More Thoughts

Here are some more thoughts on saving our town....

You are so right and there are many of us who want to demonstrate our desire to Keep Ruston and in particular, our Fire and Police. Ken suggested we get behind the Myrtle Johnson house that will be used to house fire fighters. I think that's a great idea. Don and company have already done a tremendous job in getting donations of furniture, household goods, etc. What ever else needs to be done, count me in.

I recall that during the debates hosted by the League of Women Voters and held at the Chinese Christian Church, one of the questions posed to the candidates was to tell us 3 goals each candidate had for the Town of Ruston. I don't recall anyone stating that it was their goal to annex us into Tacoma; to change our form of government to one of tyranny; to elect a king rather than a council member. I also don't recall that we ever referred to as crazed animals, rich crazy people, or filling our time because of the writers strike, just to name a few of the quotes.

We should be working towards inclusion, not exclusion;for open participation, not executive sessions and/or ursurping the Open Meeting Law. Just look at our national politics. Did anyone ever dream in our life time we would see an African American and woman as the possible next President of the United States?

Let us take the high road, and use our 2 minutes at each meeting. For those who wish to remain silent, have they allocate their 2 minutes to the next person, and so on. Let's pick a topic we want to discuss at the next meeting and use this 2 minutes of allocated time to get the best speaker to address the issue. I'm not ready to give up on Ruston and absolutely don't want to become part of Tacoma.

Karen (one of the 'other' Ruston Karen's)