“It’s the puppets who are in the shadows.” In Tompkins County; it’s a question that’s very much in people’s minds: “Who are the puppets?”
Some residents would say all of them. While this isn’t true; it would be a bad gamble to trust to chance.
Who is it “safe” to go to?
The helpful and cheerful rural personnel are being pushed out: replaced by those who resent public interference in their workday and workplace. Residents are only entitled to government. To be governed. To be helpless.
The people make no decisions – and the puppet show never stops.