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Historical September–October 2022 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Although I am writing this at the beginning of August, I feel like the summer is wrapping up. (Although you could never tell by the weather that we have been having). Kids seem to go back to school earlier and earlier, back to schedules, and back to pumpkin flavored everything.
There are some things that I do look forward to in the fall: sweatshirt weather, being able to take sweat-free walks, and the colors changing.
I do, however, have a slight sense of dread in the fall from the PTSD of my kids’ homework even though I have not had a student in my home for years (yay!).
It seemed to me that schools began to measure their prestige by how much homework they gave on a nightly basis.
The neighborhood is continuing to work on some very important initiatives that neighbors should be involved in, the finalization of the form-based code (pg 5), development of the lot at Skinker and Delmar (pg 3), and choosing who our elected officials will be (pg 2). Those that know me understand that I am militant about voting.
I think that it is the most fundamental responsibility in a democracy.
As we have discovered in the past few years, who we elect makes a huge difference in the quality of our lives as well as our value systems.
I encourage everyone to research the candidates and totally ignore the monsoon of ads that are coming our way. And if you must see the ads, please research the reliability of the SOURCE of the information that you are reading.
A great reference to use is the Ad Fontes Media “Media Bias Chart” that determines in an academic and independent way how truthful our media sites are.
I know, that is asking a lot for overworked and overbooked people.
If you don’t have time for that, ask advice from people who know the issues and who you trust and that have the same values as you. (I refer to a lot of them). Our political climate is a cluster.
We had three aldermen resign in disgrace locally, a person with a pending felony charge run for Senate, and people in federal office that probably couldn’t even spell the United States of America.
We need to find our common ground and work for the betterment of our region and our country.
We need to stop hindering progress if it makes the other guy look good.
My favorite thing about this neighborhood is the diversity.
We have so many different types of people that come to together for the common good – food drives, fund raisers, clean ups.
I have called this neighborhood a unicorn neighborhood in the past.
I hope that we can continue to be a model for how a mixture of people and cultures makes us all better humans. Be engaged, be a good neighbor, and vote.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September–October 2022.
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