Out of Arkansas -- Know when to hold'm

The City Council began an all-out aerial attack on the problem of sidewalk repairs and replacements lately (pun intended) that is now spiraling toward a riddle, but blaming them is not really fair because the flak is so thick they can walk on it.

To the Council's credit, the aldermen have chosen option two of Kenny Rogers' lyrics: "know when to hold'm, know when to fold'm, know when to walk away and know when to run," which, unfortunately, has left them in the unenviable position of being in a Beale Street bar fight and hearing the dreadful words, "I will cut you if you stand and shoot you if you run."

Why? Well, regardless of what the Council decides, it's going to get ugly in a hurry and downright nasty in the future when our whifty weather has had its way for a few years. Summer can get so hot that the trees follow the dogs around, and snow gets so deep that it sucks the boots off your feet and, finally, we get rain in Biblical portions wherein it pours for 40 days and 40 nights until the sewers back up.

All of these will happen, and all of these will be the Council's fault, including all of those who continue slipping on the sidewalks.

Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?