TBW Daily Diary

Another fall day so I took my own advice and had a cup of hot cider. I like the cranberry apple, but the caramel apple seems to be your favorite . . . I don't want this blog to be political, but it is impossible to ignore some of the hi-jinx at city hall these days . . . While commenting on the recent robberies of students on their way to school, the mayor suggested each kid carry a can of mace with them. Now, would school security allow these into school in the first place and if so can you imagine the chaos inside when a couple of students get into a cat fight as so often occurs? . . . Then someone leaked a letter allegedly from the mayor's campaign manager and/or his law firm which has benefited from city contracts in the past. Supposedly a major effort is underway to unseat members of city council who are "hostile" to the mayor. The effort will be to "energize" the mayor's "base" and to elect person's she can support--or, most probably, those who will support her . . . I'm really dismayed by the Supreme Court's decision that permits corporations to fund political campaigns. Our election is being "bought" by outsiders like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. This just isn't "the American way"--or has it become so? . . . I am so naive . . .