> From: John Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > 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.
. . .and then when Councilman Thune was toying with the idea of funding new
stadia with a restaurant tax, it went like this:
"When will elected officials learn not to turn their backs on the
constituencies that put them in office. Yes, folks, it's the very thing
that's destroying the American political system. It's barely a month since
Dave Thune's election and already. . . "
One gets the distinct impression there's one of these canned rants for
every occasion, all based on the one thing that's killing American
politics. With so many sole causes of the demise of American politics, I
can only say it's a good thing someone's keeping track.
Guy Western
the West Side
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