The Internet Is Great

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "A Tangled Web Was Woven":

Believing is not the same as knowing. You can't state as fact what you don't categorically know to be true.

You need to qualify a lot of what you write.
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Can  so state categorically what I believe to be true and my reasons for so believing.
Further, if the commenter will state his/her name and provide compelling evidence to suggest another explanation for the factors that lead me to believe what is true, I may revise what I  believe   and come to a different conclusion.
In politics, what is true is not always at first evident . 
Smoke screens abound. 
As in life, on the one hand this is true and on the other that is also true.
Both are true. But they contradict one another.
Seeking logic is sometimes like following a will o' the wisp.
In municipal politics, time is on one's side. If a situation  makes no sense, one  must simply watch and wait. Sooner or later a pattern  emerges and all is clear. Like life,  pieces of the puzzle simply fall into place.
People are not logical.They are not mathematical  equations.They are mostly predictable.
Having opportunity  to observe people  for a period of years, gives  one  a sense of what they are about as politicians. The pattern of the political being is familiar. Language and deportment in the fish bowl of politics  are signs and portents.
Nowadays, time can be spent  texting or twittering  while awaiting one's turn to speak .
Or one can use  time and the opportunity to  study  the human political condition.
Enough time spent on any exercise creates an aptitude.Being proven right a sufficient number of times generates confidence.
Confidence and aptitude are  useful qualities in the practice of politics.One might even say, essential for success.
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Last night, Council spent two hours discussing the process of budget making.  Clear disquiet  with the current process was expressed. 
A specific concern was how to encourage  the public to participate.
I think the public who care, did all they could to participate, when they chose the  nine people who would represent them for four years. 
I have a contract with people who elect me. They lent me authority to participate on their behalf.  I gave them assurance I would. "Without fear or favour"
"Go there", Evelyn" they told me. " Poke into all the neuks and crannies. Find out everything you need to know and cast your vote on our behalf. Don't worry if you're the only one.Do what you think is right. Don't expect we will always agree. But we will always know you did what you thought was right. Short of being there ourselves, that's the most we expect.
Oh! and one more  thing. Evelyn. We like to be kept informed.The internet is great for that "