Why is it that these well-meaning folks can sit in wine/whine meetings and at desks pontificating and bemoaning and writing letters to officials much longer than it takes to pull a handful of weeds they don’t like? When did petitioning the government to do what they can do more efficiently and better become an option? When did a few weeds in a median become worth hours of government acknowledgement of private citizens petitions for action?

You folks live in a desert. Visitors expect it to look like a desert. Thank you for being active citizens and watching out for your area but do go find something worthwhile to do. Maybe these nice folks can write letters asking your HOA’s to do more than wine/whine meetings and find something worthwhile to do like volunteering in local schools or hospitals?

Getting involved in your communities does not mean begging government to do what you can do for yourselves. Government is a good tool but it is not a shovel.

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