Mayor Tom Leppert and billionaire T. Boone Pickens snarl DART’s plans to buy new buses

John McClelland, says:

Better environmentally would be electric powered buses. Natural gas is still a fossil fuel.

alexander troup, says:

This is another stupid Mayor and Billionare story....read the Roses, Guns and Tulips....I am suprised Mark Cuban is not mixed up in this also.....one day they will burn everyone out with the Green effect....hype....and no more type....bland food again........uggg,

Travis Bush, says:

Oh come on David..less QQ already. You don't have to read everything that is posted.

Jason Rice, says:

x*x THAT's why you haven't ripped me a new one in forever.

Man I was feeling deserted. I'm glad it wasn't something I said... or um... something maybe I hadn't said rudely enough.

Anyway. I have "online rejection issues"

Travis Bush, says:

Your problem is with the way Peg News has limited views of Latest Comments. This can be remedied by actually setting up what you want to read. Perusing the articles instead of Latest Comments also helps. Don't lay it all on one user. It isn't nice and it makes you look like an epeen.

Jason Rice, says:

Or do what I do and just follow Travis around and snipe at him.

Travis Bush, says:

And Rice Versa..

Chris Kidd, says:

Without getting too much into ATs scene, Im guessing he has alot of free time on his hands. Thats not really a bad thing, just the "confucius"- style ramblings get a bit tiring to read. Lets try in the future a little less Cactus Pryor and a little more Frank J. Dobie

That being said, lets get this CNG-powered bus back up and running. Im in agreement with T-Bird Pickens and Mayor Tom Slick, we need to push this technology as it uses a domestic resource and these buses are also built here in the Good Ol' U.S. Of A

John McClelland, says:

Clay 213 Anonymous

Electricity is "harvested" from many different sources. Nice try at wit. You failed again.

alexander troup, says:

Say Chris, I dont have a lot of free anything, just an old dog here, telling what I have seen or been through...

Kind of like... master of the Metroplex and sharing this vision, while I dont like saying what I have said about the last 3 Mayors, they have done some and some really stupid things...besides I like that Mayor Tom Slick stuff, you hit it on the head there, he is from the old 20th Century sticks, this needs to be an era of change...maybe next month..We will have to see soon the real 21st Century...change.. next time maybe some Dobbie too, beside I am still in the flu season, and my complements to the rest of the Peg staff....A/T, Rambler needs to settle down..

Jason Rice, says:

As one guilty of "Buffer overrun syndrome" bickering with Pavel, Doyle, Travis and even some hotheads in some venues, I confess some guilt at tying up the "Latest Comments." It is a magnificent resource socially and magnificent informational indicator, especially for new or otherwise overlooked stories ... much like the oft-maligned "digg effect."

I have no suggestion to streamline the feature, keep it relevant and yet transparent or even ways to split or consolidate the functions it represents, but I do prize it and wish it wasn't so easily overrun by even a brief poniard session between Travis and myself.

Could a user him/herself have a preference to "clutter latest comments" or not as part of submission? Default would be "do clutter" for newcomers and such, but if I know I'm just clutter, could I say so? Maybe even a user preference to say "usually I'm clutter, unless I say specifically otherwise".

$0.02

Chris Kidd, says:

Alex, yer alright, your a man of alot of wisdom, I applaude you and your views of history. Your PN's own Frank X Tolbert in the flesh.

Jason Rice, says:

But Jeremy - seriously, I can follow my buddies/enemies easily in my "Favorites Activity" column and sometimes I'd rather not clutter the front page. So if it becomes an easy task (as a coder, I know what a stupid statement that is) go for it!

Scott Doyle, says:

*I don't want people to feel pressure to self-censor or mark their own contributions as worth ignoring.*

Methinks I've adapted reasonably well throughout my time here...unless I truly feel I'm contributing (granted, I consider funny contributing) I typically hold my tongue. There are obvious exceptions when I'm bored and take advantage of someone easily baited, but that's typically entertaining just the same.

