On December 2, 2024, the Richardson City Council appointed eleven members to a Charter Review Commission, as required by law every ten years to review and suggest changes to Richardson's City Charter. Here, in a series of posts, I am presenting my own suggestions.
"Sun and turquoise sea,
Relaxed lunch by quiet waves,
A perfect escape."
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| From 2024 05 16 Bodrum |
Today's photo-of-the-day was taken at the Flamm hotel on the beach in Bodrum, Turkey.
Bonus photos after the jump.
"Sizzling doner meat,
Lamb and herbs in harmony,
Bodrum's bustling streets."
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| From 2024 05 16 Bodrum |
Today's photo-of-the-day is of doner kebab in Bodrum, Turkey. "Doner kebab is a dish of Turkish origin made of meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie. Seasoned meat stacked in the shape of an inverted cone is turned slowly on the rotisserie, next to a vertical cooking element. The operator uses a knife to slice thin shavings from the outer layer of the meat as it cooks."
After the jump, another Turkish savory treat.
Source: Carlos Barria / Reuters.
I learned more about the so-called "migrant crisis" from an article in "The Atlantic" from almost a year ago than I've learned from anything else since.
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Compare with the original novel: "A Gentleman in Moscow".
Source: City of Richardson.
On January 7, 2025, the Richardson City Plan Commission (CPC) approved, but only with a special permit, ZF 24-33, "a City-initiated PD Amendment to the Collins/Arapaho TOD and Innovation District Form Based Code Planned Development to allow a 'Drone Operations and Maintenance Center' as a permitted use in the Employment Sub-District."
Do you even know what a Drone Operations and Maintenance Center is? I didn't. And, judging by the discussion by the CPC members, neither did they. I have three comments.
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Source: Arefin Shamsul Facebook.
On December 2, 2024, the Richardson City Council appointed eleven members to a Charter Review Commission to review and suggest changes to Richardson's City Charter. I've been presenting my own suggestions (see links at bottom). The Commission held their first meeting Thursday, January 16, 2025. It was an orientation meeting. Nothing much was supposed to happen, and nothing was made of it when it did, but guessing how things will go tells me we got a sneak peek at some big changes that will be coming to Richardson's Charter. I'll get to those eventually, but first some scene setting.
"Crowded stalls abound,
Colors, scents, and voices call,
Bargains all around."
— h/t ChatGPT
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| From 2024 05 16 Bodrum |
Today's photo-of-the-day is from Bodrum, Turkey. "L" is souvenir hunting in the Bodrum Grand Bazaar.
"Feathers pure as snow,
Against Bodrum's ancient walls,
Graceful as the past."
— h/t ChatGPT
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| From 2024 05 16 Bodrum |
Today's photo-of-the-day is of a white peacock on the grounds of Bodrum Castle in Bodrum, Turkey. The castle was built "by the Knights of St John (Knights Hospitaller) as the Castle of St. Peter or Petronium. A transnational effort, it has four towers known as the English, French, German, and Italian towers, bearing the names of the nations responsible for their construction. The chapel was built around 1407 and the first walls completed in 1437."
Oh, yeah, about that white peacock. "These birds are usually not albino, as they're sometimes called, but rather leucistic, meaning they're born with a genetic condition that strips them—or parts of them—of pigment."
