A Stroll Through Pennsylvania: The Final Day
Posted in Kit's Corner by R Lee Wrights on December 31st, 2001 by Juanita Ramirez
My friend, Jim, had gone on-line besides using his own knowledge of directions and meticulously written down for me the exact route back to the Philadelphia International Airport. I had told him of my total incompetence at having a natural bent for directions. First, he hated for me to have to make that drive alone. Second, by then, he sure didn’t want Auntie Mame to get lost or in trouble somewhere along the way. Well, just like snacks for Gettysburg, I should have had blind faith.
In our travels in and around Lancaster, Jim had pointed out to me several times the tricky little expressway twist in getting out of the local area and toward Philly. When I left him waving good-bye in the middle of the street outside his house, I was confident. When I maneuvered the little twist onto the expressway and headed toward Philly, I was sure I had it down. Not so.
It is difficult to read a newspaper, listen to the radio, or watch TV news without hearing somebody tell us that our schools are badly under-funded. For the moment, the State will be satisfied with a $160 million tax increase, but indications are that they will soon pursue a $1.4 billion tax increase in order to “make schools adequate.” School systems around the state are also seeking local tax increases to bolster their budgets.
Eighteenth century English statesman William Pitt identified the problem currently facing America when he said, “Necessity is the excuse for every infringement of human freedom.”
