Ramblings about local happenings (and old adages)

The water bill came today and was only $27 compared to $173 last month, so they probably DID just misread the meter last month. I’m relieved! I guess Two ‘Wrongs’ make a ‘Right.’ Of course those thoughts created a stream of other thoughts. So…

… Speaking of our water bill, our drought was officially declared over and we could start watering the lawn again if we needed to – and didn’t mind paying for it, of course. But the leftover moisture we got from Hurricane Katrina, coupled with the rain we got from the northwest last week, has already restored the lawn to its former glory. 'A stitch in time saves nine' I guess. Or, almost. Some parts are definitely NOT restored. They look very dead, and probably are, but most of the lawn looks good. (Especially the part right over the septic system.) So…

… Thinking about the lawn, I mowed the grass today. Yep, dusted off the ol’ John Deere and bounced up and down our hill. Had a grand time. Now, the guy who graded our lot when it was originally put in obviously didn’t believe that 'something worth doing is worth doing right.' I watched him also put in the lawn next door – he uses a little backhoe, not a grader, so it’s no wonder we all have “bumps” in our lawns. So…

… As I was mowing, and bouncing, and thinking about the guy grading lawns without a grader, I started thinking about my neighbor – the one who is “big” in Kentucky State government and was indicted this summer over illegal state hiring practices. (I was also thinking about him because the last time HE mowed, he took out some of our pumpkin vines – and no, they didn’t cross over his lot line!) So…

… That got me thinking about the KY state government mess: the first Republican Governor in 30-some years got into a bit of legal trouble along with his minions because they seemed to be using state jobs as political rewards. Gee – what a concept! I wonder why others haven’t tried that? No, wait – it seems that the Democrats did just that in Kentucky for years! And, evidently, the Governor's Boys DO believe that 'something worth doing is worth doing right' - because they really went all-out with political favoritism. Anyway, Governor Fletcher just announced that he will “Pardon” all those indicted, thereby blowing off the Grand Jury and leading to calls of impeachment. (A stitch in time...) As near as I can tell, the Governor’s justification regarding all the party-affiliation-and-donation-list-checking-as-hiring-criteria was that the Democrats did, in fact ‘do that’ for years. So…

… Two ‘Wrongs’ make a ‘Right.’ Isn’t that where we started?