If you haven’t watched it yet; check out the UTEC city council forum on LTC. Their time-keeper was wearing a duck costume and “quacked” when the candidate had run out of time on their response to a question. As much as I appreciate Greg volunteering for the time-keeper job; I never realized how much more fun we would have had if we dressed him up as some kind of fowl.
I had the greatest sense of nostalgia watching this because it brought to mind how smart I was when I was a teenager and made me wonder; when I get so stupid? Life was just so much simpler then. I didn’t have to pay a mortgage or wonder how to pay for a child to go to college; if there would be Medicare for me when my day comes…there was just so much time to ponder life and all it had to offer that I hadn’t experienced yet. I really applaud these kids for making their forum all about them and expressed what they see as the “big issues”.
On the other hand there’s us “old folks” whose forum was important and I was thrilled to see so many people come out and show that they are concerned about our neighborhood and the city and how the choices our councilors make effects our lives and our financial well-being. But we are boring compared to these kids and we do have a whole different set of issues that we would like to see addressed by our city councilors. All-in-all I came away from our forum pretty sad because I did not hear a single thing that made me stop and think, “wow, that was a good idea”… yeah, nothing at all, just the same old regurgitation of the nonsense we hear every two years. I’m waiting for the candidate that does not make me feel like a lemming and voting for the lesser evil.
I have discovered one way that the city council is good for our economy. Somewhere towards the end of tonight’s council meeting when I noticed I had been banging my head against the wall for about five minutes; I realized I needed a drink. So I walked down the street to Centro and opted for the “triple chocolate” dessert instead; but I spent some money in the neighborhood. And I would like all of the candidates to know that if it had cost me an extra $0.20 because of the meals tax, I would have bought it anyway…although I’m on a very strict budget… as my niece once told me, “Auntie, sometimes you just have to have the chocolate”.
update: turns out the SUN was there:
http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_13649942?IADID=Search-www.lowellsun.com-www.lowellsun.com
