Hah! For three days in a row now (hmm...why don't those two words rhyme...) the rogue disease dubbed, "swine flu" has been absent from the front page of my local Dispatch. Even CNN.com breaking news reported the second American death half-heartedly posting the headline and quickly moving it down the ticker as they learned she had "underlying chronic health problems." Where are you, swine flu? Not in the news anymore. Don't feel bad because your next visit is probably to my home if you aren't here already. As an aside I feel like crap today -- runny nose, coughing, but alas, no fever. I am prepared with my surgical gear so fear not and it will not stop me from making fun of you.
Let's take a look at what has bumped you from the marquee. Tax levies! No one cares about those judging from some widespread failure yet it has stolen your spotlight. Which brings me to another rant. Why not pass a school or a library levy? Worse yet why actively campaign against one? In the end the failure of your suburb's school or library levy makes you -- yes, YOU personally -- look dumb. I don't mean, "you stinky dumbhead" type dumb. I mean low IQ, lack of vision, pulled your own rug out from under yourself type dumb.
I especially would like to highlight the UA library levy failure. It would have increased homeowners of a $100,000 home by about 30 bucks per yer(okay, in UA that price range doesn't exist but we need that for ease of calculations -- it's still nominal). You tight-ass, ignos. What in the hell are you thinking? The education of your community's youth is an integral part of the foundation of your property value and your economic base as a whole. The educational resources of your community part of which is a library holds the same importance. And no, I am not biased just because I was previously employed in such an establishment. It just makes good sense. Good going to all the districts that failed to pass school and library levies due to personal financial concerns and welcome to many more years of those concerns coming to fruition due to just that mindset.
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