Though we normally reserve this week’s editorial space for reflecting on gratitude, thankfulness and, sometimes, the importance of keeping holiday shopping dollars as local as possible, recent comments made by Camas officials during Monday night’s Camas City Council meeting made us reconsider that tradition.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
As we prepare for the upcoming holidays, we must be grateful for what we have and focus on our needs rather than fixate on what we want and crave. Being thankful starts with an appreciation of why our families came to America in the first place and for our freedoms and opportunities.
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Over the next few weeks, elected Camas city officials will tackle the issue of what to do in the face of an unexpected — but not altogether unimagined — revenue shortfall.
