Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Adam,Noah, and that Lot":
To 6:44PM
Heard on the streets...stop the presses...
The one from OZ will also be a candidate in the next election.
Public opinion says he has the votes to get elected
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Nonsense.
Here's another blast from the past.
When the election is over, people expect those elected to get down to work together taking care of town business.
Overt politics are not expected to rear its ugly head until the next election, commonly called "the silly season"
I call it a celebration of Rights and Freedoms.
The term is not halfway over. Community discussion about the what, when, how and why, is certainly likely to ebb and flo depending on the hot topic of the moment.
That the one from Oz is likely to win the most votes to take the Mayor's chair in an election 2.5 years away is sheer nincompoopery.
I am receiving the comment. I don't even know for sure who is the one from Oz . I would have to go back and research comments to find out. I am not going to do that.
I don't even know what comment was made to the Adam, Noah and that Lot post at 12.44, on what day and I'm not going to seek that out either.
The community expects Council to do what they undertook to do in a previous election and that is commit themselves to the town's best interest from their individual perspectives.
When the term is over, the electorate , one vote at a time, will make a judgement about who has done a half decent job and deserves another term.
Having said that, judgement is being formed. It is a work in progress.
Councillors need to apply themselves to the job at hand.
Making calculated guesses and decisions that pander to special interest groups at the expense of community interest is never a good idea.
It's the common and jaded public expectation. It's what special interest groups count on.
It's the task of a conscientious politician to prove otherwise.
That's what generates respect.
All that requires is dogged determination.
Thursday, 5 April 2012
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Eveyln, this is so weird. I posted on the Citizen as ' Oz ' to comment on the strange events. I'm a Grandma and have no intention of entering politics at this late date, never have had. So maybe some politician is getting flak for my comments. If so, I am sorry,
Oz
Possibly the words "Politician" "Trust" and "Respect" should not be permitted in the same article.
It seems that those who we would respect and trust inevitably let us down.
There are the odd exceptions, but they usually end up in the minority and hence are unable to fulfill their promises.
Is it because we expect too much, or is it that they were playing mind-games during their election campaigns?
Where are "the better angels of our nature?"
A thought about your response to OZ.
Why did you assume the person is seeking the Mayors chair?Could they not wish to be a potential member of council.
Late this afternoon a pair of falcons flew in, probably attracted by the water in the bird bath. They drank and checked the place out from high in a walnut tree before deciding not to take on the mallards. That must be a metaphor for something that happened today, maybe a close encounter of the weird kind? But it did not end in a splash and mess by the back door.
At The next Council meeting the body language and logistics should be extremely interesting. Where once there were 3 votes that were pretty well cast in iron, we know that some of the others are vulnerable. Will Gallo, Gaertner and Ballard still be isolates?
7:32 PM Don't tell that Bird Guy where the falcons are looking to nest. He'll be conducting guided tours. It's like with the coyotes - the fewer people who know where they are, the better.
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