It seems the city of Ruston is breaking with its own tradition. Twice this year, major decisions regarding utilities have been made, and neither decision came during the month of January.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s stubborn, self-defeating refusal to venture an opinion on suggestions to increase the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices is a textbook example of poor decision-making that’s turned what should have been a one-day story into a running narrative that threatens to dominate the campaign discussion three weeks out from Election Day.
At almost six months into the novel coronavirus pandemic, you have to wonder if we’re any better off than we were when the first two cases of the virus were confirmed in Lincoln Parish in March.
The folks at Ruston’s City Hall are probably beginning to get leery about the end of the month — any month. And truth be known, they’re likely not too fond of springtime anymore, either.
