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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
 For the last 10 weeks this community has been turned upside down and I have to ask:
Why Now ….?
Why now are we crossing the street to avoid coming in contact with someone you believe might think differently than you?
Why now in church on Sunday are two groups gathering for coffee hours instead of one? And why are our local pastors and priests adding the state of the community to the prayers for the people?
Why now are we lowering ourselves to the ‘bond issues divide a community’ mantra?
Why now are we selling the intelligence of this community short by holding separate informational gatherings, making it impossible to listen to both sides of the issue in the same room at the same time?
Why now are we questioning the state of school buildings we’ve never been in?
Why now are we acting surprised when two years ago the school begged, pleaded for folks to get involved?
Why now are we getting so bogged down in minutiae, we miss the big picture?
Why now are we so caught up in questioning facts and figures we fail to ask the most important question? Do we, or don’t we need a new school?
This is a community that saw one-fourth of its downtown burn down, but stood tall, stood firm, stood together and trusted its community leaders as they built a CD cell, and look at the south side now – one year to the date there is building open for business.
This is a community that sent 25 WWII veterans to Washington DC to visit the World War II Memorial because it was the right thing to do.
This is a community that will sell the same calf 20 times at the sale barn and donate the proceeds to someone in need.
This is a community that will turn out in droves to help its neighbors for no reason in particular.
This is a community that listens politely, discusses frankly and makes its decisions publicly.
This is a community that judiciously guards its tax dollars and spends them wisely in the open.
This is a community that recognizes an economic development given … if you’re standing still, you’re falling behind.
This is a community that five years ago banded together and formed its own economic development corporation to make sure this is one community that wouldn’t fall behind.
This is a community that under normal circumstances fights fair.
This is a community of brilliant, hard-working individuals who want the best for everyone.
This is a community that comes to its best decisions through open debate.
This is a community that can accomplish anything, and I do mean anything, if when open debate concludes, it acts as one.
This is also a community that will accomplish nothing if it fails to engage differing opinions in intelligent discussion.
Or is this the point?
Are the answers to the ‘why now’ the end goal of the campaign?
If not so … then ‘Why Now?” |
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