Gotta say it'd be nice if you wizArds of the intertron could code up a different comment layout for those of us who pay attention to those just as much as stories. However, I'd rather the change be well thought out - don't pull a Patriot Act pls.

Admittedly, if I see a block of comments from one user or a string related to one story I don't care about, I don't even bother viewing all comments to sift through them. Mayhaps only bump each story once with the latest comment (including comment count, obv) rather than displaying each individual response?

Regarding an ignore feature, we're grown people. If you know you don't like a particular user's input...don't read it. You incredibly racka disciprine if an adult can't ignore an internet comment.

Travis Bush, says:

"When those responses are stream of conciousness style it's not worth reading any more."

Really? Peg News could be sterile like DMN. Perhaps that is what some of you guys want? Every time someone comments, it keeps a story alive, regardless of the perceived "quality" of the comment. The problem is that fostering a community atmosphere has to allow for all users to have discussions, on and off topic. The current configuration of Peg News leaves little choice but to have these two types of conversation mixed in with each other.

I've been around the Internets a long time and I've run into the E-snobs before. Their viewing pleasure gets interrupted by something they consider abnormal. This is a control issue, plain and simple. If one person on a website impedes your ability to READ and comment, there isn't much to be said but GET OVER YOURSELF.

There could also be a "Free For All" section where we could propagate our own threads that related to any given topic. This might require some moderation, but it would separate purely topic related comments, with the social aspect, which I think is just as important as postulating on Tom Leppert and T Boone Pickens' penchant for gas.

John McClelland, says:

Clay, show me that 1000 buses driving around DFW burning CNG is cleaner than 1000 buses running on electric batteries driving around DFW. You can also take into account where the CNG and electricity both come from-- and no, neither one comes from only one source.

Then, as the politician, I will take your study under advisement.

Scott Doyle, says:

Reality is that if comments upset you to the point you threaten to leave visit the site, it's not the articles that kept you here in the first place. Ostracizing someone on account of your personal tastes isn't exactly PN game (that I'm aware of), and interfering on your own likely won't end well.

Guess my idea of condensed comments would be nixed by someone hitting a new story every few mins...but it would still help prevent trains that muck up our works.

I maintain issue with an ignore feature, though, in that it's petty and people could easily miss valuable information pertaining to the thread, their daily activities, etc...also might impede the flow of conversation and doesn't stand to benefit anyone, simply mitigate annoyance that you should be able to ignore on your own. Sticking to comments of your favorited users may be a solution, but you'd miss out on what noobs have to offer unless a favorite joins the mix.

Doyle's solution: ban all who oppose me, cater your ad strategies to my needs, and issue Fisher shares in my name as often as possible. It'll work, I promise!

Scott Doyle, says:

Umm, <i>threaten to leave <s>visit </s></i>.

I'm at work too, xDWx - can't be bothered with proofreading!

Travis Bush, says:

"If one user impedes people's ability to read and comment, it's a sign that the site could be improved upon."

Is this really the case? It certainly isn't applicable to the entire site. No one impedes your ability to read and comment on any given subject, regardless of any other contribution.

One way to solve the problem with Latest Comments would either be to list more of them, list them by day, or have the user be able to choose how many of the latest comments one wanted to see.

Travis Bush, says:

"Yes, actually I do think that seeing chunks of the comments column eaten up with unrelated posts constructed from sentence fragments and excessive punctuation makes it difficult to read and post anything meaningful to the site."

Not sure how that works. Does your brain cease to function by merely reading what one person posts? I doubt it and BTW, you have done a great job alienating a PN user. An older guy who probably doesn't have much message board experience comes to Peg News, enjoys his time here, shares Dallas history with us. This causes some to get their panties all in a wad simply because they don't like the odd way he posts messages. Rather shallow if you ask me. I got over it and so can you. I hope making him feel unwelcome assuages your dire need for some kind of purist news venue.

Travis Bush, says:

Just calling BS when I see it.