Council Member Joe Anderson does Public Relations and gives Tips and Advice

After watching the last couple of council meetings on Insight does anyone else get the feeling that Council Member Joe Anderson is the Public Relations Spokesman for Alexandria’s Bowling Alley?

He gets the floor and goes on and on and on about a Christmas promotion that they have going on.

If that’s not enough he announces a training session that he read about in the newspaper that is going to be held at the Alexandria Community Center for Emergency Management personnel as being open to the general public.

Following Council Member Anderson’s announcement, Alexandria Police Chief Mike Ward explained what the program is about and that it is not open to the general public. Anderson then wants to argue the point.

We don’t quite know what to make of Council Member Anderson and his stream of, it seems, never ending public service announcements and tips and advice to the citizens toward the end of every council meeting. Just think how much more of a snoozer it would be if every business in town would like to get a plug at council meetings.

Perhaps Council Member Anderson should read Alexandria's form of Government for a refresher on what is the job of a council member.

Pawn Shop coming to town? (Revised)

We are pleased to report that the original post of Monday, October 17, 2011 has now shown to be incorrect as it pertains to a pawn shop coming to town.

According to an article posted today by Jeff McKinney on nky.com, Quick-Cash Inc., traditionally a pawn shop, has cut out the pawning portion of its operation in order to open a location at 8242 Alexandria Pike.

John Wischer, general manager for Quick-Cash, said the Alexandria location is the company's first store in Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana that focuses on buying and selling gold, silver and platinum items and does not offer pawn loans in exchange for goods. Alexandria zoning laws do not permit pawn shops within city limits.

He said the buy-and-sell concept store is what differentiates the store from Quick-Cash's other traditional pawn shop locations.

Wischer said the 1,740-square-foot store next to an Ameristop also purchases and sells new and used consumer electronics, game systems, tools, musical instruments, laptops and DVDs. Wischer said sellers can check out the company's buy policy at www.getmoreformygold.com.