Saving Mount Soledad Cross
I just got home from a run to the post office and stopped off to vote on my way home. There are only two things on our ballot. The first thing is to vote for Mayor and the second was a ballot measure to save the cross on Mount Soledad.
My vote for Mayor was pretty much an anyone but Frye vote. She has the support of the unions and is way left. She has the most name recognition. Whoever wins needs to get over 50% of the vote and I don’t think any of them will so this isn’t going to be decided until November.
The second was to turn the cross over to the federal government and I fully support that as I have blogged about in the past.
I was just thinking about how much money has been spent over this cross thing. I don’t have any figures but I am sure they have spent a small fortune in the courts on this, plus all the money spent to get this on the ballot. All of this because some jerk doesn’t like seeing the cross up on the mountain. I think when these idiots bring up these lawsuits and they are defeated by either a vote of the people or in the courts they should have to pay all the costs of the trial. That would make these activists stop what they are doing. Frankly I am sick of it.
I am glad to see that the space shuttle got off safely. I woke up early and watched it, and the launch seemed to go very smoothly. The only drag was that I had to watch it on NBC as I don’t have DSS upstairs and I was a little slow getting up this morning. Vacations are good that way. I absolutely hate the Today Show with Katie and Matt, but that channel comes in the clearest on my upstairs TV. Anyway good luck to the astronauts and may they have a safe and successful mission and a safe return.
The wife is back in Puerto Rico and will leave for New York tomorrow. She will stay there for a day or so and then go to Los Angeles for a day and return on Friday or Saturday, depending on when she gets all her buisiness taken care of. It all has to do with family matters as she and her cousin owned some stuff jointly. She then gets to spend next week in Sacramento, but that is work related.
I feel really bad for her. I guess her step-mother is going senile. She hasn’t cleaned her house in years and I guess it is really in bad shape. The wife is thinking about having her committed, but it is very stressful on her. She hasn’t been able to talk to me about it until this morning as her mother was out of the house today. They got her out and hired a crew to come in and clean the place up. She was in tears and I felt bad for her and the decision she must make. That would be hard, as when my mom died with cancer back in the late 80’s the hospitalization decision was easy to make for my family. I don’t know what I would do if I were in her position. I told her to bring her step-mother back here as we have two extra bedrooms, but I think the old lady wants to stay there. Oh well, I guess I will wait and see what happens.
Anyway I guess that is my comments for today. I have some chores to do and A little running around town to get done. Actually I think instead I will get a few things done around the house and put off the running around town until tomorrow.
July 26 2005 10:30 am | Family and San Diego and TV and Radio