> When will elected officials get it: getting
> re-elected is not their reason
> for being and certainly not for their being elected
> in the first place...
then
> Any elected official who whispers to me or makes it
> obvious that their
> re-election chances are jeopardized by voting for
> what's right for their
> constituents and the public interest, no matter how
> close we may be
> personally, will get my undying opposition for such
> re-election if they
> don't put that horrendous value aside and do the
> damned job they were
> elected to do.
sounds like they are screwed either way. vote for the
ban and not get reelected. Don't vote for the ban and
Driscoll will make sure you don't get reelected.
As stated earlier, those on the council and the mayor
are elected to server their constituents not serve
Andy Driscoll. I know it is really hard to understand
when they don't just fall in line with what you want
done but maybe they are doing their jobs. Maybe they
are trying to get it right.
>
> PS: A bit of irony: the late Jim Reiter was among a
> few people who stood
> outside City Hall smoking on a very regular basis
> while in office. Some of
> the people who smoked out there with him and
> considered him a friend, if not
> a political soulmate, are ready slow this process to
> a crawl or create
> compromises that compromise the public health.
> Reiter died from a failed
> heart - diseased beyond living in major part by his
> heavy smoking. Why is
> Reiter's ghost not haunting the halls of city
> policymakers? See paragraph
> one above. You lost one friend/colleague to this
> junk. How many more bodies
> are necessary to convince you otherwise?
Then focus your efforts on making tobacco illegal. It
wasn't someone else smoking next to Reiter that
diseased his heart. I'd bet his smoking his own cigs
had something to do with it though.
John Harris
webber-camden
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