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FOUND: friendly black cat

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Have you lost or or would you like a cat? (via Craig’s List)

There is an adorable friendly black cat, who responds to the name “snuffles” currently on my back porch. On the skinny side so he may have been a stray, but is so people friendly you could never tell. He is craving for attention and love. He likes soy milk and will rub up against anything he can. He also follows you around no matter how far you go and if he loses sight will run as fast as possible to catch up with you again.

I would keep him if I could, but I can’t. If this is your cat, or if it sounds like a cat you would be interested in, I really want to find him a good home. I’m not sure how he acts around other cats or anything.

Corner of Laurel and China

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The corner of Laurel and China has seen a lot of action lately. On Sunday night, police evicted three or four squatters who were living in a tent in the backyard of a vacant house. The owner says renovations on the house should be finished this Fall. On Monday afternoon a car going up the wrong the way on Laurel hit a truck that was trying to cross Laurel on China. No word on how serious the injuries were, but this may add to calls for more street signs and traffic enforcement.

Rezoning Meeting/Green Drinks at Built Gallery

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This past Thursday I went to Green Drinks at Built Gallery. I forgot about a Cary Street rezoning meeting held at the William Byrd Community House, but then as King I have already made the neighborhood’s position clear– we STILL support urban business rezoning for Cary and Belvidere streets and its ridiculous that it has not been rezoned yet. Thankfully, other citizens were there at the meeting to re-emphasize their convictions. Yet what is the response? The City had plenty of representation at the meeting and I heard they got an earful but were still reluctant (the quote I heard was “weird”) to answer the basic question of why rezoning has not moved forward. Something smells and frankly Oregon Hill is tired of the stink. I was glad to hear that City Council candidate Mark Brandon attended the meeting so he could experience the situation first hand.

More on Green Drinks at Built Gallery here, and here.