Couple of things

- Yeah, I'd agree that devoting 25 percent of your personnel to solely address the trash can 'problem' is probably somewhat of an overkill.

- Many bonus points for Diana Fairburn. I'll consider going to the downtown Five Star Day now, but I'm still done with the eastside one.

- Data which needs a whole lot more data ... is actually appropriate because of, say, repeat offenders or the level of poverty of the offenders? Or, maybe, is it skewed because white students potentially have better parental connections in the school system? Until there's considerably more study done, it's just kind of pointless to point fingers.

- As an aside, because I've weirdly gotten some questions about it, Athens-Clarke County District 10 Commissioner Mike Hamby is no relation to Five Star Day owner/hater of customers Bill Hamby.

- Brian Brodrick - good friend, Watkinsville city councilman and fellow blogger - pens a column in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on the Select Sustainable Tree Trust.

- What the actions of a nutjob who committed domestic terrorism more than 35 years ago have to do with a recent surge in right-wing extremism in the present day is beyond me, but apparently not Andy Totten who refuses to let things like reason, context and logic get in the way of a good, inflammatory argument.

- Lee Becker previews the upcoming Oconee County Commission meeting and talks about the budget battle, and he also links to my column on the matter (with approving, albeit sarcastic, comments on the Michael J. Fox reference).