Today was my first day on my first post-training assignment. The assignment is managing the VTA's "lost and found" and protecting the people who work in the downtown center. I am astounded by the hundreds of wallets and purses and iPhones our passengers find and turn in. A note on the wallets and purses: almost all of them are full of cash. Many of them contain hundreds of dollars. Today I had the pleasure of returning several purses and wallets and more than $300 dollars to the people who left them on our trains and busses. I almost wept for joy at the goodness of my fellow citizens. But I was also told which windows I could shoot through and which windows are impervious to bullets because not all of my fellow citizens are good people.
After work Kathleen and I went and voted. I feel sad for the people I voted for in the primary because not since 1988 has a person I voted for in the primary election gone on to win the general election in November.
Then we went to see this movie about the American Revolution. And, yes, I wept. And am resolved to go meet with my state senator next week to talk to him about that repugnant tax on homeowners.
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