About Town - All Comments//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/default.aspxA roundup of the on-the-street action in Portland, Maine, plus updates on all manner of interesting topics from the staff of the Portland Phoenix.enCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)re: More music isn't always better music//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2011/04/13/more-music-isn-t-always-better-music.aspx#758736Fri, 20 May 2011 06:40:55 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:758736Beyette<p>you guys give this joke press. &nbsp;alright. &nbsp;alright. &nbsp;that&#39;s just alright.</p> <img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=758736" width="1" height="1">re: Pot legalization bill release set for tomorrow at 10 am//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2011/04/19/pot-legalization-bill-release-set-for-tomorrow-at-10-am.aspx#752176Thu, 05 May 2011 00:12:49 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:752176Scott<p>Shouldn&#39;t this read &quot;Pot RE-legalization bill...?&quot;</p> <p>Cannabis was legal in the United States from 1776 until the 1930&#39;s. &nbsp;This bill would end prohibition, not legalize something totally new.</p> <img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=752176" width="1" height="1">re: Sussman in print?//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2011/03/16/sussman-in-print.aspx#734743Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:03:29 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:734743Fake Name<p>Actually, I'd be upset too if my &quot;fiancee&quot; and I were revealed to be &nbsp;hypocrites in such a public way.</p> <img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=734743" width="1" height="1">re: Sussman in print?//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2011/03/16/sussman-in-print.aspx#734742Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:57:53 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:734742Fake Name<p>&quot;Sussman....is rumored to still be upset at Portland Press Herald coverage last year of Pingree's use of his private jet for transportation&quot;.</p> <p>Why is he upset? Perhaps some award winning journalists could ask him. </p> <img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=734742" width="1" height="1">re: Sussman in print?//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2011/03/16/sussman-in-print.aspx#734461Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:24:11 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:734461Fake Name<p>He has &quot;no intention of starting a newspaper here or anywhere else.&quot;? So what is is the point of this post?</p> <img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=734461" width="1" height="1">re: Press Herald's donation slammed by PPH reporters, Columbia Journalism Review//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2011/03/17/press-herald-s-donation-slammed-by-pph-reporters-columbia-journalism-review.aspx#734131Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:57:30 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:734131Lauren Kirchner<p>Hey Jeff, thanks for the post about my column. &nbsp;Just wanted to let your readers know that is scheduled to go up on CJR.org towards the end of March. Also that I will include a correction in both the online version and the next print issue to indicate that you and Al Diamon had the story first. Apologies for the mistake. Thanks again!</p> <img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=734131" width="1" height="1">re: Stephen King takes on JFK assassination//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2011/03/03/stephen-king-takes-on-jfk-assassination.aspx#733047Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:07:04 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:733047BettyS<p>Go Stephen King (speaking in FL on unions, &quot;stone brained&quot; governors and more!): <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="//www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1vW1zPmnKQ">www.youtube.com/watch</a></p> <img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=733047" width="1" height="1">re: Budget!!!!//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2011/03/07/budget.aspx#729424Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:08:13 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:729424Fake Name<p>I thought you guys were &quot;award winning journalists&quot;? Posts like this expose you more as &quot;advocates&quot; than anything else.</p> <img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=729424" width="1" height="1">re: Budget!!!!//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2011/03/07/budget.aspx#729423Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:04:19 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:729423Fake Name<p>OK. I have donned my tin-foil hat and I will await your further instructions.</p> <img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=729423" width="1" height="1">re: Westboro Baptist Church targets New Hampshire theater//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2011/02/17/westboro-baptist-church-targets-new-hampshire-theater.aspx#725627Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:08:46 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:725627Fake Name<p>Why would give these assclowns free publicity? Seriously.</p> <img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=725627" width="1" height="1">re: Westboro Baptist Church targets New Hampshire theater//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2011/02/17/westboro-baptist-church-targets-new-hampshire-theater.aspx#724280Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:46:48 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:724280David<p>These guys are friggging knuckleheads.</p> <p>But they are kind of funny in how over-the-top they are.</p> <img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=724280" width="1" height="1">re: State report tells us what Phoenix readers have known since 2008//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2011/01/31/state-report-tells-us-what-phoenix-readers-have-known-since-2008.aspx#719876Tue, 01 Feb 2011 04:29:37 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:719876Fake Name<p>Why are you being scooped by the Bangor Daily News? I'll just start reading them from now on and eliminate the middle man.</p> <p>Also, our country is dangerously close to bankruptcy and our state has many serious fiscal problems. So why are you focusing on whether the Turnpike spends too much on hotel rooms and dinners? Can't you find a better use for your mad investigative reporting skilz?</p> <img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=719876" width="1" height="1">re: LePage's first lie in office?//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2011/01/05/lepage-s-first-lie-in-office.aspx#716003Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:41:46 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:716003Fake Name<p>That's all you got?</p> <img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=716003" width="1" height="1">re: LePage's first lie in office?//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2011/01/05/lepage-s-first-lie-in-office.aspx#714081Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:59:59 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:714081Lane<p>You need to look up the definition of the word LIE.</p><img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=714081" width="1" height="1">re: Press Herald - favor for business, or for mayor campaign?//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2010/12/17/press-herald-favor-for-business-or-for-mayor-campaign.aspx#711813Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:55:58 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:711813Fake Name<p>So the &quot;reporter&quot; &nbsp;got your job description and your comment wrong? What did he get right?</p> <img src="//thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=711813" width="1" height="1">