Wake Up Survey
Summertime in Miami.
The days are lazy, the people are hectic. I am reminded of the cigarette vendor in Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand, as he observed the change in men over the years. He says:
“..I’ve seen the change. They used to rush through here, and it was wonderful to watch, it was the hurry of men who knew where they were going and were eager to get there. Now they’re hurrying because they are afraid. It’s not a purpose that drives them, it’s fear. They are not going anywhere, they’re escaping. And I don’t think they know what it is that they want to escape….”Oh well, who is John Galt?”"
Yesterday, we invited a young man over to our apartment. He was giving a survey from the Commissioner’s Office, Michelle Spence-Jones. He was very polite and kept making comments about all the books we have. I like to read, – it is a bad mental condition that I’ve been fighting for years. The survey was very vague but it centered it’s questions around the residents general satisfaction with living in the area. When I saw the yellow shirted surveyors I admit some surprise. We have not heard from the Commiss in a while. I am interested in her thoughts on the whole Housing Authority fraud scandal. Is there anything that her charge will do to help those affected?
I received an email which said it was a survey from Tom Fiedler of the Miami Herald. It turned out to be an email sign up for some reader’s panel. There has been a change over at the Miami Herald and people are starting to notice. I do not know about everyone else but I respect a newspaper that is not afraid to turn over the rocks to reveal the slime that crawls beneath. I want a newspaper that can ask the tough questions despite who ends up in tears. How long will you endure sugar coated crap? For my dime I want a dime’s worth of news. Otherwise you can always watch Channel 7 or 10 for entertainment.
I have never said this but thank’s to everyone you writes me about this blog. I am especially appeciative of the regular comments that I get from Miamista who runs a world class blog of his own.
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