Jail debate all locked up

by | Jan 9, 2007 | 3 comments

JailAs most residents of Cheshire county know, the debate over where to site the new county jail has been going on for many years, primarily bcause of a convoluted system that pits one group against another like kids fighting to be king of the hill.

There is the county delegation charged with finding a suitable site, but the 20+ member county commission is in charge of the pursestrings-and neither group can agree on anything other than 1.they can’t agree and 2. the price tag keeps rising the longer the delay. It’s obvious (at least to me) that left alone,these folks will continue to endlessly debate and ultimately do nothing but accuse each other of being the problem. (more…)

That Irritating Free Market

by | Jan 2, 2007 | 1 comment

If you peruse this site, sooner or later you’re going to come across a phrase. It’s a phrase that, frankly, irritates me a little. That phrase is: “free market.”

Now, I don’t want to convey the wrong idea. Readers are probably already thinking that I am somehow against the idea of the free market. Nothing could be further from the truth. It’s the phrase itself that I don’t like.
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