This post is a little bit link-heavy (four is a lot for me) but they all go to the website of the Akron Beacon Journal, and I've never had problems with their site.
First up, after our 27-year mayor resigned, so did our 7-day mayor. The latter's time in office was 10 days. Then when another City Council president stepped up to be mayor, there was a "discussion" in council (involving him) that led to the cops being called.
We now have seven candidates for mayor, and one of them I know to chat with and one I know of as the boss of my smoke break buddies from the Clerk's Office. Mr. Horrigan has my vote, at lease at the moment.
In non-political Akron stuff, we're getting some new public artwork featuring Devo.
And for all that the courthouse was packed with reporters on Friday afternoon, I guess Judge's Croce's announcement that she wants to learn everything she can before deciding if a man convicted of murder 20 years ago should get a new trial just wasn't exciting enough. I had to search to find the story rather than seeing it on the front page of any websites.
In the last week, I've seen two vanity plates that stuck with me. HAMSTAR is intriguing, because it could refer to shortwave radio, pigs or something else. HMMRH3, especially on a Hummer, just reeks of insecurity. Yes, dude, we know your penis substitute is expensive. ::yawn::
And finally, Akron had thunderstorms hit at exactly four o'clock two days in a row, and both of them were fierce! I got so soaked on Thursday that I stopped at Payless on the way home to get a pair of sandals I needed anyway and put my tennies and socks in the bag and wore the sandals home. Friday had the same ferocity but a little less volume, so I could jump my way across the street without getting my feet drenched. Both days, by the time I hit Cuyahoga Falls, the rain had stopped. Global weirding, ladies and gentlemen!
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