Sunday's ramblings

Well talk about two entirely different starts to a morning, yesterday and today.

My mood however seems to be in the middle of a stalled front. Somewhere between yesterday morning's great start and this morning's blah sky.

It is what is, right?

Tuesday night is the big night for meetings in town.  Board of Health's on line agenda notes a meeting for Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 6:30 p.m.  Any need to tell you what the main issue is going to be?

I did some catching up yesterday going through the posts on social media site.  I kind of wish I hadn't.  Self-inflicted trauma though so nothing really to complain about.  Besides, some of it was worth the effort.  There is actually still enough positive stuff making the effort worth doing.

Anyway ...

If the end is not in sight for what ails us, there are certainly events coming up to trigger the beginning of the end.  Tuesday's night's referenced meeting will be one such event.

Decision time.  I don't see how one can be avoided.  Three choices are available, and yes very obvious ones.  Affirm the original order.  Modify the original order.  Lift the original order.

Any one of the three will certainly create a new uproar.  The first and the third would create the loudest, and the middle would leave the fringes of both groups screaming.  No matter, any one keeps things moving.

Don't know what is going to happen.  Don't intend to try and guess what is going to happen.  Don't care what happens.  I just want something to happen at this point.

I don't see how any of the three choices can muddy the waters any further. I don't see how any of the three choices will keep some party from moving to the next step.  So just make one.

After that meeting we have the oldest from of "town meeting" coming up, and election.  The political junkie has to be totally confused over this one.  Turnout obviously affects it.  Turnout by precincts will I think affect it even more.

Will this be a de facto referendum on the turbines?  I suppose it can be viewed that way.  As I said to someone the other day however, the margin of victory in this one would be a better indication of sentiment on the pro/anti turbines issue than who wins.

Let's face it, if there is a low turnout and another close election, can anyone really claim a mandate?

The only thing I am close to sure of forecasting this one is I don't see the result as being close.  Not recount close anyway.

Hard to get a feel on this one otherwise though.  Just as hard is the feel that it doesn't matter one way or the other.

By the time of the election, if we aren't all ready in court, than some one really manged to pull a rabbit out of their hat.  If we are in court, well the ability of the elected officials to deal with the turbines issue is going to be pretty limited at best.

So is it really going to matter?

Let's face it, the winner of this election will be "tainted" the remainder of his term.  Certainly that will be the perception of a significant number of people no matter who wins.  

Wethington is always going to be viewed as the anti-wind turbines candidate.  The anti-wind turbines  people aren't going to the polls embracing DeTerra, shut down or no shut-down.  There seem to a a significant number of pro-turbines people who aren't embracing him either.  They will most likely vote for him if the vote, but they aren't embracing him.

I am thinking out loud here, or more appropriately just writing thoughts down.  It was stated Thursday night to the effect that with this election over, it would be one less thing to keep the Town from gridlock.  Don't see why this election is any legitimate reason for gridlock, or how the results are going to change anything.  Maybe relative to the B of H "gridlock".

Again anyway ...

My new favorite number is 643.  I managed to count that high today.  I also like 279.  If you go out and plays those combinations today by the way, I claim a 10% consulting fee if you win.

What do those numbers have to do with anything?  Absolutely nothing.  Which is about the same for about 90% of what passes for information out there.

Enough, except to say knock your socks off for today.  With the caveat that S.O.P will apply, it is an "open line" format for comments today.

Be safe.