Remember, MD-175 is a State road. Even if you mentioned it on Tell HoCo, it's possible HoCo personnel may have missed it due to being State property. I've seen them forward the requests to the State in that case. Maybe try again.

I'm also not sure where 'Exit 20' would be. To the best of my knowledge there's no exit numbers on any of the exits off 175. They're all by intersecting street names.

Check with the howard county department of aging. And if he has Medicare they also generally have transportation for appointments!

Maybe check with Neighbor Ride? Renting a vehicle is gonna cost more than $100/day. Feel free to message if I can help in any way!

It was restricted at some point, but builders were allowed to continue using it if it were still in their inventory. Bottom line is that there’s only so much you can do.

Oh no, I thought asbestos was outlawed at a similar time. Am I wrong about that?

That’s helpful to know! Ugh another thing to worry about with wiring. How does one avoid that?

Canton car wash is great

It all depends. Could be an HOA, CA, county, or even the state, depending on where the grass is located. I'm not sure about the location you mentioned, though.

CA cuts the grass on CA-owned property: around the three lakes, along many (but not all) paths, in some parks, etc.

The county is responsible for cutting the grass along the paths it owns and along all the roads.

Importantly, people disagree on the purpose of IAT - which is part of what makes it so contentious. But I'll do my best to explain what I can.

IAT is a non-profit - a 501(c)(3) - that was established by CA to manage and maintain Symphony Woods which is owned by Columbia Association. The "c-3" designation is important because 1 - CA is a "c-4" and 2 - unlike donation's to "c4s" donations to "c3s" are eligible for tax deductions. This makes c3s much better at soliciting donations. So the idea was to establish IAT as an independent c3 non-profit, allow IAT to raise funds and be self-sufficient, and CA/the community would save money by not having to spend money on managing Synonymy Woods.

So in theory, it makes sense. In practice there have been several issues:

1. There was a lot of disagreement about the design of Symphony Woods. For example, some people like the Chrysalis, some people think its terrible (by point of comparison, some Parisians hated the Eifel Tower and Louvre when they were built). There were/are many other disagreements about the design and I honestly don't understand all of them.

2. Many people believe IAT was just established to manage/maintain the physical space of the park; however, IAT has taken a broader view of its scope and taken responsibility for managing programming that takes place within the park. Arguably, this places IAT in competition with two other existing non-profits (Columbia Festival of the Arts & Downtown Columbia Arts and Culture Commission) which were already operating in the non-profits events space in Columbia and can(could, depending on how you talk to) do a better job of managing events than IAT. This has created competition among these organizations for funding, resources, etc. There was an effort to unify these organizations and/or increase cooperation amongst them a few years ago - I don't know the full details but many people claim IAT torpedoed the work to unify these groups (to the detriment of the community) because of petty concerns about building their own fiefdom.

3. Obviously, as evidenced by IAT's yearly request for funding from CA, IAT has failed to live up to its original intent to be financially self-sufficient.

4. IAT hasn't conducted financial audits in a timely manner.

5. Multiple CA board members have/do served/serve on the IAT board of directors. If IAT worked as envisioned, this made sense as IAT was established to manage a piece of property that CA owns; however, since IAT is not financially independent of CA, this has created an obvious conflict of interest where individuals have a fiduciary responsibility to two separate entities and one of those entities is perpetually asking for a handout from the other entity. Further, many CA board members don't put Symphony Woods in proper perspective - yes its downtown in a prime position but the level of attention these 36 acres has gotten over the past few years far outstrips its relative importance to the community.

I'm sure there are other issues that I don't know about as well.

Again, please take everything above with a grain of salt. I don't totally understand all the issues, haven't researched it thoroughly, and many people who talk most vocally about this issue are only sharing their "side" of the story so I don't think I'm getting completely objective information.

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so anyway hes giving a great show and disenfranchised people shouldnt have to be berkeley graduates to deserve money to eat

I'm pretty sure that's not the CA's responsibility.

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I’m willing to bet that’s a county issue and not a CA issue. Have you notified the county about?

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My point is that you aren’t being clear and concise about the issues. I think it’s perfectly reasonable to clearly criticize Nina’s multiple positions, how that is a conflict of interest, and the financial issues you think it’s causing.

But implying that she is being personally enriched by these things is inaccurate and definitely not clear and concise.

>seems mean-spirited.

Sorry if it's a bit brash, but I'm not going to be nice about a clear and concise conflict of interest between Basu's positions in both the LR Board and IAT that is already posing a significant threat to CA's financials.

Is there a good summary of the IAT? I keep seeing comments about it but I have no idea what it seems to do, other than cause headaches and conflicts of interest that seem at best morally dubious and at worst probably a relationship of questionable legality.

Just general question Chase vs Truist

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I wish, I could stop driving out to Elkridge for BSB and Dr Pepper. But no, it’s Raising Canes

Why not just say it? That’s some “Let’s go Brandon” level of goofiness.

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I stand by that comment - Josh and Nina are among the many people that I had in mind when writing it.

Happy to talk. Will send a DM.