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Thursday, March 07, 2013

Ingenuity

Necessity is the mother of invention. Winston Boswell did a bad thing by all accounts. But he really isn't such a bad guy. I have met him on numerous occasions. I have even patronized his place of business. He works harder than the average person and he is the boss. He makes a pretty good living, but I wouldn't want his job. The used tire situation in Memphis is just like weeds and grass. Just like cars and tires. As long as you have one, you'll have the other. We need to come up with a more permanent solution for disposing of used tires.

I'm not suggesting criminal charges not be pursued in this case. But let's not throw the baby out with the bath water. Boswell put together six households and loaded and transported 1200 tires across town, and waited in line for 12 hours. Can you imagine the delegation and organizational skills required to pull this off and make a profit? Once he pays restitution for his crime. Instead of deeming him and his crew undesirables.  The city could use his ingenuity.

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