5/25

I'm proud of the folks around here. In a district referendum, they voted  overwhelmingly (4:1) yesterday to dig into their own pockets and help fix up our increasingly troubled schools. Yepper folks! They voted FOR a tax increase. Ever since bussing was instituted back in the seventies, this region has been the private school capital of the nation. (You know that beautiful campus where Robin Williams made "Dead Poet Society"? That's not too far from here.)  Anyway when the busses rolled in all the financial clout pulled out. Many of those who voted yesterday are elderly. They've already more than done their bit and no longer have any skin in the game. Talk about a generational transfer of wealth? Plus, these are tough times. All that notwithstanding it seems we're not all really as stingy, small minded and short sighted as our leaders and media moguls want us to believe we are. Way to go neighbors! -JF