Well it is on again... for now. The town council and the mayor stopped squabbling long enough to agree to ask for public input into the proposed transit village (like their neighbors in West Windsor did. The name of the game was to serve the people. The proposed transit village at the Hamilton Station makes sense. The Republican council, Democratic mayor and transit representatives met Friday and miraculously have agreed to have more studies done and allow public input into the process that will take long abandon commercial properties and turn them into revenue generating entities.Whether this spirit of cooperation will survive until the project is actually gets under way is anybody's guess but perhaps having a disinterested mediator, which is another outcome of Friday's meeting, will h... 02/26/2007

 It's a sad day when a legend dies, it is even sadder when a five-year old child gets locked out of his home during Christmas. Now don't get me wrong, I respect the music of the "God Father of Soul" James Brown. (Audio link here) I respect what his work did for music. I have some really, really good memories of the beats and riffs in some James Brown standards like The Payback, I Got the Feelin', and Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud. I hear it sampled everywhere.It is a shame that according to AP reporter Harry R. Weber, Tomi Rae Hynie and James Brown II have to live in hotel and may not even have access to their clothing or his toys until the legal shenanigans are completed. James Brown has taught one final lesson that has nothing to do with music: homeowner partners need to make s... 12/27/2006