My sister asked me to rake the leaves in her yard when I was her guest at Thanksgiving. I schemed to find a way to continue to eat her good cooking while doing no work.
The population of Marion County hovers around 12,000 souls. What would it take to double this in the next decades? Or, is slow population decline inevitable in this region?
The second question is, does the county want growth that matches the demographics of America—meaning solid numbers of young persons in addition to retired persons?
Years ago my old friend Jack was asked to appear as an expert witness in an obscenity trial in Cincinnati. Jack was a local radio personality and a stand-up comic genius.
When the defense lawyers grilled him before the trial they asked him, “Now, you will testify that this comedian was being artistic and not obscene?”
“Absolutely not,” Jack replied. “He is totally obscene and lacks any redeeming artistic merit. That is precisely why I believe he should have the freedom to speak.”
Global warming is easy to mock. Kansas gets a late snowfall at Easter. Al Gore got caught in a New York City blizzard where he was to deliver a speech on global warming. One can use these incidents to whoop it up, slap your thigh and debunk global warming.
