All we're doing is leaving ourselves open to options that we can use as scenarios.

We are at a critical juncture in Westerville. We are within two years of state control.

Our projected deficit for the June 30, 2007, school year is $2.3-million.

Our community must protect basic education for its children. Today, our schools can still deliver a quality product. But with more than $15-million in tough cuts already made and more coming, that quality is at risk. To protect education, and the investment we have made in our homes and in our community, we need to pass our issue in May.

The question is where do we go from here? The answer is -- life.

I liked the idea of fiasco as failure gone to church, ... How does that become a transcendent thing? And that morphed into the different mini-themes.