I just got off the phone with my sister, Nora Nimbleton in Chicago. I asked her, “Are you excited about Barack Obama?” She told me she’s not voting for Barack Obama, which made me think “Jeepers, he lives right up the street from her. What can this be about.”
Well, Nora tells me her neighborhood group spent almost two years working with the historical society in the South Side neighborhood of Hyde Park trying to keep the core of army engineers from tearing out limestone abatements on Lake Michigan. The neighborhood calls the area “The Point” because it houses an out of use historic lighthouse on a promontary just a mile south of the Museum of Science and Industry. The government says the limestone is wearing down and causing a safety hazard, which Nora says is ridiculous. What this sounds like to me is an excuse to wash away an important piece of neighborhood history!
Anyway, when Nora and others from the area went to Obama, their U.S. Senator and former State Senator, he responded, “How can you worry about this with what’s going on in Darfur?”
Well, Mr. Obama, they may not make the ticker bar on CNN but neighborhood issues are quite important to us. Do we really want to elect someone so out of touch with the common American? I’ll leave it to you.
And HOW!
Thanks for sharing your story Nancy. I can’t vote for someone who won’t protect our backyards. That’s why I won’t tolerate preposterous blind-to-our-back-yardedness of this extreme.
What about our PROPERTY VALUES!
I tend to see trouble like this coming a long ways away, and I can tell his presidency could turn a blind eye to Missoula’s back yard.
I’m really worried about Obama being pulled to the center. If he won’t standup lime, how will he stand up for Missoula Montana Values?
Beware the Centrists. They don’t stand up for stuff.