I liked the
way Fairfield dealt with the whole Trick-or-Treat issue this week. It was
refreshing. Mayor Pro Tem Gary Moore said matter-of-factly there would be
trick-or-treat for those who chose to
participate.
Here are the
two things that have to happen. First, parents have to decide whether or not
they want to risk putting their kids out there on October 30th and
31st. It is their decision.
I would hope
they use discretion in selecting the homes they visit. Let me suggest they visit
in their neighborhoods or with people they know. That’s the way it was with my
kids back in the day. I didn’t unleash them on the entire community.
That brings
me to the second part. You don’t have to participate if you are a homeowner. As
Moore put it…..it is simple….turn your porch light off. That’s the clear signal
to not knock on the door looking for treats.
We don’t
have any little kids at our house if you aren’t counting my wife, who loves
Halloween and will likely dress up and be on the porch personally welcoming
whoever ambles up our steps.
I found the
ease at which the city made the decision to be somewhat refreshing in the face
of the cancel culture. We have given up so much since March. COVID-19 has
robbed us of our American culture of free choice. It feels like literally
everything has been cancelled in 2020. If you can’t Zoom it, you doom it.
But that
didn’t happen on Tuesday night. Fairfield took a stand…
..which is a
good thing.
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