I've Been Published!

Okay, we want to put up a portable garage in our yard so I called City Hall to see if there was anything we needed to do before we got one. Yep, there is a $6 building permit and an annual $60 charge. We thought that was kinda stupid. Why should we have to pay $60 every year for a portable garage when we don't have to pay for for other portable items such as a BBQ or a boat. So Mark talked to the guy he works with who is also a City Councilman. He agreed but couldn't just bring it up at a meeting. If Mark wrote a letter to the City, then he could bring it up. So together, we wrote this letter about the outrageous money-grabbing fee etc. It was more a joke than anything. I mean, we don't think the fee is a geed idea but we weren't trying to be jerks about it. Anyway, that was a few weeks ago. Yesterday when I opened the paper, I saw an article with the headline: "'Money-grabbing fee' outrages resident". My first thought was that someone else had thought it was a bad idea too. Then I read the article. Nope, the letter was taken verbatim and made up most of the article. And apparently the Council had response. I was reading this in the back of the Community Hall waiting for rehearsal to start and tears falling down my face I was laughing so hard. I was about to call Mark about it when the cell phone rang. He had gotten a call from one of his buddies. He was laughing so hard Mark could hardly understand him. But the guys that he had shown the article agreed with Mark. So now he's kinda a champion for the cause. I think it's hilarious that we haven't even lived here a year and we're trying to change the town. But that's the price you pay when you write a letter to the City. They can take it and print your name for all the town to see.

I've got a wicked cold. My throat started hurting when we got back from Saskatoon and now it feels like there is a balloon inside my skull and someone is blowing up. Stop! Hopefully I will be better in time for the performance!