Winking and nodding seems to be getting more blatant. More pronounced.
All those goings-on in the Nation’s Capitol, for example. The growing wave of forgiveness, lighter penalties — even full pardons — for folks who, at times, were up the President’s echelon. Just the other day, a federal appeals court dismissed the case against a former National Security Advisor, who was in the eye of the impeachment storm.
Washington DC may very well be the epicenter of winking and nodding. But there’s winking and nodding all around.
There’s the dust-up in Pagosa Springs, the Urban Renewal situation.
Even where I am in northern California, there’s winking and nodding. A good number of people, in seven communities, are worried about a growing number of powerful, multi-passenger planes flying overhead. I’m one of them, and I’ve been active in a grassroots community group called Calm the Skies.
We keep hearing about studies being done, about elected officials sharing our concerns, and so on. But, as time marches on, we’re seeing little – if any – change. That’s frustrating.
Makes us wonder about winking and nodding.
Harvey Radin is former senior vice president in charge of corporate communications and media relations, Bank of America Western Region. He makes his home in Redwood City, CA.