local politics got you down?

My wife was actually talking about moving today. She works for the local city government and our town is notorious for its local politics. It seems that people here will find any reason that they can to fight and treat each other uncivilly. In fact, I was at one time being asked to apply for one of the local planning commissions here in town, but decided to forgo the drama due to the nasty nature of the inherent politics.

My first brush with the local politics occurred when I spoke out against the location of some new condo hotels that they were planning on building in town. I personally felt that they would not fit into the area of town that they wanted them to be built, and that there were other more obvious areas for structures like that. But like any city or town in the good ol' US of A, money wins over anything else.

Speaking of condo hotels, my father just got an incredible deal on a timeshare trade in Disney World. He has a timeshare in Vegas during a very desirable week, and as a result he was able to trade for a week in Disney World and still has a week left over in Vegas (his week was apparently worth two weeks of non-prime time). He intentionally swapped his Vegas time for the Disney timeshare so that he could invite us on the trip and they would get to experience Disney World with the grandkids. We're very fortunate that he is so generous, and are looking forward to the trip.

I've never really been into the whole "Stepford" feel of Disney, but as family vacation destination, it is a one-in-a-million experience for kids.