We remember a song from childhood that seems appropriate:

From "The Sound of Music"
Words by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
Music by Richard Rodgers

.....Regretfully they tell us,
But firmly they compel us
To say goodbye to you.

So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehn, good night,
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight.

So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehn, adieu,
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu.

Now, from Main Line Life:
LM Commissioners bid farewell to Comisky
By:Cheryl Allison 09/28/2006

Any other time, Lower Merion commissioners would have been thrilled to wrap up a meeting and head home by 9 p.m.

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But when board President Matthew Comisky called for a motion to adjourn last Wednesday night, he couldn't find a taker.

"In a moment," said Vice President Bruce Reed.

His colleagues weren't about to let Comisky, who was attending his last regular meeting after nearly seven years on the board, get away that easily.

One after another, they offered good wishes and thanks ....The trait they singled out repeatedly to describe his leadership style: his "grace and calm" under extraordinary pressure.

On the rare occasions that anger showed beneath the calm, in fact, it was when Comisky thought that public discourse had stepped over a line of respect and courtesy.

...Comisky during his tenure saw controversies over major expansions of both Lankenau and Bryn Mawr hospitals, long and divisive discussions of Ardmore revitalization and redevelopment around a new train station, and lengthy reviews of plans for construction of the new Lower Merion and Harriton high schools. As president, Comisky was often the public defender of the township's adopted "Plan B" for Ardmore, as it became a poster child in a national revolt against the potential use of local government eminent domain powers for economic development.

At the same time, as several board veterans retired, including most recently former president Joseph Manko, Comisky presided over a board that saw the greatest number of new members in township history, one of whose early actions was to adopt a resolution to take eminent domain off the table in Ardmore and open revitalization to options beyond Plan B.

SAC Note- the public discourse comment, would that be referring to little old us?????Perish the thought and we would do it all again in a heartbeat if eminent domain for private gain reared it's ugly head. To read the entire text, visit www.mainlinelife.com