I generally delete virulent comments.
Now and then I publish a sample.
I published an uncomplimentary comment on Councillor Gaertner. I eased my conscience with one against myself for balance.There were others.
I always know when I've hit the ball out of the field.
I think the comment came from an unseated candidate. Though none of them have been around town forty years
It was 1963 when I first ran for office .My involvement has been forty- eight years in total.
I have held office twenty four years. At the end of this term I will have been part of an Aurora Council longer than not, within that time.
The writer is right. My interest never faltered, in or out of office, during all of those years.I do enjoy politics.I am good at it. I never found another candidate who offered what I look for in a candidate.
It is theatre. Sometimes theatre of the absurd.
Thinking on one's feet ...extemporaneous expression...it's all part of the challenge. People are born with the need to speak out. Politics provides the opportunity. Being part of the decision- making process is the prize.
I believe it is a worthwhile and necessary endeavour. A politician can be honest. earn respect and make a contribution.
Blunt honesty is bound to piss some people off as often as it re-assures others. I have found it easy to be who I am.
My commenter's plan for what he is going to be in his old age is flawed. If he hasn't discovered himself already, it's too late now.
However long your life may be, you will only have contentment, knowing you didn't waste a minute being someone other than who you are
Thursday 29 September 2011
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