My East Ky

Wow! Who expected this? Randy Couture is coming back to the UFC to defend his heavyweight championship against new comer Brock Lesnar. It’s good to see that the UFC and Randy Couture were able to come to an agreement but I think this is bad news for Brock Lesnar. There will definitely be a UFC party @ my house November 15th.

Are you really surprised?

With the building of another McDonald’s in Prestonsburg I can only assume that another free Wifi spot is going to be available to the City Of Prestosnburg courtesy of At&t. Even though I do not like McDonalds I would use their free internet access

Remember to use Wifi @ McDonalds simply use your AT&T high-speed Internet membership ID and password. Not sure of the completion date but construction seems to be trucking along. This is just another example of how local business should be the ones using free Wifi as a driving tool to get customers in and not the city.

Well after reading an article on the Floyd County Times website, it’s interesting to see that “Munroe” is going to run for city council with 3 other wannabe council members Bucky Collins, Harry Adams, and Tony Conn. Looks like it’s going to be an interesting race. From the article it seems that none of the candidates have an exact plan on what they would do other then fixing some signs, or some general issues, with not getting specific on how they would obtain their goals. It’s easy to say you want to boost the local economy but what good is it to elect you if you have no idea on where to begin? I’m sure every council member right now would love to boost Prestonsburg’s economy and bring in new business but that is definitely easier said than done.

There was also a note about the Prestonsburg’s wireless access and how it was opposed by some. Is it even still operational? Not heard anything about it since its launch. Like I said before unfortunately IMO this was a waste of time and money. Wireless access is not a deciding factor in recruiting new businesses. It’s a nice perk I guess I would say but that’s about it. Here is a article from Virginiabuisness. In the article you will see that Bristol decided to with fiber optics to lure in new business’s, and guess what? A business in the neighboring state moved its 30 employee business there. Fiber optics is the future.

I always thought Dawahares was a little pricey but I never imagined that they were in financial trouble. So I was surprised when I read that they were closing the doors in Pikeville & Paintsville. Where am I going to buy some good UK gear now? I guess the economy is really starting to affect the retailers in our area harder now. Who knows how many, or which ones are next? September 30th is reportedly the closing date, so maybe we will be able to get some good deals on some clothing items?

I remember going school shopping with my mom for many years and Dawahares was always one of the shopping stops that we made, and that’s been about 20 years ago more or less. I for one will miss shopping there, but maybe this will open up an opportunity for somebody else.