Why am I thinking of a Steely Dan song?
The local daily reports the statehouse ran out of time before voting to fork Asheville’s water system over to a regional authority without compensation.
But the hangman isn’t hangin’
And they put you on the street
Meanwhile, things on facebook are getting desperate. Mayor Terry Bellamy has asked her friends to fast and pray for the city,
All the time you know she’s smilin’
You’ll be on your knees tomorrow
and an anonymous “We” using the a.k.a. Freddy Frank is threatening to sue legislators Tim Moffitt and Nathan Ramsey personally for compensation for the seizure.
In the mornin’ you go gunnin’
For the man who stole your water
Response to the latter is lame, with two people asking for an objective spreadsheet rather than the piles of who is mad at whom stories we are given.
Your black cards can make you money
So you hide them when you’re able
In the land of milk and honey
You must put them on the table
The house is expected to vote tomorrow.
You go back Jack do it again
Wheel turnin’ ’round and ’round
You go back Jack do it again
