A little bit of everything
Les Cohen is a long-term Marylander, having grown up in Annapolis. Professionally, he writes and edits materials for business and political clients from his base of operations in Columbia, Maryland. He has a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Economics. Leave a comment or feel free to send him an email to Les@Writeaway.us.
This seventeenth installment is called “Organic Gardening.” It’s a short-short story about, well, “organic gardening” that gives a whole new meaning to the concept.
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Of course, but the question is, why didn’t the Board of Elections computer pick it up and require that either the Scott or Shea-Scott Slate committee amend its filing? From where, exactly, did the $200,000 come from? If it did come from the People for Brandon M. Scott committee, where did the Scott committee get the money to fund that transfer?
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The next time you feel the need to throw cold water on your brain, read one of these short-short stories. They’re mildly addictive but in a good way, involve no depressing or scary news and no meaningless chitchat with co-workers or your supervisor – and they might just change the way you think and the work you do for the better.
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It’s better to struggle every day to afford some things because they’re too pricy than to be unemployed and unable to afford anything!!
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I don’t like money in politics, but contributions made according to the laws controlling campaign financing are, by definition, perfectly legal. I’m just going to give you information to stimulate discussion about campaign financing and let you draw your own conclusions.
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t’s a short-short story about Jeremy and Ruth working their way around the toxic management that’s been holding them back.
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The text in the featured image above is not an official FCC notice. I wrote it. Perhaps it should be
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This fourteenth installment is called “Guardian.” It’s a short-short story about a father who gave his daughter something that he promised would protect her when he was out of town. If you like what you read and would like to see previously published short-short stories, just click on the link above the headline, “Except for a few details…”
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Do what they do in Washington state, for example, where everybody runs in a single primary, regardless of party affiliation, and then the top two candidates – even if both survivors are Republicans, Democrats or unaffiliated independents – face off in the general election. The result of this single primary approach is that the winner is, more than likely, the choice of the majority of people voting.
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Like the title of this column says, “Except for a few details,” they’re all true stories. Well, sort of. In any case, there will be new ones every week. Read a few and watch what happens. And then get back to work. The more you read, the longer the effect will last.
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