10-24-2009, 09:21 AM
Mahalo, JayJay,
Your garden advice is always welcome. As for the economy, we temporarily avoided cataclysm last year with billions in taxpayer funds, dumped on the doorsteps of the Wall Street bankers and with a stimulus of the economy. But it doesn't look like it is going to be enough. I was in a small plane once when the pilot intentionally stalled it for my amusement. The engine went quiet and we pointed up briefly, and then we began the rush down to the ocean. I hear that same "sound", or lack of it, in the economy right now.
When they close the courts (and they have, for a day each month in California), we are in uncharted territory.
I have had a radical thought lately Perhaps the County should insist that agriculture be raised on agricultural lands, and that a tax benefit be given to those who do (carrot) or a less favorable tax rate to those who do not (stick).
Your garden advice is always welcome. As for the economy, we temporarily avoided cataclysm last year with billions in taxpayer funds, dumped on the doorsteps of the Wall Street bankers and with a stimulus of the economy. But it doesn't look like it is going to be enough. I was in a small plane once when the pilot intentionally stalled it for my amusement. The engine went quiet and we pointed up briefly, and then we began the rush down to the ocean. I hear that same "sound", or lack of it, in the economy right now.
When they close the courts (and they have, for a day each month in California), we are in uncharted territory.
I have had a radical thought lately Perhaps the County should insist that agriculture be raised on agricultural lands, and that a tax benefit be given to those who do (carrot) or a less favorable tax rate to those who do not (stick).