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Steven Mayer here, filling in for city-government reporter Gretchen Wenner on her day off.
Nothing earth-shaking to offer today for city watchers, but this may be worth noting.
The city of Bakersfield has shut down its official Twitter presence on the Web. For those who don't know, Twitter is a...
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This tweet was sent a couple of hours ago:
Just passed 10 limos in a row...in Bakersfield. Whaaat?
Ok, bloggers. Why were there 10 limos in Bakersfield this morning?
Perhaps they were lost.
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Twitter is full of insults to this fine city of ours.
If only those drive-by critics would stop in for breakfast at Arizona Cafe, lunch with the hordes at Luigi's or sit next to a complete stranger and share some pickled tongue and free red wine at Noriega's, perhaps they'd change their tune....
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From an elephantparty tweet:
At the HIRE Committee strategic planning meeting. Mayor Harvey Hall gave his "I love Bakersfield" speech. He is such a nice man.
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Tweets from people passing through Bakersfield, having to spend a night in Bakersfield, on a work assignment in Bakersfield, or visiting family or friends in Bakersfield, usually make for a pretty depressing read.
Luckily Twitter limits users to 140 characters.
You'd be amazed at how often...
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Granted, lots of travelers passing through Bako are on to more exotic locales like Solana Beach down south or Monterey up north.
So when a tweet comes through which says ...
"Some things never change. Like how crappy Bakersfield is. Though I suppose it might be getting crappier."
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There's a few of us poor souls who post to bakosphere and one of them is my boss who just gave birth to a baby boy.
She promised to Twitter the birth and she lived up to her promise.
Congratulations chief and here's her Twitter posts.
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How great has technology become that nowadays you can stay in touch with the world even while you're sitting on the toilet in a local fast food joint.
Gross.
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Today's top Twitter tweet comes from zomben:
@wilw someone once said that "the greatest thing about Bakersfield, is that it's not Fresno."
Twitter is free, fun and mildly addictive. Sign up for your account here. Unfortunately we're not getting any money for recommending this service!...
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