Stephen J. Solarz, Former N.Y. Congressman, Dies at 70.

[elleng]

Mr. Solarz was always mindful of local issues, calling himself “Representative Pothole.” In 1990, he introduced a bill denying a sports team that leaves a city the right to sue for trademark infringement. The bill grew out of a suit filed by the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Brooklyn Dodgers Sports Bar and Restaurant in Brooklyn. Mr. Solarz wanted to get in one last lick at the team that had fled to the West Coast and broken his borough’s heart.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/nyregion/30solarz.html?pagewanted=1&hpw

[Condem]

1. elleng. Where ya' been?

I doubt this thread will get a whole lot of responses, but it's good to hear from you. Lying low because the Big Least is awful, I suppose.

[elleng]

2. Hey Con, yea, kind of. Daughter taking semester off so not quite as engaged as earlier,

but watching 'skins when daughter's at their games.

How y'all?

[Condem]

3. Happy and I are very well...with the exception of our beloved Hawks quitting on us .

But welcome back. We need your voice of reason around here.