While I certainly won't dispute anyone else's voting choices, I'll just say it's an awfully good thing that most people didn't decide whether or not to vote for me based on a single set of either positive or negative exchanges that someone else had with me about something -- especially considering that at any one time on a particular issue, LOTS of people have been understandably angry. I would worry how anyone who ever took a courageous decision, made a mistake, fought a good fight, misplaced a document, got tangled up in an bureaucratic mess, confused some details, pushed for the truth, was up all night with a sleepless child, or were otherwise wonderfuly or awfully human ever, could ever get elected to anything. When we look at candidates for any other office, for whom we have enormous amounts of both valuable and trivial information, we're certainly never 100% happy about what they do or don't say or do. How is it that we find it perfectly reasonable to overlook all their human flaws, listen carefully especially for more information that supports the decision we want to make, and often campaign hard in support of our candidate? Why do we need so very much positive information about some people we're going to support anyway, and so little for others, either incumbents or challengers? On days like this, our entire electoral decision-making process is just a complete mystery to me... -- Anne Carroll ------------------------------------------------------------ Anne R. Carroll Carroll, Franck & Associates Public Involvement, Strategic Planning, Communications 1357 Highland Parkway St. Paul, MN 55116 USA <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-690-9162 School Board: 651-690-9156
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