I read with great amusement a local columnist's ramblings about our mayor. It would seem the mayor is quite upset that some city councillors might be considering running for his job. What did you expect? You swore up and down that you would be a two-term mayor - maximum - period.
It seems to really offend the mayor that some councillors seem to be starting their campaigns already when an election is almost three years away. What was the purpose of this article if not to serve notice the mayor might run again. So let me get this straight......it's not okay for councillors to start a campaign, but it's perfectly all right for the mayor to start a campaign. It's not okay for councillors to disagree with the mayor, but it's okay for the mayor to take swipes at unnamed councillors. How fortunate for the mayor that he has a local columnist who is willing to put his musings to print.
By the way, my husband must be psychic. After the mayor said - yet again - three weeks ago, he would only serve two terms, my husband said "don't count on it". He said just wait, Eddie's going to say - there has been great public pressure on me to run again. It's what the people want. I must follow through with the border file. I have asked my husband to buy a lottery ticket.
As for the councillors who say noone can fill Eddie's shoes - speak for yourselves. You may not be leadership material, but that does not mean there aren't others in our community who could skillfully run this city. I'm inclined to agree with those who are mentioning the name Larry Horwitz.
As for comments that there is not a united front on council....thank goodness! There should be debate. There should be differences of opinion. These are difficult issues our council has to deal with and I would expect there are no easy answers. I'm glad Alan Halberstadt is my representative because he speaks up. I might not always agree with him, but at least he's not afraid to stir the pot. I tend to think the real dissention happens behind closed doors. If this mayor and council would bring more of the issues into the public arena, I think you might find there's a lot more disagreement on council than we're currently led to believe.
In the end, all we have is our word. It's our own choice whether our word is any good.
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Truth and integrity constitute the gold standard for judging the character of personalities. Do no harm and one should come out not badly on the character scale. Wisdom is what separates the best of breed from the pack. Would wisdom compel not to say, promise or do anything which could conflict your community standing?
Eddie clearly is a smart (i.e. intelligent) leader, predicting his own future shows a lack of wisdom.
Truth and integrity constitute the gold standard for judging the character of personalities. Do no harm and one should come out not badly on the character scale. Wisdom is what separates the best of breed from the pack. Would wisdom compel not to say, promise or do anything which could conflict your community standing?
Eddie clearly is a smart (i.e. intelligent) leader, predicting his own future shows a lack of wisdom.
Is it possible that he expected greater opportunities after he left, and nothing panned out???? Did he count his chickens before they hatched, and ultimately had to take a few steps back???
To be honest with ya, I'm still a little dissapointed that Marra didn't get ellected.
No offence Francis.
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