Starkville Shooting

Really bad news. There was a shooting incident at the local McDonald's following a high school basketball game between Columbus/Starkville. One comment I heard was "you know we're a big city now when we start having shootings at the local McDonald's." Jokes like that aside, this is really a terrible incident and really should be a warning to all of us that Starkville is not immune to the serious types of violent crimes that can plague any city.

Full story here.

MSU/Starkville Recognized As Green Community

The community is mainly being recognized for efforts made through Starkville in Motion in regards to working to provide alternatives to transportation. Not mentioned in the article should also be Starkville's adoption of LEED standards for all future public buildings, starting with the new Starkville Electric Department building.

Full story here.
http://www.msstate.edu/web/media/detail.php?id=4429

November 2008 Code Enforcement Report

Our code enforcement officer, Jeff, provides a report every month regarding the total number of code violations he has worked on. I thought I would start providing those numbers for anyone who is interested:

• VEHICLES REMOVED OR UPDATED-6
• OFF SITE SIGNS-2
• BANNERS W/OUT PERMITS-3
• SIGNS REMOVED FROM R.O.W-131
• BANNER PERMITS SOLD-10
• PERMANENT SIGN PERMITS SOLD-3
• TRASH VIOLATIONS-4
• BUSINESS OPERATING W/OUT PERMIT-1
• TRAILER PARK REINSPECTIONS-13
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• TOTALS- 173

I imagine the large number of signs moved from right of way are probably related to clearing up the mess left after the elections this year. It's always discouraging to see how many signs are placed everywhere, littering the sides of the streets and often left long after the election is over.