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On the article Where in Royal Oak Was This Photo Taken?
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On the Blog Post A Valentine's Celebration
Daniel Gonyea-Alexander
12:39 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2013
ReplyDid you know that Lilah's pull ups say "Back" on the back of them? You must have missed that part when you were putting it on her backwards this morning.
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On the article Ferndale Parking Problems Addressed at Council Meeting
Daniel Gonyea-Alexander
11:23 am on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
ReplyI found myself most bothered by the 15 minute parking meters being taken from the library. They were super helpful when I just wanted to run in and drop off my books or pick up my holds. The fact they are coming back is only a small victory, though. It's hard to take into consideration everything everyone is saying on here. Obviously, there are plenty I agree with, but also there are a ton of people hiding behind the "veil of anonymity" saying things that need looked into - sorry to say, guys, I'm not going to take your word for it because being anonymous gets rid of the most important thing when you're trying to make statements about the government and people in it - your credentials.
In light of that, I'll leave all the "government can't do this" and "this person is this" statements out of my comments and thinking on the situation, but that doesn't mean I haven't seen the personal aspect of it. I do worry most about people who are coming to Ferndale to visit and seeing the garbage all over the ground from the kiosks, seeing the hiked up rates (which are higher than Royal Oak, I believe), but I also worry about people who live in Ferndale visiting downtown, as well. Ferndale is big and not everyone has the ability to walk to downtown without it eating into a nice sized chunk of their day and forget about it if it's cold and windy out. So far, I'm just not seeing any benefits to this new system, nor is anyone I know.
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On the Blog Post Keeping It Short
Daniel Gonyea-Alexander
9:34 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
ReplyDon't encourage her. She'll be back on my next blog to stir the pot some more if you do. :p
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On the Blog Post Keeping It Short
Daniel Gonyea-Alexander
1:33 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
ReplyYou know that people who aren't us listen to Mumford & Sons, right?
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On the Blog Post A Cold Day Indeed
Daniel Gonyea-Alexander
4:00 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Reply-17 last I heard. Not sure if that was before or after the windchill. Most likely before if they cancelled classes.
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On the article 7 Things to Do in Ferndale on Saturday, Jan. 19
Daniel Gonyea-Alexander
8:02 am on Saturday, January 19, 2013
ReplyThere will also be a live acoustic set at 3:00 p.m. at Easy Like Sundae with the guitar/vocal/harmonica stylings of one Dano Alexander.
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On the article Ferndale OKs New Parking Rates, Enforcement Times
Daniel Gonyea-Alexander
8:19 am on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
ReplyThis is highly disappointing. Parking in Ferndale is already difficult enough having to scrounge quarters and I'm sure the new system will change that. However, the changing the operation hours feels like an underhanded way to fine bar goers who forget about the meters after a few cocktails.
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On the Blog Post Back to School
Daniel Gonyea-Alexander
9:48 am on Thursday, January 10, 2013
ReplyThanks! The American Girl tradition started last year, but I think it's a good one to keep going so that my wife and daughter will always have something special like that to share. I think a lot of people take for granted those little moments.
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On the article Top Local Music Albums of 2012 (Part 1 of 2)
Daniel Gonyea-Alexander
9:09 am on Friday, December 14, 2012
ReplyI'm gonna wait for Part II, but some pretty good ones - Protest Strategies single by Songs from the Moon & Love Alone by Ryan Dillaha (had the privilege of having this guy for my Cr. Writing teacher at OCC and he makes some damn good music.)
Also, this isn't local at all, but it is where I'm from (Marquette, MI), the artist is named Michael Waite and the album came out a while back called Let It Go. Definitely check it out.
Daniel Gonyea-Alexander
8:11 am on Sunday, April 21, 2013
Ye olde saloon over by occ.