doodledee

My neighborhood had a community meeting the other day. It was the first one we've had in the 4 or so years we've lived here. Sure we've had picnics and stuff, but never anything even remotely quasi-governmental. Is it possible that the natives are restless? A call to arms?

We got the notice as a flyer on our door. It listed the time, place, and the topics that would be covered. I thought it was funny that 'traffic' was one of the topics. I know the real issue is cut-through traffic, but most of the traffic that I see around the area is people who live here. There are a couple of 'more significant' streets that see some heavier loads at rush, but I don't really know what you'd do to ease that stuff, as it's mostly people heading into Linden Hills and it's really the only way to get there. Maybe the plan is take cars off the road by selling a bunch of Morningside municipal bonds to finance Segways for all the locals or something. Kick ass. I'm gonna name mine 'Tippy'.

Anyways, I didn't go to the meeting, but I called one of the 'board' members and let them know that I was interested in keeping up with what was going on and that I'd do my best to attend stuff in the future. She took my information down and then we talked for a while about what had happened at the meeting. She let me know that there's going to be an election type deal to select some sort of neighborhood council. She asked if I was interested in running and I told her that I wasn't, but that I'd be willing to support any candidate who was in favor of Morningside seceding from Edina. I of course said it as a joke, but her more or less silent response told me that either (a) there really are people out there who want to secede from Edina or (b) she's afraid of wacko strangers who call her at home.

My money is on (b).