All Is Not Well
I kicked myself in the butt for missing the Mayor’s State of the City Address yesterday. I had to teach and couldn’t cancel class. However, I did set my DVR to record it and watched it later. I will give the Mayor credit for being eternally optimistic about the city’s future, but when you think about it, does he really have a choice? You have to be optimistic about the city’s future because you’ll go nuts if you don’t.
Who wouldn’t want to think about 18 homicides, numerous carjackings (including one this morning, a broke budget, etc. When a woman is carjacked, robbed and raped and it all starts in a parking garage just a few blocks from the Mayor’s office you have to think happy thoughts or you’ll be reaching for the anti-depressant.
While I understand the Mayor wanting to keep a positive front, I just can’t help but think of that scene from Animal House during the riot at the parade and Kevin Bacon yelling “be calm, all is well.” All is not well in the Circle City folks. If you think it is, I would suggest you ask the family of Asia Davis. She was the city’s 18th homicide victim.
