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With Hurricane Harvey due to strike a heavily-populated part of the Texas Gulf Coast later tonight, potentially dumping rain that will be\u00a0measured in feet, not inches, it’ll be interesting to see what manner of leadership this White House is capable of.<\/p>\n
Has it struck anyone else that while Trump constantly lays into the New York Times and CNN as purveyors of “fake news,” he’s said not a peep\u00a0about the MSNBC hosts who criticize him and are hotly pursuing the Russia investigation story, specifically Rachel\u00a0Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell, Christoper Hayes, and Joy Reid? What’s up with that?<\/p>\n
Speaking of water damage, we’re waiting for the home repair guys, due sometime this morning. A couple of weeks ago the\u00a0air conditioner condensation drain got plugged with sludge and water soaked into the carpet, baseboards, and parts of the drywall in our home office. The damage was appraised, if that’s the right word, and our homeowner’s insurance wrote\u00a0a check to cover (minus our deductible) repairs and new carpet. We’re going to have wood laminate flooring put in instead, which should cost about the same as new carpet.<\/p>\n
It’s time I had an I Love Me wall, so once the repairs are done\u00a0I’m going to put up the plaques, awards, and diplomas we rediscovered when we emptied out the home office closet. Everything should be done in time for our October visitors,\u00a0friends detouring\u00a0to Tucson to see us on their way to and from InterAmericas Hash<\/a> in Phoenix. We’re hoping we can get our kids here for Thanksgiving, but that’s a long way away (and yet will be here before we know it).<\/p>\n Tucson peeps: A friend\u00a0of ours is working in support of an initiative on November’s\u00a0Tucson election ballot, Proposition\u00a0204: Strong Start Tucson<\/a>. If approved, it’ll provide scholarships for 8000+ of Tucson’s 3-5 year olds to attend high quality preschool through a 1\/2 cent sales tax. I live in the county, not the city, and thus can’t vote on it, but I’d vote Yes if I could. Well, the least I can do to help is talk it up here at Paul’s Thing, and you live in the city and plan to vote in November, please\u00a0give Proposition 204 your support.<\/p>\n