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16116. Jenerator - 8/10/2005 4:21:10 AM Oh and Jen? Why shouldn't I run for council? It's a small village, not the city. I am very familiar with and liked by 70% of the population and am very familiar with all the ordinances and regulations of the place.
Judith,
That's good that you're well-received by a majority of the population and that you're familiar with all (??) of the ordinances. I suspect that there's a whole lot more to local politics than what you see and hear about, though. Procedure is one thing and then there are different divisions within each town, village or city that really need people with more than a pasing familiarity of specialization (code, utilities, tax laws, etc.)
Mostly, I am suggesting that you do not run because I think it [local politics] will be a source of great grief for you. I have seen what it has done for various councilmen and councilwomen and nine times out of ten, the issues are buried under power struggles and personality clashes and alliances.
You are too nice to be swallowed up by that garbage.
Are you advising against it because of the small mindedness of small towns? That IS one disturbing factor, I'll grant that.
EGO is the biggest disturbing factor of politics, for me. I have two councilpersons that are on my personal shit list because of what they have done to me and my family. They could care less about what is good for our city, it's all about personal gain and the perception of being right.
I could tell you all kinds of stories. 16117. RickNelson - 8/10/2005 8:03:42 AM 
Hello, you talkin' to me?
He's about 4 months here. He's 14 months now.
Watta boy!
This is Jacob.
16118. alistairconnor - 8/10/2005 8:04:34 AM You can tell he's a poet! 16119. RickNelson - 8/10/2005 8:10:58 AM 
Dad taking the boy for a stroll along the coastal, waterbreak.
My brother inlaw's kids are the three to the right, my sister inlaw's kids are the middle holding Jacob, and the two to the left. My daughter, now 20 is in the top middle.
16120. RickNelson - 8/10/2005 8:17:58 AM 
This is Andrea and Jacob at the beach in Miri City, Sarawak, Malaysia. You've read about these sunsets before.
16121. alistairconnor - 8/10/2005 8:21:13 AM I can see the first picture, not the other two.
"Yahoo! AtroCities
The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated data transfer. Access to this site will be restored within an hour. Please try again later."
Damn. I'll have a look later. 16122. RickNelson - 8/10/2005 8:22:47 AM Drat! Is there a more reliable site to save pictures for loading? 16123. alistairconnor - 8/10/2005 8:40:03 AM People use Shutterfly. 16124. RickNelson - 8/10/2005 9:03:01 AM Dang it, I'm tired now, it's 3am. I've been trying to sign up for Shutterfly, now that I've downloaded the free program.
Something is messed up via the server or my settings.
I hooked up Roadrunner cable just this past evening.
3 meg took 9 seconds. Using my 56k it would have been over an hour. 16125. RickNelson - 8/10/2005 9:04:50 AM hmmmmm. I can see the pictures at the present time, but I have re-opened the photo page where they reside. It's a Geocities, Yahoo site. I figured it would be a quick trial for staging photos. But, if it's only active when I've loaded the page, I wont like it.
Now I'll test that theory. 16126. RickNelson - 8/10/2005 9:07:17 AM I've closed that browser window, and I can still see them. I know that it isn't supposed to matter, but I can't shake trying weird solutions.
Well, as alistair noted, it was the server exceeding the allocated data transfer rate. I hope it will show these from now on? 16127. RickNelson - 8/10/2005 9:28:19 AM dang it, they've disappeared again. This transfer rate is way to low, it's their scam to make me buy the pro version. I'm gonna get rid of two of the six photos, and maybe these four will always be available.
The site states I have to wait an hour to access my page.
Sheesh. 16128. alistairconnor - 8/10/2005 9:29:19 AM Your browser has a local copy in cache, because you've already seen the pictures. That doesn't prove that other people will be able to see them...
I can see them all now! Ah ooh wow! I love that cousins picture. And the sunset of course...
The problem is, once a few people take a look at them in any given time period, you'll hit your transfer quota again... shutterfly would be better, if you can get it to work for you.
Congratulations about the broadband, it's time I checked out the rumours that I could get DSL at home... 16129. Magoseph - 8/10/2005 4:15:17 PM Thank you for sharing your pictures with us, Rick. It's nice to see Jacob, especially. 16130. judithathome - 8/10/2005 7:54:34 PM Great looking kiddo, Rick!
I could tell you all kinds of stories.
Well, I could probably tell you a few, also...I am very politically active in this village and know exactly what you are talking about. We may be miniscule but this village is just a large town writ small. We have petty people on the council and we have competent people on the council and we have the same sorts of issues here that you have there.
I suspect that there's a whole lot more to local politics than what you see and hear about, though.
I suspect you are wrong.
Procedure is one thing and then there are different divisions within each town, village or city that really need people with more than a pasing familiarity of specialization (code, utilities, tax laws, etc.)
Jen, I choose not to take offense at your implication that a job such as this is beyond my capabilities but be that as it may, there are few tax specialists, lawyers, or city planners stepping up to run for office here in my village. There was a plumber who ran for mayor and lost because he nearly punched the mayor out in a little squabble over codes; there is a retired liquor salesman who is deaf in one ear...a high school dropout who can't even speak properly in public but is a good ole boy who is now serving on the council; there was a man who ran last year because he was in dispute over property lines with the woman he ran against and in his campaign letter, he maligned her to the extent that only 17 people felt comfortable voting for him.
I may decide not to run but it won't be because I don't know the politics of this place or because I can't do the job.
16131. alistairConnor - 8/10/2005 8:27:05 PM Go for it Judith
What's the electoral system? Do you need to be on a ticket with this mixed-bag crowd, or can you stand in your own name? 16132. Magoseph - 8/10/2005 8:36:16 PM Hey, Jen, how is your pregnancy going? 16133. arkymalarky - 8/10/2005 10:28:08 PM Blast my blasted isp. I can see two adorable pictures. Your son is an absolute doll, Rick! 16134. arkymalarky - 8/10/2005 10:29:22 PM Oh, and if I recall, you need to make sure you're not blocking popups to get through Shutterfly. I may be wrong about that, though. I have run into that problem several times lately. 16135. judithathome - 8/10/2005 10:33:59 PM Do you need to be on a ticket with this mixed-bag crowd, or can you stand in your own name?
No ticket, just one person against another. There are five council seats and two of them are going to be contested in May 2006. Two year terms.
I would be running against the retired good ole boy. His original win was by one vote.
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