CPN - Where We're At/Where We're Going/How We Want to Get There

Let’s take a look as a community at where we’re at, where we’re going, and how we want to get there.

a) Here’s a song that describes how our community organizations currently interact today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2nfgp3Ga80&feature=related

b) As to how we want to get to where we want to be, here’s a song that embodies the spirit of how things could run if we banded together, albeit a bit differently. This is a song about a big 18 wheeler steaming down the road with a head of steam, the hometown coming into sight. Notice Tom Petty is still the front man, but he’s switched roles and is playing bass instead of rhythm guitar. Mike Campbell is comping in the background to give the arrangement a full sound. A new guy is playing lead guitar. He’s not as good as Mike Campbell, but so what? A new drummer is getting the job done. Same keyboard player, still top shelf. The Heartbreaker’s utility player isn’t in this band. They all sing in harmony on the main themes. It works. It adds new textures. It’s a little toe tapper that sounds pretty good:

http://www.ilike.com/artist/Mudcrutch/track/Six+Days+On+The+Road

c) As to how to get to where we want to be as a community, we need to go through some sort of process to come together. That process can take the form of a crisis, like the bankruptcy, or we can work to figure it out, like our approach to renewable water. Crisis is inevitable if we don’t figure things out. Thus far nothing has worked on the community harmony front because nobody actually wants to work together. Sometimes in life you have to give up on being right in favor of choosing to be happy. In the CPN saga, everybody wants to be right, but nobody is happy. I suggest a dance party! Pick your favorite member of “the other side” (by that I mean the person you love to hate the most) and let’s go dance dance like it’s the last last night of our life life. Let’s build social relationships upon which the necessary community business discussions can take place. Imagine all the combatants letting go of their pet affront, and getting together to celebrate what makes our community special by dancing together to Usher’s song, DJ Got Us Falling in Love Again. (The rap is by Pit Bull, and we should change that hat at 1:26 from The Dodgers to The Rockies.):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-dvTjK_07c&ob=av2n

Any band worth their salt knows how to play all three of these simple songs. It’s just a matter of deciding which one they want to pursue. Somebody is going to win on Ballot Question 300 on Tuesday, and someone is going to lose. While both sides are expending energy for the final votes, I’d like to ask the winners to extend the olive leaf to the losers.