There's something elementally invigorating about a crisp, sunny morning colored in snow. It's brings a new optimism to my bones.
Snow always suited Elkhorn and the hillsides around town are sparkling. The decorations are up, thanks to city hall, we're dressed for the holidays. It's a winter wonderland here in paradise.
Today would be a good day for hot toddies. Relatively soon I'll be able to buy one in in town without having to drive.
I mean come on, what's not to be optimistic about?
Educators in the state got a double treat with a new governor on a snow day. Added bonus, he brought a whole new state board composed of real experienced educators instead of a committee of fronts for the charter school industry.
Education--along with healthcare, law enforcement, or national defense--should not have "for profit" industries. Charter school is just code for a for profit business designed to take public funds.
Betsy DeVoss is not an educator, she's a profiteer. But I digress.
The new guy might come with baggage, but not a bit of it is made of carpet. We've learned a social media troll from New Hampshire might not be best suited to lead our state. He proved that with every public comment he made in his last week in office.
Now that our governor is actually from Kentucky, we should start to think about doing something about our Senator from Texas. Right after we take care of the guy serving Moscow, that is.
Comrade Yertle is hunkering in the swamp for the holidays it appears. If the House forwards the Impeachment Articles, he'll stall a trial until after New Year's. Once started, he wants to acquit and move on.
As far as he's concerned, the quicker it's swept under the rug the better. He's got a campaign to pay attention to.
But Cadet Bonespurs wants a circus because that's where the clowns are. Whether he likes it or not, Yertle is the leader of the Insane Clown Posse...with terrible beats.
Speaking of good news, the Insane Clown himself, aka the Great Cheetoh, is going to save us from water saving toilets and faucets. He heard folks were having to flush "10 or 15" times to clear their daily consitutional and mistook it for what he does daily on the constitution.
It's great to know, at his suggestion, the EPA is looking at it instead of that Chinese climate change hoax. There's snow out there, so no warming right?
Finally, on this snowing morning, I'm optimistic because some organizations for the good are going to get an extra financial infusion.
Turns out the legendary businessman who not only could bankrupt a casino, but an airline, a university (see charter school code above), a steak company, a haberdashery, and more, can't run a foundation, either.
While the Trump Foundation was great at buying The Donald portraits, golf outings and campaign bills, it was pretty terrible at actually passing money along to non-profit entities.
The dissolved foundation was forced to pay $2,000,000 to several non-profits as part of a legal settlement with the state of New York. If that's not making America great again, I'm not sure what is!