Inside city hall: Can we please everyone?

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

All three quotations were from Abraham Lincoln. I wasn’t familiar with the first two, but I’ve been hearing the third one for years. I downloaded about 400 of his quotes before I found the official version. Most of the quotes told where he said it and to what group of people. This one didn’t say.

The first one is certainly in line with what is going on in our country today. The Constitution has taken a beating from the liberals for several years now.

The second one is thought-provoking. However, I won’t go any further with it.

What would someone need to do to please all of the people some of the time? Forget about pleasing all the people all the time, but just some of the time would be something to shout about. There is always someone who will say, “He’s trying to fool us!”

All of us probably have had some experience along these lines: we know that it is impossible to please everyone. It doesn’t seem to matter what you are doing or what you say, someone will disagree with you. And someone will misunderstand, or just not understand. Others want to read something into what you say.

A writer must be strong to put his ideas in print where everyone can read them. These ideas come from the heart, as well as the mind. But once you put the words out there, you have lost control of them. Because you have no idea how they will be accepted. You can ask the readers to think before leaping to conclusions, but everyone won’t do that.

I write with a purpose in mind. I try to inform the people what is going on in our city and try to get people to think about what I say. Sometimes I may use a little shock appeal to get people to think. Well we saw how well that worked. Sorry about that.

Am I to understand that some people in Munday are against morality? Because that’s what I was talking about, the immoral behavior of some of our youth. I wasn’t coming down against the schools. The schools are caught in the middle of this fracas. The parents send their children to school expecting the school to teach these boys and girls how to act, how to behave, and how to become model citizens. People, these students should know all of this long before they ever start to school.

Some are saying that is none of the mayor’s business. Don’t forget that I am the judge for a few more days, yes, it is my business. It is anyone’s business to try to help this situation, not to make it worse by saying unkind things about others. That kind of behavior does not help anyone, especially these girls.

So what is the solution. Try kindness. These girls, parents, and grandparents will need all the help and kindness we can give them in the days and months ahead. At some point reality will come around. It may be cool now to go to school with a big belly, or even a little child, but school will end at some point. Where will all those cool friends be then? When these girls are alone with pains or a baby who will be there for them? Will the boy who made all of this possible be there? This is the time they will need help. I pray to God that family and friends will always be there to help these girls.

I know some cannot believe me when I say that I have the good of Munday at heart. But I do, I love Munday and I want everyone in Munday to succeed in life. I will close with another quotation from Abe: Whatever you are, be a good one.

Farmer’s Market Saturday morning, 8 a.m. Bring anything, it will sell.

I can’t close without saying, “Puff Munday.” Lift Munday up, where ever you are.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run. Abraham Lincoln