The intersection of the Fox and Illinois Rivers was flooded by this past weekend's rains. Homes and businesses in Ottawa, Utica, LaSalle, Wedron, and several others are under water. Including my grade school, Central Elementary. My hea rt brea ks a little to think about it. On the other hand, a few years back they built a levee around the high school football field, to prevent flood damage to the field. There was and still is a flood wall protecting the building. However, because of this levee, water that otherwise would have covered the sacred grass of the high school football field and the adjacent parking lot, is in people's homes, cars, businesses, and garages.
I'd like to ask:
Is it worth the price?
Is the grass on the football field THAT important?
What is the value of a parking lot? What is the value of a home?
Is a football team less of a football team if their field floods on occasion?
Would practicing in the mud make them worse?
Does the world stop if a small town in the middle of Illinois has to cancel or relocate a football game because of a flood?
I support high school sports, but I don't support putting people's homes at risk for them. So, just as I said when I was at Central Elementary boldly protesting the building of the levee, "LOOSE THE LEVEE!!!"
The local newspaper
That's my rant.
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