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Please note that we have an entry (see below) for hot, controversial topics. These topics may be national issues that may or may not involve Portland. Have fun!

Post your thoughts about newsworthy articles, events, happenings, questions, garage sales, and general information regarding our town.

Want to talk about something specific, post it here.
One of the blog authors will start the topic for you!

While we welcome and encourage your thoughts and ideas we ask that you; Not post content that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, abusive, that violates a third party's right to privacy, that otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law, or that is otherwise inappropriate. Furthermore, you may not post content that degrades others on the basis of gender, race, class, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual preference, disability or other classification. Language intended to intimidate or to incite violence and anger will not be tolerated.

This is the "Hot Topics" entry, where you are free to discuss and debate, well, hot topics. These include controversial national issues that you might want to debate. Comments in this entry need not have anything to do with Portland.

Hmmmm posted a comment today, "I am curious to know who these folks are replying to. After all, this thread is a year old." Hmmm was referring to this previous comment, "Interesting, I wonder what the statistics are on your first point there..." posted by "Events Tickets" on the August 2009 "Front Page - Around Town" entry.

Well, Hmmm, I too am curious about these posts. They originate from IP addresses in Chicago, and they are obviously spam. I would imagine a spambot posts the comments because they come in fairly regularly, about 1 a.m. and 1 p.m. The Commenter is different each time and the comment is different too, always something innocuous, like, "Good point you made, I really enjoyed reading it."

I would love to block the comments, but the blog software (unfortunately) doesn't allow blocking an IP address.

I have often wondered what the purpose of these posts is. Normally spammers are trying to sell something. This guy just posts comments. Who knows what he's up to! All I can do is delete the comments.

Please note that we have a new entry (see below) for hot, controversial topics. These topics may be national issues that may or may not involve Portland. Have fun!

Post your thoughts about newsworthy articles, events, happenings, questions, garage sales, and general information regarding our town.

Want to talk about something specific, post it here.
One of the blog authors will start the topic for you!

While we welcome and encourage your thoughts and ideas we ask that you; Not post content that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, abusive, that violates a third party's right to privacy, that otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law, or that is otherwise inappropriate. Furthermore, you may not post content that degrades others on the basis of gender, race, class, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual preference, disability or other classification. Language intended to intimidate or to incite violence and anger will not be tolerated.

Mr Mayor, I guess in Portland it takes 2. I just watched the city truck pull up to read my gas and water meters. One person got out of the truck and walked all the way across my yard, opened the water meter casing, looked at it for maybe 3 seconds, walked all the way back across my yard, got in the truck and I am guessing here, told the person sitting in the passenger side of the truck, in the air conditioner, my meter readings. How accurate to do think those numbers were? Why wasn't one person out reading the meters and entering the numbers while he stands there and looks at them??

I guess Portland is doing ok if they can afford to pay someone to ride around all day in an air conditioned truck. Don't want to hear any more about Portland's money woes.

If you see places that Portland seems to be wasting money or you see where they could maybe save a buck post it here. Maybe someone at City Hall does read this blog.

This is an experiment! Someone suggested a "Hot Topics" entry, where you are free to discuss and debate, well, hot topics. These include controversial national issues that you might want to debate. We'll give this a try and see what everyone's reaction is.

Note: I did not close this entry. It's still open, so feel free to continue your comments!! Charlie

Would anybody be interested in having a dog park within Richland Park? This would be a fenced area where owners can let their dogs run free and enjoy themselves. I have been looking at the area on the far east side of the walking track. There are trees plus several park benches.

A few questions for Steve Osborne of the Parks Department: What is your opinion on a dog park? Can you come up with a cost estimate for fencing, gates, etc.? Would the Parks Department be willing to include a dog park in a future budget? Thanks!

Well, it has been 2-1/2 months since the devastating floods hit Middle Tennessee. Please look back on the events of that weekend and the events that followed, and let us know how you fared. Were there problems, unresolved issues, things that were handled well, things that were handled poorly, etc.?

1. Should roadside produce stands collect sales tax.
2. Should they be treated like yard sales and limit the number of times they can be open.
3. Should the city provide a "Farmers Market"
4. Should they be done away with altogether.

There was an article in this weeks paper concerning this matter. What do you think..

Does anyone know the status of the library expansion? They moved to 321 Victor Reiter Parkway several months ago so that their old building on Portland Boulevard could be expanded. Supposedly, they had one year to finish the project and move back to the expanded building on Portland Blvd. As far as I can tell, nothing is happening with the old building.

Does anybody know the scientific name of the bugs that invade Richland Park every evening at dusk? I've heard them called gnats and non-biting midges. There are huge clouds of them each evening. (I've heard these described as a ghost of gnats.) Whatever they are, they are very annoying!