Feb
1
Downtown Raleigh Alliance e-Newsletter
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If you don’t already receive the Downtown Raleigh Alliance’s email newsletter, I’d highly recommend signing up (see the subscribe field at the bottom of the page). It’s well put together and heavy on quality DT content.
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Feb
1
Is the Joke on Us?
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70 or so days ago, when it was reported that we were going to run out of water in that amount of time, I started a countdown timer on the site to track our aquatic demise and to encourage people to conserve their water. The timer has recently expired– and while we still have water, the drought is far from behind us.
Along those lines, there was a short but thought-provoking note in today’s N&O Editorial section. It caught my eye and is listed below.
The Jokes on Us
Yet another drought story Jan. 30: “As lake dries, Raleigh drinks more.” I just realized this whole drought thing is nothing more than a scam. We aren’t in any danger of running out of water. If we were, certainly the City Council would have acted responsibly by now.
- Diane Hamilton, Raleigh
Maybe it’s just a slam on the Council, but I also think it’s a (possibly tongue in cheek) thought process that I think a lot of other people share. One that has us trained to believe that our leaders will protect us from ourselves, and that our personal responsibilities take a back seat to regulation and enforcement.
Food for thought, not to be washed down with Raleigh’s H20.