I looked in every calendar of events locally, and the only place in DE that is doing anything remotely 9/11 related is in the southern part of the state, and it is more of a Patriotic Support Our Troops kind of thing. The community calendar is packed, but three years later, 9/11 is something that barely registers on the public consciousness here in New Castle County, Delaware.
What is bigger news is the impending Democratic primary tomorrow, where the opportunity exists to terminate at the earliest opportunity the candidacy of one of our Democratic hopefuls for County Executive. She has been indicted by a grand jury for all kinds of malfeasance in her current position in county government. She is just the latest in our proud local tradition of elevating cronyism to high public art - it has not been that long since our last batch of county and state officials were caught and served federal time. Her distinction being that she seems to believe that her behavior is a norm, that nothing she has done is wrong, and she can actually get elected, because we the voters will trust that all of the legal procedings (after over 1 yr investigation) is just hoo-haa. It is possible that we can elect a candidate that will be convicted and possibly go to federal prison shortly thereafter. Stranger things have happened.
I need to be somewhere where a lot of people share what I am feeling, and have been feeling this whole week. Regardless of lack of logistical logic, I plan to go see the Tribute in Light. I don’t care if I sit in the park across the river in NJ. It may seem illogical to spend over 6 hours in transit to be somewhere for just a few hours. It seems the right thing to do: Vote and go to the Big Apple. Yes, sounds like a plan.
