There is a heartwarming story in the Courier today.
Isaac Salomon, owner of Rex Bedding, the company that suffered the loss of its storage warehouse this week, has said that he will compensate his employees for their lost time until the business reopens.
Observant Jews would refer to this act of generosity and kindness as a mitzvah.
Highly appropriate, given the season -- the Jewish festival of Chanukah begins at sundown today, and the Christian celebration of Jesus' birth is a week from Monday.
It is a season of goodwill and gift-giving.
There is another gift that could be given -- not by Mr. Salomon, but by the City.
Rex Bedding is in need of space, as Mr. Salomon points out.
PT knows that it is not fashionable these days to celebrate light industry -- the manufacturing, assembly and warehousing jobs that keep thousands of blue collar men and women employed and their families fed, housed and clothed.
Light industry is not glamorous or glitzy, and plenty of people would like to see it replaced with condos.
It is getting to be, as the developers like to say, NOT the 'highest and best use.'
Nevertheless, PT sings the song of industry, the people who keep it going and the people it keeps going.
Let's hope that if Mr. Salomon needs help finding space or other needs to keep his business flourishing in Plainfield, the City will step up to the plate.
It would be a mitzvah for Plainfield.
Entirely appropriate for the season.
-- Dan Damon
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