Woman Crashes When Teaching Dog to Drive

Being a dog lover, I just loved this story:

(08-28) 17:19 PDT BEIJING, China (AP) --
A woman in Hohhot, the capital of north China's Inner Mongolia region, crashed her car while giving her dog a driving lesson, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.

No injuries were reported although both vehicles were slightly damaged, it said.

The woman, identified only be her surname, Li, said her dog "was fond of crouching on the steering wheel and often watched her drive," according to Xinhua.

"She thought she would let the dog 'have a try' while she operated the accelerator and brake," the report said. "They did not make it far before crashing into an oncoming car."
Xinhua did not say what kind of dog or vehicles were involved but Li paid for repairs.

URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?ile=/n/a/2006/08/28/international/i051320D62.DTL

Tulsa Community Foundation

Just a follow-up on the Kaiser Foundation and the local impact for Tulsan's.

An article in the Tulsa World on Sunday, Aug. 27th speaks of the relationship between the Tulsa Community Foundation and George Kaiser. An interesting fact stated in the article is that the foundation now has $2.3 billon (yes that's BILLION) dollars in assets. This turns out the be the largest community foundation in the nation! Within the next three years the foundation will be pumping out about $100 million dollars PER YEAR! Where do you put that much money every year?

The article is here: http://www.tulsaworld.com/NewsStory.asp?ID=060827_Ne_A17_Commu34239

Meeting Tuesday Aug 22nd, How Do We Save Our Historic Resources?

The Coalition of Historic Neighborhoods is pleased to announce:
A Round Table Discussion "How Do We Save Our Historic Resources: Downtown and Our Neighborhoods

"Tuesday August 22, 2006 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Marquette School
15th and Quincy
Our Guest Presenters include:Jamie Jamieson on Form Based Codes
Steve Novick on Neighborhood Stabilization
Amanda DeCort on Historic Preservation Overlay Zoning
Shawn Schaefer on Urban Planning
Sean Griffin will moderate.

Have you ever asked this question?
Then you need to participate in this discussion.
Open to any and all.

Continued Trouble with Lot Splits

"I find it very unfortunate that no one is standing up for us."
This was the statement of Patty SouthMayd before the TMAPC on August 2nd. The commission was hearing a petition from the residents in the Peaceful Terwilleger neighborhood (near 38th and Lewis). The residents there were trying to keep a developer from splitting lots and putting up homes that don't fit the rest of the street. Homeowners in historic midtown areas are finding that they do not have the tools to stop lotsplits or to enforce that new construction in some way conform to the other houses on that street. The TMAPC did approve the request to change the residential zoning from RS-2 to RS-1. This did not include the lots in question though because the developer did not wish to participate in the petition. I'm not sure of the differences between these two, but under RS-1, there would be additional hurdles for developers who want to build in an established neighborhood.

The Tulsa World reports it here: http://www.tulsaworld.com/NewsStory.asp?ID=060803_Ne_A9_Homeo24596

This is another place where a house goes down, and several go up in it's place. This location is at 24th and Yorktown near Utica Square. My recollection was that there used to be a natural stone cottage style house located on this corner. It has been torn down and the sign there shows three new homes in it's place.

A drive down 24th street shows several 'newer' homes, ones that would not have been original to that street. They however look as though they belong, same general size, same general setback, ect, as other homes on the block. Can a 'three in one lot' conform to this great older street?