Lowertown Watch Watch
Anti-Broadway-Village-development group CARD has its very own website, Lowertown Watch. (We don’t usually do the [via] thing, but here it may be relevant.) Especially worth checking out: CARD activist Karen Sidney’s letter to city attorney Stephen Postema and his hilarious one-sentence response.
Might want to fix that link to Lowertown Watch.
posted by ryan on July 25th, 2006 at 2:00 pmThe [via] thing is nice to do. It helps with search engine relevance, drives traffic to other useful sites, and is courteous.
[via badger sports]
posted by BT on July 25th, 2006 at 2:36 pmThanks, Ryan. I don’t know how I managed to do that.
As for [via], I’ll do it if I find an obscure cool link that I never would have found elsewhere, or if the original blogger has something novel to say about it, but not for a front-page Ann Arbor News story or something, which is the kind of thing I usually post. I’ve seen people credit me when posting links to major news stories, and it was nice, but unnecessary; it’s not like I did anything special.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on July 25th, 2006 at 2:46 pmAnd actually writing “[via]” when crediting other bloggers has always felt a little stilted to me.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on July 25th, 2006 at 2:48 pmThanks for not taking yourself too seriously, AAIO. It’s what makes a lot of blogs (and let’s face it, bloggers) suck.
posted by golightly on July 25th, 2006 at 3:26 pmThe whole “is blogging journalism?” debate is what happens when bloggers and journalists both take themselves way too seriously.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on July 25th, 2006 at 4:41 pmWhat’s with the highlighting on Lowertown Watch? Are they afraid we’ll miss the parts they object to, as if we’d somehow read their site and think, “Yes, that would be a good idea”? I mean, if you’re going to publish your NIMBY-ism to all and sundry, shouldn’t your message be crystal clear?
Basically, the scenario their hoping for goes something like this… Hmm I’m not sure where this group stands on this issue.. oh wait, there’s highlighting! Now I understand. I shall oppose this travesty and seek out endangered species which I can plant on the pristine land they wish to preserve.
posted by ryan on July 25th, 2006 at 7:56 pmWait, where is it linked on Schmerl’s site?
A “real” Greenway now,
posted by Brandon on July 25th, 2006 at 9:16 pmHmmmm…Did they get John Q’s permission to use his name on their site?
Or, wait, maybe they’re attacking him simultaneously?
I’m so confused…
And also, “A notable real estate failure was the city subsidized Tally Hall/Liberty Square project, which is currently empty.”
Well, except that 80-90% of Tally Hall/Liberty Square is parking, which has a sizeable waiting list for permits and is the most profitable chunk of the downtown off-street parking system…
posted by Murph on July 25th, 2006 at 9:47 pmWait, where is it linked on Schmerl’s site?
It’s in the “Press” section, even though it doesn’t mention Schmerl; I guess she’s affiliated with them somehow.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on July 25th, 2006 at 10:01 pm