Judge halts work on Maid of the Mist facility

There are two jobs I would never want. The first is to be a coach of a professional sports team. Imagine a job that can be reviewed and scrutinized by every half-brained sports fan armed with 20-20 hindsight the day after you finish work. The fans also feel it is their constitutional right to approach the coach in public to discuss his performance. “Excuse me coach, I’m a reslly big fan, and i just don’t get why you pulled the goalie with three minutes left?” “Um..yeah, but do you mind if I flush first?”

The other thankless job on my list would be the elected official, aka politician. Most decisions you make please half the population and infuriate the other half. Pick a stance and you’ve got people gunning for you. Try to help, and you’re judged on previous politicians’ failures or deceptions. The City of Niagara Falls has a history laced with stories of corruption, failure, and bad luck. But it is not the current elected officials that perpetuate the attitude. It is the population that continues to foster a “no-can-do” response to most programs or ideas presented at City Hall, or in the workplace. If the people of this region stopped blaming others for their own lazy-ass reasoning and stopped making excuses for not taking a step forward, we wouldn’t even know the names of the politicians who manage road repair, building inspections, and planning. If the first thought out of the mind of one of these concerned taxpayers was, “I can do something, and it is the right thing,” there isn’t a mayor, senator, governor, or president that can or would want to stop them. I say if these “politicians” are as dumb and corrupt as you say, then why are you giving them enough credit that they have what it takes to stop you from doing the right thing? If anyone stops you from doing the right thing, or accomplishing something you truly believe in, it is not their fault. The flaw was in your plan, your belief, your approach, the problem is you. So stand up, Niagara. Move forward and project what you want to accomplish in a positive manner. Anyone who gets in the way will surely yield to the might of right.