All Roads Lead to Cornithaca

“Better safe than story” Bumper Sticker

Sometimes it seems that there are no more cautionary tales because our decisions are no longer important. • A reimagined Government has allowed authorities to distance themselves from accountability and expectation by adopting fatalistic precepts like: “the wrong place at the wrong time.” • When a recent car chase/gun fight upset local residents; the Sheriff’s Department answered with: the number of officers [we’re too small], their non-local presence [it’s too expensive], the level of criminality [there are just a few bad characters]. • They’re too busy protecting the assets of those with money to protect the asses of those without. If we want to be safe, and not a story, it’s up to us. • “Right and wrong are awful narrow - Ain’t we got guns? - Took a wrong turn, where’s the arrow - We ain’t got none - They’ve cut patrols back - But the income tax won’t be any smaller - When I’m played out, I’ll be laid out - Ain’t we got guns?” — from Bigotry: The Musical, “Cornithaca County”