Uncle Oscar's one-legged milk stool also has a message

By Gordon Garnos

AT ISSUE: The importance of open government needs to be told and retold. There are many ways to describe what makes good government. Today's column compares three of these elements. In other words, good government is like a three-legged stool. When this comparison was made in a column I read, I couldn't help but be reminded of Uncle Oscar's one-legged milk stool. This simile or metaphor both send a message.

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Kentucky Press Association, David Thompson, recently wrote a column that appeared in a number of newspapers across the country. His theme was on what is needed to make good government. It doesn't make any difference if it is a school board, or a city, county, state or the federal government, to be successful, it must have these three elements. (Full Article)