Are you sorry you bought the one-way ticket when you thought you were sure?
You wanted to live in the Land of Promise, but now it's getting so hard.
Are you sorry you're out here in the desert, instead of your own backyard?
Eating leeks and onions by the Nile.
Ooh what breath, but dining out in style.
Ooh, my life's on the skids.
Give me the pyramids.
Well there's nothing to do but travel, and we sure travel a lot.
'Cause it's hard to keep your feet from moving when the sand gets so hot.
And in the morning it's manna hotcakes. We snack on manna all day.
And they sure had a winner last night for dinner, flaming manna soufflé.
Well we once complained for something new to munch.
The ground opened up and had some of us for lunch.
Ooh, such fire and smoke.
Can't God even take a joke…Huh?….(NO!)
So you wanna go back to Egypt, where old friends wait for you.
You can throw a big party and tell the whole gang, that what they said was all
true.
And this Moses acts like a big-shot, who does he think he is.
It's true that God works lots of miracles, but Moses thinks they're all his.
Well I'm having so much trouble even now.
Why'd he get so mad about that cow, that golden cow.
Moses,he seems rather idle, he just sits around.
He just sits around and writes the Bible.
Oh, Moses, put down your pen.
What…Oh no, manna again?
Oh, manna waffles….
Manna burgers...
Manna bagels...
Fillet of manna...
Mannacoti...
Bamanna bread!
Writer: GREEN, KEITH GORDON / GREEN, MELODY
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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All kidding aside, gang...
Here are the key reasons for all of the conflicts exploding in Dunwoody
1) Bad advice in the form of "when you make your decision about what should be in the zoning code, think about what you would want to live next to." I blogged on this one some months ago during the Zoning Rewrite. Dunwoody is not now and has never been one big homogenous group of people who all think the same things about all issues. There has always been a broad diversity of thought that wasn't obvious when we were all huddled together in the same foxhole, fighting DeKalb County. All of the organized groups and professional complainers are what you get when you encourage the populace to judge what's best for all of the city based on individual preferences. How's that working out for you, Denny? Not so great anymore, huh?
2) There is no attempt at coexistence between any of these factions represented in the opinions flying around. Further, city council from Day One has chosen to lead by deciding which "quality of life" standard is acceptable and which is not by personal fiat from their chairs. Now you have widespread civil disobedience in addition to open warfare in council chambers. If the populace is encouraged to think "I want the city to legislate my personal choice of life in my home and to hell with everyone else - they should be banned," what else do you expect to get but endless infighting. In the future, I will be looking for leadership that encourages tolerance and coexistence between different lifestyles, even if they disagree with some personally.
There's always going to be someone looking for a reason to be unhappy. You won't get 100% buy-in. But you can reduce the conflict with good leadership. Will we get a council that can, collectively, take this leap? Time will tell.
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