This is going to be fun....
Anyone need Ham and Pineapple? We received a huge fruit basket gift for Christmas and have been munching our way through it for weeks. First the grapes, then the pears, on to apples and oranges - but that pineapple, it was a giant! We finally settled on the idea that I should do a baked ham for New Year's to use up some of the rapidly maturing pineapple. So now of course I have enough left over ham AND pineapple to feed everyone at Rosie's Place! Feeding only two mouths is sometimes really challenging. I guess it will be on to pineapple muffins, baked mac/ham & cheese, ham and lentil soup and on and on and on.
OK, since it's just us, I'm going to start a rant for the New Year and the new blog. I was reading the Needham Times just before Christmas and read an article that really got me STEAMED and shaking my head in disbelief. Can you tell me why it's appropriate to use the Needham Historic Preservation Fund to purchase awnings for storefronts that are owned by private businessmen who charge substantial rents and don't care to improve their properties in the process? Why should tax dollars go to improve THEIR PROPERTY!!!! And right in the shadow of town hall who's clock face is a complete embarrassment and disgrace to the town! For Pete's sake (who was Pete anyway), hire someone to cut a circle of plywood, paint it black with a fake clock face and screw it up there until the real clock can be fixed. How many years have the clock faces had holes in them, 10 maybe..... Clearly our priorities with the money in that fund are warped - I want my money back!!!
Now, that feels much better.
Happy New Year All!
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2 comments:
Hey WELCOME!! I agree with ya on providing awnings for privately owned businesses. Sounds a little socialist to me!
Two things, Susan. First, you deserve all that leftover ham because you didn't use the pineapple to make pina coladas for us all, instead.
Second, as I understand it, the Community Preservation Fund dollars may only be used on municipal projects which would rule out awnings for private businesses. Is that the fund to which you referred?
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