The Year in Lincoln
By: Mr. Wilson on
December 31, 2008
Every blog needs a year-end wrap-up post. Here's mine.
- January: I saw the future when I noted that modifications to the then-proposed "Safe Haven" law could cause serious trouble. My concerns were validated months later as nearly three dozen non-infants were dropped off at area hospitals.
- February: Mayor Chris Beulter backed Barack Obama. I guess he knows how to pick a winner. Pretty much everybody in town complained about the City's snow-removal practices. Some things never change.
- March:
Tina'sLina's opened and quickly became one of my favorite Mexican restaurants in town. My son spoke his first sentence. Matt Olberding's Biz Buzz premiered - April: Lincoln reached the century mark. We found out that the Scott brothers will develop the Haymarket arena. If/when it happens.
- May: Mr. T kicked off his Where in Lincoln series. Lincolnite Akshay Rajagopal won the National Geographic Bee.
- June: Beerorkid discovered that Lincoln now has a "Street View" option on Google Maps. Soon the face of Google was revealed.
- July: Ken Svoboda earned a new nickname, A bike trail bridge over North 27th Street was announced. Lincoln got its first bodega.
- August: The Hamann Rose Garden reopened. So did Trago Park.
- September: Hy-Vee announced that its North 48th store would become a new Heartland Pantry. The neighborhood rejoiced. Robin Eschliman declared her hatred for upholstered furniture. An LPD officer killed a man with a TASER while MTV listened in. One of KFOR's favorite restaurants closed its doors.
- October: Harris Overpass reopened. Nebraska had its first DNA exoneration. The zoo caused a ruckus when it kicked out God.
- November: I liveblogged the election, thanks to KOLN/KGIN. Mayor Beutler acknowledged that Antelope Valley could have been handled better.
- December: Lincoln officially christened a patch of blacktop on Q Street the Catalyst One Memorial Monument to Failure. The Husker volleyball team ended the season with a loss that comes as close to a "moral victory" as you can get. LPS tops the list for having the most schools in the state that "need improvement". LPS administrators are too busy counting their raises to explain why it's nothing to worry about.