This is why Kerr County government needs an enema.
On the Mystic stuff, the circles I am in are more sobered with respect to the future of the camp and camp management's responsibilities. We aren't sending our daughter back to even Cypress Lake if it is open, and we are hardly the only ones. I think many are sad because the family is a good family, but as a result of years of bad decisions, complacency, hubris, etc., this happened. In some ways, it was inevitable something like this was going to happen at one of these camps for those reasons. So I get the bonfire comparisons, and there are certainly some evangelists out there. But the bill will come due. It's OK for people associated with the camp to be sad about it, but I think most that I've talked to also expect accountability and know what that means.
On the Kerr County side, it's more maddening because there won't be any accountability. None. The tourists and campers will be back next summer. Any explanation as to why there won't be accountability gets too CR for the sensitive ears on this forum, I guess, and is reflective of the f'd up priorities of our electorate at every level.
[EDITED TO ADD "FOR THOSE REASONS". I AM NOT EXCUSING IT AS INEVITABLE SO WE JUST THROW UP OUR HANDS. I MEAN I BET A LOT OF THESE CAMPS (PROBABLY NOT ALL) MADE THE SAME MISTAKES AS MYSTIC, AND AS A RESULT, A DISASTER WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY]