around Possum Kingdom Lake, the Boy Scouts' Camp Constantin is closed for weekend camping until further notice.
• 2011 04 19 - @stefani_carter brags that she's quoted by DMN about her lead in the fight against tougher drunk-driving laws. http://goo.gl/UQEln
• 2011 04 19 - Scandal in Richardson: Amir Appleseed accused by fellow council member of having a fire wood business on side!! Item G: http://bit.ly/gtaOAG
• 2011 04 19 - Is it just me or does the @DMagazine Twitter icon look like the Ross Avenue Underpass artwork design?
• 2011 04 19 - Headline: "Kindergartner brings gun to school, 3 hurt." This never would have happened if his playmates had been allowed to carry.
• 2011 04 19 - The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, by David Mitchell: Japan 1799. Trade, politics, love, mystery, suspense, war. Good storytelling. B+
• 2011 04 20 - Mark's Stylebook: Avoid redundant phrases like future plans, end result, free gift, conceited architect.
• 2011 04 20 - Headline: "Two Western photojournalists killed in Libya." This is a good time to highly recommend renting Restrepo. RIP, Tim Hetherington.
• 2011 04 20 - Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) turns down offer to provide him with the facts before he shoots his mouth off again. http://goo.gl/9sMyQ
• 2011 04 21 - "Net change in assets" is not equivalent to "operating loss". RCA's accountants are schooled by Bill McCalpin. http://goo.gl/jm40V
• 2011 04 22 - Regional synergy: Cisco opens data center in Allen. "If Richardson didn’t have Cisco, we wouldn’t have Cisco." http://goo.gl/NJMDc
• 2011 04 22 - "Everything You Need To Know About Family Planning Funds In Texas, Period." http://goo.gl/1nPgZ
• 2011 04 22 - Our problems are high. Our taxes are low. Coincidence? http://goo.gl/URsGe
• 2011 04 22 - I'm late, but this is good. "Oncor Texas Trails program will be a very welcome enhancement to our city." Mayor Slagel http://goo.gl/Mu3a5
• 2011 04 22 - Headline: "GM likely to retake No. 1 sales spot from Toyota." US rules, w/ help from earthquakes, tsunamis & meltdowns. http://goo.gl/dc1pD
• 2011 04 23 - Food for thought: "Save Downtown Dallas: Tear Down Central Expressway" http://on.fb.me/fXaTIm
• 2011 04 24 - Easter with Dallas Symphony in Lee Park. More people, action, and drinking than Richardson Community Band at Civic Center. My pick? Both.
• 2011 04 25 - Haley Barbour, viewed by many as a Southern racist/lobbyist/Washington insider, drops out of Presidential race. Who saw that coming?
• 2011 04 25 - No known opposition to RISD bond. http://goo.gl/dRItl Even yards with signs for anti-tax city council candidates sport "Vote YES" signs.
• 2011 04 26 - Rumorcheck.org examines the claim that the tax rate never goes down. (Short answer: it does, but it's been awhile.) http://goo.gl/aNaWo
• 2011 04 26 - Andrew Laska lets us know what he really thinks about the Richardson Citizens Alliance (and the other PACs). http://goo.gl/13Ii6
• 2011 04 28 - RT @AngieChenButton: "I think the end is near..." She meant something else, but I'm afraid it's true ... for education, health care, etc.
• 2011 04 28 - Richardson Idol had trouble choosing Solomon over DeMattia. Not Andrew Laska. He finds it easy to prefer Solomon. http://goo.gl/dZ996
• 2011 04 28 - Heard there were underground storm drains in Dallas. Fill during rainstorms. Pumped out afterwards. Is that what's under Elm?
• 2011 04 28 - I heard royal wedding planners consulted with Jerry Jones on how to sell SRO tickets outside Westminster Abbey. True?
• 2011 04 29 - Oh, what a beautiful morning. I'm bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after getting a good night's sleep. Anything happen while I was away?
• 2011 04 29 - Stefani Carter "would allow gas industry to roll over municipalities & install their infrastructure wherever they want." http://goo.gl/cf0rd
• 2011 04 30 - MT @amiromar: "Join us at 'BBQ in the Park' for great food & free baby trees!" Oh, I love baby trees, especially smothered in BBQ sauce.
• 2011 04 30 - Marwencol (2010): Assault victim builds miniature WWII town and loses himself in it. Therapeutic? Sad? Creepy? Artistic? Yes. C+
• 2011 04 30 - Office space gets "snapped up" in Richardson, which leads area in 1Q 2011 leases. http://goo.gl/Gz1G9 (h/t @AndrewLaska)