Well, that was weird. As of 11:00 a.m. today, the building administrator had no interest in taking down the white shirts. As you already know, I went ahead with my plan to put on a display of orange shirts.
At, maybe, 2:00 today I received word that the t-shirt exhibit was coming down. Out of the blue. The County had a change of heart because the “handful” of cases that could go to trial next week. That is about the lamest excuse I’ve ever heard- there were more than a handful that could have gone to trial over the last 3 weeks. I won’t really comment much more on that though. I think the County has finally decided to do the right thing, and I am thankful for that. Better late than before I get to put up Orange Shirts, right? I’ve also decided to withdraw my request for a permit to hang the Orange Shirt Project.
On that note, somebody asked me if I this is a win. I don’t see it like that. It wasn’t “us v. them” or any such competition. They wanted to put up the shirts, and were forced to take them down. I got them taken down, but only after they were up for three weeks.
It’s a messed up situation that I’m hoping is never repeated. Not at the courthouse, anyway. If it is, though, I’ve already got some ideas in mind…
Maybe, now that this is behind us, we can get back to the fun stuff?
