One of the things that I'm struggling with the most, in terms of my mental space, is knowing that those ASSHOLES on Red Acre Road "won", and I can just imagine how smug they are feeling today, and it makes my blood boil. ARGH!
And in a piece of bitter irony, the Trust for Public Lands, the shiny non-profit that probably turned the tide, is probably a nonprofit to whom I would, under other circumstances, give money, and/or vote for in a town meeting. Ahh, life, thanks for that lesson, if only I could interpret it.