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LIFE ON MARS
Life on Mars features Marc Nair, a poet and photographer, and the significance and journey through his career. The title, 'Life on Mars' is borrowed from a poem of the same name that expresses his passion for books and the written word.
Featuring Mark Nair
Directed and Edited by Hannah Ng
Produced by Winnie Toh
Written, Shot and Music by Tamara Tan
Sound Recorded by Bryan Lim
Right idea on council selection; just need more 'vetting'
Amarillo City Councilman Mark Nair is correct to favor a new way of filling vacancies on the body on which he serves.
It needs to be more open, more accessible to the public. Nair helped design the new process for filling those vacancies, which he said used to be done in secret.
The new process also requires a good bit of tinkering and tweaking to avoid the embarrassment that appears to have…
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Well, I'll be; cooler heads win out ... at least for now
My dear ol’ dad had a number of favorite sayings.
Dad would use one of them when something surprised him pleasantly.
“Well,” Dad would say, “I’ll be dipped in sesame seeds.”
Pass the seeds, will ya? I’ve just been surprised — along with quite a few other folks around Amarillo — by the actions today of the Amarillo City Council.
Council members voted 5-0 to take two items off their agenda; they…
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One down at City Hall ... how many more to go?
Amarillo City Attorney Marcus Norris has quit.
He’ll be gone in two weeks, leaving the city with either zero legal counsel or a new lawyer who’s got to learn the ropes the way Norris did when he became the city’s legal eagle.
There’s really no sugarcoating this resignation. Norris is a casualty of the new regime on the City Council. One of the new guys, Mark Nair, took the oath of office and…
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City faces serious fracturing
While we’re on the topic of the newly reconstituted Amarillo City Council, let’s discuss for a moment a serious result of what might transpire over the next couple of years.
We have a serious division of interests among the five members.
Three of the council members — Elisha Demerson, Mark Nair and Randy Burkett — want significant change. They want it now. They aren’t waiting.
The other two…
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City may become latest to join discordant chorus
Amarillo’s governing council long has prided itself on speaking with one voice, moving in unison toward common goals.
It’s been rather, um, boring at times to watch the city endorse this program or that with nary a negative voice being heard. Oh, I’ve heard some dissent, from the likes of the late commissioners Dianne Bosch and Jim Simms. But generally when the city voted, it marched off in…
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It's official: 'Change' has arrived at Amarillo City Hall
Let’s call Amarillo City Councilman-elect Mark Nair the “man who brought change” to Amarillo municipal government.
Tonight he was elected to Place 4 on the five-man City Council. trouncing runoff opponent Steve Rogers.
So, what does “change” look like? That remains to be seen.
But here’s what we know. Two of the new guys on the council, Place 1 Councilman Elisha Demerson and Place 3 Councilman…
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Looks like a dismal turnout is on tap
If the utter silence at the place where I vote is any indication, it looks as though the turnout for today’s municipal runoff election is going to be a yawner.
I just cast my vote. It was 9:05 a.m. The polls opened at 7 at Arden Road Baptist Church.
My vote was the 20th cast. Twenty votes in 2 hours and 5 minutes of voting!
The runoff is for Place 4 on the Amarillo City Council. The two…
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