From The Pencil: Changes in Tune, an ode to the 99%
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I am almost alone among my acquaintances in concluding that current Mayor Giuliano has been doing a satisfactory (in fact, pretty good) job of leading Middletown into the 21st century. I am a relative newcomer to Middletown (4 years) and even in that short time, I have seen many signs of positive change in Middletown's downtown, a worthy focus, in my view.
I'll be voting for the incumbent mayor in November, knowing from my experience in government the effect of a change in administration--the tendency toward chest pounding, nose thumbing, tossing out of potential, scrapping of worthy programs and literature created or supported by the previous administration. (In one such change of administration, I was directed to toss a huge hamper (think dumpster--probably a ton of paper) full of the previous administration's literature and pamphlets into the trash (from a height of 5 stories). "That's where they belong," you might say. I never would.
The waste, loss of momentum, and disorientation following a major change in administration negate gains, slow progress, engender confusion and (increase in) back-biting and subterfuge.
I am not a Republican by any measure. I am an independent voter. I generally favor President Obama & Democratic platforms. But in Middletown this year I will be voting for Mayor Giuliano. I know very little of his old boys networkings or stories of favoritism or neglect of those outside his circle or influence: I know those things happen. They happen everywhere--I think it's human nature.
I know only what I see in downtown Middletown: I see progress,I see favorable change, I see good things happening. And I want those things to continue unimpeded and unslowed by a change in mayoral leadership.
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I am almost alone among my acquaintances in concluding that current Mayor Giuliano has been doing a satisfactory (in fact, pretty good) job of leading Middletown into the 21st century. I am a relative newcomer to Middletown (4 years) and even in that short time, I have seen many signs of positive change in Middletown's downtown, a worthy focus, in my view.
I'll be voting for the incumbent mayor in November, knowing from my experience in government the effect of a change in administration--the tendency toward chest pounding, nose thumbing, tossing out of potential, scrapping of worthy programs and literature created or supported by the previous administration. (In one such change of administration, I was directed to toss a huge hamper (think dumpster--probably a ton of paper) full of the previous administration's literature and pamphlets into the trash (from a height of 5 stories). "That's where they belong," you might say. I never would.
The waste, loss of momentum, and disorientation following a major change in administration negate gains, slow progress, engender confusion and (increase in) back-biting and subterfuge.
I am not a Republican by any measure. I am an independent voter. I generally favor President Obama & Democratic platforms. But in Middletown this year I will be voting for Mayor Giuliano. I know very little of his old boys networkings or stories of favoritism or neglect of those outside his circle or influence: I know those things happen. They happen everywhere--I think it's human nature.
I know only what I see in downtown Middletown: I see progress,I see favorable change, I see good things happening. And I want those things to continue unimpeded and unslowed by a change in mayoral leadership.
Think twice. Vote once.
well done!
Great comment! Stand up and be proud to not vote along party lines!
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