Dear Hecate,
I hate to disagree with you but the only stink you might smell up there from the House Budget Process is from the fires being set by disappointed "ahdvocates" as Tommy Finneran used to call them, who think all they've got to do is drop off some fact sheets about investing in the future and tell a few sob stories and the legislature is going to roll over. You should have seen the State House on Wed. It was filled to the brim with delegations from school committees from all over the state, and with a parent's group called Stand for Children. Real local elected officials. Real parents and real kids. And guess what. They were able to provide each Rep with the HERO Opportunity of all time, prompting them to sit right down and write themselves an $82 million increase in school aid.
Hard Work Harry
Hecate says
Thank you Harry. You've got a point there. By the way, Humble Pie doesn't taste so bad with onions and peppers.
Who is Hecate?
Hecate is a Greek Goddess who served as a guide and coach at the crossroads of Hades, where after crossing the River Styx, Greek souls found themselves facing three choices: the Elysian Fields, abode of the great and heroic; the Fields of Asphodel, for all who had led a blameless but ordinary life; or to Tartarus, a sunless land of punishment for criminals.
Hecate's best known role in Greek mythology was guiding Persephone, the goddess of spring, on her annual journeys between Hades and Earth. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Hecate is portrayed as a nurturing and protective guide for Persephone on those annual journeys.
