I can get in writing funks; which isn’t very good for a blogger looking to maintain traffic. I’ve been pretty busy blogging over at The Columbus Dispatch site BuckeyeXtra and enjoying my time firing up the Buckeye faithful on my blog there.
So what’s been going on around Bedford?
School is back in session … thankful mothers and fathers abound in the township. I know my own wife is pleased to only have one child to worry about during most of the day. My oldest daughter started Community Ed Soccer yesterday; she’s never played. She’s got a lot to learn but we got home yesterday and immediately began working on fundamentals and she promised she wanted to do that after I get home from work tonight. I’m a proud dad and I want her to be the best that she can be (at everything).
The football season is in full swing and the Mules find themselves at 1-2. It’s going to take Coach Wood a season or two to get this program where it belongs. The thing I like seeing is that this offense is scoring points; something we’re not necessarily accustomed to. I wonder what kind of contribution that Wallender and Messer could have brought this team but I am happy that they’re having successful seasons, respectively, at Central Catholic in Toledo (I am a bit biased in those regards seeing as how my nephew is a Sophomore there and on the football team).
Rezoning plans on the Whitman property are back in the news. Touchy, touchy subject. My thoughts are that I believe Jon Whitman should be able to do with his land whatever he wishes provided that it fit within the reaches of the Master Plan. My other thoughts on the meeting are this:
- Did Tom Covrett cost himself a spot on the Township Board? The meeting was highly unorganized, ran long, and had little to no leadership. As Chairman of that particular board Tom needed to take control and ensure that the meeting ran smoothly and efficiently; it did not.
- I appreciated board member, Debbie (last name?) and her commentary where she pointed out that, a) couldn’t a ‘big box’ store be built there as the zoning stands now (answer: yes) and b) is there anything that Mr. Whitman could do with this land that wouldn’t met the ire of the Bedford Watch group (answer: not sure).
I’ll have more thoughts on this once further meetings are completed and we know more about the finalized rezoning of this property.
In the next week or so, as I play catch up, I will be sending out e mails to school leaders, athletic coaches, business leaders, etc. in hopes of starting a new aspect of this blog here soon. I’ll give you more info on that as the idea comes to fruition.
It’s only September and I am already sick of politics although if Sarah Palin showed up on my doorstep I may be inclined to listen.
Tags: Bedford Kicking Mules football, Bedford Public Schools, Board of Zoning Appeals, Dave Wallender, Jeff Wood, parents, Politics, Sarah Palin, soccer, Tom Covrett, Whitman rezoning, Zach Messer