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I think that we should all be skeptical in general.

We've seen enough; been through enough.

Notice I didn't suggest "cynical."

Just make sure you know where the alarm bell is.

What should we be trusting about right now?

The Presidency?

Congress?

Betsy DeVos?

The General Assembly?

The fact that our city government was embarrassed, by finance, into a kind

of puppetry, from which it is only now emerging?

...with big money plans to boot??

We're maybe ready for some goodness at this point;

I'm not seeing greatness.

Not seeing any great moral high ground here.

Half a decade ago, we wanted to cut middle school sports.

Now, we'd like to guess what's behind door #3 and borrow a fortune.

East Providence High School.

That unusually functional building.

That place inspired me.

Those airy, light-filled classrooms, many of them.

Yeah, they need work. So what? Work can be done.

The large auditorium, with its marble and terrazzo lobby.

The really nice cafeteria.

To be replaced?

By what?

Poured concrete?

Compressed sand?

"Oh, you don't understand."

I understand completely.

Anything can wear down.

How about giving the place a hand?

From what I've been told so far,

the smart money is betting on a brand new building

at an estimated cost, maybe, of one hundred million dollars

or more.

That's too much money for our present structure

to administer.

Seems like more potential fraud to me.

Sorry, but true.

Haven't seen many cathedral builders around lately.

We're not ready.

How many Townies, current or long-graduated,

understand the finer details of bonds and bond issues?

That should tell you something about who's really in the build-a-school game.

As we all know by now, very few.

How about a total renovation and upgrade of the 1952 building,

with its already-existing vertical steel, high grade materials, great bone structure, and iconic status,

all of which can't, and won't, be replaced.

How about a clean, knowable process leading to a cost effective, inspiring result?

EP was built, in a different age, to be classic. And it is.

Right now, we are living in fraudulent, unstable times.

So, here's one vote, and only one,

for saving what we have

and improving upon it.