Many dissenters feel that not enough has been done by the Estesparkian to make changes to the community. Whiners and complainers say “what should we do?” The Estesparkian then gives a 4 or five point plan to follow to make this a better community and the whiners and complainers then say, “yes, but what should we do?” These are people that want everything done for them because they are too lazy to do it themselves or to get involved. We’ve had people propose a meeting place to discuss the issues and nobody followed up on it. That is the fault of this community. We whine and are complacent.
A blog is a commentary on personal impressions, daily events, views and opinions. A blog cannot change anything, only the society that is being written about can change themselves. Will the blog illuminate issues? Hopefully. Will the blog point out personal impressions of problems that face the community? Of course.
If nothing else has been accomplished, the one true thing that everyone has been made aware of is that this is a very divided and angry community. This is not a community that is at all like it seems on first impression. If someone sells their business they lie to prospective buyers, if someone asks about the good old home town feel of the place they are told it’s the perfect place. Yet, over and over people move here to start a business and if fails. People move here to enjoy their retirement and they don’t enjoy it and leave. Some people move here to take their kids out of a crowded metropolitan school system and find that there are bullying problems, drug problems and certain kids are treated special because of their parents; so the newcomer decides to home school, or they also leave.
Like it or not, the politicians have a stranglehold on this town and fervently protect it. They grow infrastructure where there is no need to do so, they spend money illegally without checks and balances that a Home Rule community would have, because not enough people care. Over and over it has been pointed out in this blogspace what should be done. Over and over dissenters say: “yes, but what do we do?” Sadly, if they were to drop a load in their pants someone would have to tell them to change their pants and then help them do it. In the meantime, there are a great number of full britches walking around.
