The Writer's Life 7/27 - Common Sense

It would be wrong to classify this guy as a hero, as he didn't face peril, but he performed a huge public service by shining a light on the inefficiency of government. From Foxnews.com, edited by yours truly: Toronto's Adi Astl, a retired mechanic, decided to build stairs at a park after several people fell down a poorly constructed pathway that leads to a garden. He paid $550 for materials and also received private donations. He hired a homeless person and together the two built the eight steps. Officials had estimated construction of the stairs would cost from $65,000 to $150,000. Astl took matters into his own hands, he said, for the safety of the community. The stairs have now been blocked off by tape and will remain that way until city officials come up with a solution. Astl has not been fined and is not facing criminal charges. Toronto Mayor John Tory said that the estimated cost of the stairs was “completely out of whack with reality,” but added that private citizens should not skirt city laws. He has asked city officials to decide on a different estimate, one that is a cheaper. He said: “I think we all need to have a bit of common sense here.” Now there's a rarity - common sense government. Kudos to Astl. Here's a pic of his work:

So far only Trump's tweeting has disappointed me. Otherwise, he is trying to enact an agenda with which I agree almost entirely. Although I believe it will be a huge mistake to fire either AG Jeff Sessions or Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller, I will not turn against him. Sessions is a good man and deserves the benefit of the doubt. True, the investigation into the president seems like a stacked deck run by Clinton acolytes. It will eventually delve into his finances, which won't be fair but it may be the only way his enemies can get him. He has to stand tall and take the heat. Why give the enemy even more ammo? Let them continue to come up with their own baloney. I once had hope that Trump could make things at least a little better. The Republicans who voted to keep the ACA in place show just how deep the swamp is. My frame of mind has returned to where it was before the election. The tipping point has been passed. Socialism is here to stay. How I'd love to be wrong.

My thanks to the elderly woman who bought Predator by Patricia Cornwell, and to the young one who purchased Acts Of Contrition by John Cooney, and to the gentleman who donated four books in Russian. I had visits from both Political Man and Mountain Man today, the former excoriating Trump, practicing selective outrage that excludes wrath at the sins of the Clintons, Podestas, Loretta Lynch and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the latter excoriating everyone in politics, which is closer to my view.
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