why Cuyahoga Metroparks tax wins so easily

new work on the far eastern bit of Euclid Reservation, in or by Richmond Heights, six days before Election Day

Same day, deer looks at us, until the hounds bark.

Part of an old trail, that will connect with the new trail gets a picturesque fence, so that you do not fall into the creek below.

We met Miss Jane Marple who was snooping about for an investigation. We walked towards her to avoid a temporary Jehovah Witness pioneering and travelling book selling team. They had been setting up in public spots, before the virus came. The porch hopping was replaced by letters, and phone calls.

Two days later we were at Garfield Heights Metropark. Roosevelt's WPA did some great stone work here, nearly 90 years ago. As i have noted, so much was built under the New Deal that was good, well done, necessary, and would not have been done without it. America is still enjoying the fruit of those labors, and if Republicans remained in charge it would never have happened.

The metroparks manage properties well. They have taken over city, and state parks, and have improved them. Places that were avoided by thousands, are now being enjoyed by those thousands. They do something that is very rare in the USA—upkeep, and maintenance. The parks are clean from careless discarded trash that covers this country. They place trash bins, and doggy poop bag dispensers on pathways. They operate the Cleveland Zoo, and have nature programmes for the public. They cleaned, and keep Edgewater Beach clean, their stewardship of it was magnificent compared to prior management. Their tax levy comes around once in a decade, and is easily passed, because people see the value. Greater Cleveland has a bunch of failures, and bad conditions that are glossed over by hype and public relations bullshit, but these parks, and the public libraries are among the best in the nation.

Major landscaping is underway. A marsh is being replaced with a pond that was in place when the stone bridge and steps were put in.

Looking at the once, and future pond from the bridge.

said pond