Polishing Cape Coral’s crystal ball.
There are occassions where we face an obstacle in life, an insurmountable wall, that for the moment, is impassable. When that is the case, we can really only do one of two things.
We could rail against the wall, casting aspersions and burning all of our energy in a fruitless endeavor. Alternatively, we can choose to focus our energy on something different, until such a time that we find a different way of dealing with the obstacle.
In recent days, we have experienced some pretty severe flooding, in many areas. In some cases, residents have complained about it, and after receiving the complaints, the City sent out workers to clear debris, cut back grasses, and investigate drains. One could easily question whether or not this is news at all. It would seem to one taken to logical thought that this is a normal process.
Some residents, and our dear News-Press have taken this seemingly mundane task, and are happily working up a story about how the City administration is failing to handle flooding. If it’s not one thing they’re failing at, I’m certain these sleuths du jour will find another.
I have a suggestion for those residents, and reporters. Perhaps you should perform your civic duty, and give the City a list of locations in which you found flooding, and ask them to set it straight. I have found in my experiences with City Hall that merely asking for results, and waiting patiently, with gentle, but firm follow up, will provide results. Of course, this requires you as an individual to have a reasonable expectation, to begin with, and the patience necessary to wait and allow the city the opportunity to fix your problem.
You see, the City doesn’t own a working crystal ball. It isn’t going to magically show up at your street, moments before it floods, with mops and buckets. Instead, it will react to your needs, your queries and complaints, if it is something within it’s power to fix.
