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For those of you that don’t read Japanese, sayonara means goodbye.  And you thought there was no educational value to this blog.

It appears that the Albertsons building will soon become a Family Entertainment Center that will feature a state-of-the-art 32-Lane Bowling Alley, Laser Tag, Arcades, a Full-Service Restaurant and other Attractions.  David and Anna Kessler placed the site under contract and are moving forward with development plans.  Maybe we could have a Council meeting or two in one of the VIP bowling suites.

Click here to view the press release and fact sheet.

I have had several requests to post current sales tax information. When using my finely honed political math skills it is safe to assume that if three people actually make a request then a minimum of three hundred must want the same thing. So, that being said, I am happy to oblige. Enjoy. Or then again… maybe not. It all depends if your glass is half full or half empty.

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Click here to view a PDF of last week’s building permits.

The $1.6M building permit taken out last week was for a new mini-storage on the Lake Road.  The project is going to be constructed in compliance with the masonry ordinance that was passed back in April. How can this be? The Growth At all Costs crowd, here-to-forward now known as the GAC, passionately prophesied that the ordinance was going to kill commercial development in Temple. The 6-minute video below dispels one of the more intellectually dishonest arguments used by the GAC. They argued that the ordinance would make new construction too expensive thus killing our growth prospects.  It is interesting to me that in all of the debate over this ordinance nobody ever mentioned the Stucco Tech product.  I wonder why?

My belated condolences to all of the freedom fighters that worked so hard to KILL the Masonry Ordinance that was passed last April.

The Growth At All Costs crowd fought a valiant fight expending a tremendous amount of energy in an attempt to first stall then kill this ordinance. One of the tactics used was to lament, to anyone that would listen, the loss of businesses that would forego locating to or expanding in Temple. Dressed in their sackcloth and ashes they predicted the direst of futures for Temple stating that this ordinance was not business friendly. Cracker Barrel and Joe’s Crab Shack were held up as examples of eateries that would never come to town because of the proposed masonry ordinance. These two restaurants became the first in an ongoing litany of illusory casualties of the Masonry Wars.  But wait, it appears that the reports of Cracker Barrel’s death were greatly exaggerated. Apparently, they are opening a restaurant in Temple. And how do I know this. Well I hear it was in the Telegram — but more convincingly they have started constructing a $750,000 building.

Click here to view a PDF of last week’s building permits.

Click here to view a PDF of last week’s building permits.

Detailed building permit information has not been available in the newspaper for some time.  I believe it can be a useful economic indicator for discerning the condition of our local economy.  From now on I will post each week’s permits for your viewing pleasure.

Click here to view the permits for the week of September 1, 2008.