At a Glance: News Briefs 11.25.09

I prefer tidiness and comfort, but I do not want these things if they are too expensive, either in dollars or liberty. In recent months I have witness many issues of concern right here in Jackson Hole. Some of my concerns are about private choices, but these are private and therefore no business of mine or the government’s. The bigger concerns all have to do with the choices made by people employed with government, most of whom are personal friends. Whether our economy is flooded with purchases made on credit and citizens are dancing joyously about or whether we are in times of financial challenge, some people have been spending the money they took from us unwisely and have been hindering individual progress. The $25,000,000 of money taken from us and given to the Airport for expansion and remodel, the $400,000 taken from us for pretty signs in Jackson and the money taken from us to be spent to defeat the entrepreneurial dreams of RV rental companies and mentally ill homeless cabbies is wasteful. I prefer fast & efficient airports. I prefer having informative signs 106.023 inches from the curb. I prefer clean taxicabs that are inexpensive. I am however, having trouble stretching my sense of morality to embrace the concept of the taking of citizen’s capital by force by those calling themselves government, especially when it is not used wisely. I hereby extend my apologies to all the producers out there. I for one do not condone the taking of your capitol by those with guns and wonderful intentions for the purpose of fulfilling my preferences.
Shepard Humphries