Election Time is almost here. The mood on the street is ugly... I've been attending local events to meet people and get "visibility". Why, I don't know, but that's another story. Three "Old Home Day" events and the local Fair. There were 57,000 people on the grounds on a beautiful fall day and a significant number of them went by the booth that our local Democratic group organized and staffed. A really enlightening experience for me. I spent four days, literally dawn to dusk, watching people, chatting with them and getting lectured on the sad state of politics today. I had the opportunity to meet a number of candidates, from Governor on down, both parties. Even got my picture taken with John Lynch, our current (and future, for a long time I think) Governor. For your enjoyment....

What's wrong with Grass and Trees? Something a friend asked me the other day when we were discussing a proposed development in town, with the underlying theme that there had to be a better place for the development then here. Newsweek, in their latest edition has an article on the decline in the housing market highlighting how restrictive zoning ordinances raise the costs of housing (raise the value of your property, raise your property taxes). Does anyone out there know of a place that has prevented development with restrictive zoning?