tucker
10-11-2006, 10:48 AM
I occasionally check in with another site that is supposed to be the local political hotspot and have the audio from city council meetings, but am always disappointed that it is such a hit or miss operation. Information is intermittent at best and is usually weeks or months out of date. If the site expects to be taken seriously, it should do the job it claims or fold up the tent.
Speaking of being taken seriously, a gentleman posted on the site that he wants to run yet again for some office, ANY office, and says he has been "confronted" about doing so. He seeks input from other posters as to whether he should run as a Democrat, Republican or an Independent, and wants advice on whether to run for mayor, council or school board. (So far, not a single response in a week. He does state very precisely that the opinion poll will remain open until exactly 9:10 PM and 18 seconds on November 3, so there's plenty of time to reply.)
I don't want to disparage anyone who wants to run for public office. It is a tough decison and I applaud those who want to follow that path. But it seems to me that running for office should be an intensely personal decision, knowing for sure what office one seeks and why. Anyone who doesn't know whether he wants to be a legislator or an administrator, whether he's interested in municipal government or public education, or whether he's a D, an R, or an I hasn't thought through the options very clearly. He apparently just wants to run run run. For SOMEthing!! ANYthing!! That attitude bothers me.
What does this fellow do between elections? Is he active in civic or political affairs? Does he work on boards, commissions or committees to better the community? Does he regularly attend various meetings to familiarize himself with issues and viewpoints?
Sounds like he doesn't know whether to wind his watch or scratch his a s s.
Speaking of being taken seriously, a gentleman posted on the site that he wants to run yet again for some office, ANY office, and says he has been "confronted" about doing so. He seeks input from other posters as to whether he should run as a Democrat, Republican or an Independent, and wants advice on whether to run for mayor, council or school board. (So far, not a single response in a week. He does state very precisely that the opinion poll will remain open until exactly 9:10 PM and 18 seconds on November 3, so there's plenty of time to reply.)
I don't want to disparage anyone who wants to run for public office. It is a tough decison and I applaud those who want to follow that path. But it seems to me that running for office should be an intensely personal decision, knowing for sure what office one seeks and why. Anyone who doesn't know whether he wants to be a legislator or an administrator, whether he's interested in municipal government or public education, or whether he's a D, an R, or an I hasn't thought through the options very clearly. He apparently just wants to run run run. For SOMEthing!! ANYthing!! That attitude bothers me.
What does this fellow do between elections? Is he active in civic or political affairs? Does he work on boards, commissions or committees to better the community? Does he regularly attend various meetings to familiarize himself with issues and viewpoints?
Sounds like he doesn't know whether to wind his watch or scratch his a s s.