I had to stop going to town meeting. First were the complaints about high taxes, then immediately the complaints about “no sidewalks in town, no streetlights, no library” and on and on. Didn’t these newcomers realize that our taxes were determined by what expenditures were voted in? Some refinement woulld be suggested and all around me would be the buzzing-”that would be nice.” All the while, I would be visualizing my taxes going up, up, up along with my blood pressure!
Oh boy, things are not the same - Leadership is not just lacking, it is totally absent. I remember a time when those town meetings would have been - street lights - OK, how many of you would like street lights? Great - it will be nice to have so many porch lights on so we can see our way. Library - Yep - Are you volunteering to be our librarian? We can all bring our extra books and we can empty the inspections department office and let you use it to catalog the books and maybe we can find some volunteers to help build shelves. Yes, by golly we can have a library.
Re: ‘In The Garden’ The peace and serenity of it seems to have gotten lost today. I walk in the garden alone while the dew is still on the roses - and the voice I hear falling on my ear - - - Hey, do you have a permit for that.... Is that pot growing over there? You have those lights on at night to grow your mari ja wanna? Grrrrr!!!!!
Re: Getting the logs to the sawmill - start now - get them to the sawmill so they can already have them there when they run the mill again - plus it lets the logs season.
Re: Tractors, etc. - please don’t be upset with a man’s treasure trove - It is what keeps us going - ideas, dreams, security, possibilities.. It is a creative man’s thing.
These are some of the reasons why my man does not wish to return to Maine. He gets on a rant everytime this topic comes up. Of course he's seen it in his 18 years in Texas also but I guess more slowly. When we got together he moved to my area of the state which is rural so we are just beginning to see a trickle of that. Every time a new "outsider" thing comes up it sets him off.