Talk of the Point

Just imagine that N.I.C.E. passes. Just imagine that the N.I.C.E. people stop butting heads with the not-so-N.I.C.E. people and instead convince them that the whole scheme would work out for everyone. (I don’t see how, but they can try me.)

The first question I’d ask is who’s going to do the grunt work? That’s not directly […]

It’s been a breezy couple of days in the Point as fighting intensified over N.I.C.E..

Yesterday, Tom Butt emailed his N.I.C.E. backers about his concern over “a small group carrying on a full court press to defeat it.” Some people who had once backed it are now opposed or wavering.

Late this morning I ran into my […]

My friend Richard Lompa is having a great time waging a “war” on the proposed Neighborhood Improvement and Community Enhancement district, known as “N.I.C.E.” He has posted his bright-red “Pride” signs in many store windows alongside his opponent’s signs. He says he has talked to about 30 of the 40 landlords, and he says he […]

Last week’s Consumer Confidence Index showed that we Americans have felt better about Things lately. For the local mood, I went to ask Gus about we Pointers.

Gus says little but sees much at his perch across from Santa Fe Market. He has spent much of the last 30 years there, and his father spent most […]