Dear Natasha
My Dear Boris post proved to be a good stimulus for calls, cards, emails and text messages. I recently received the following comment.
“Your Dear Boris post was both entertaining and informational. How long are you willing to work to accomplish your stated objective?”
Here’s my response
Dear Natasha (an alias)
Now that’s more like it. You got right to the point and buttered me up with a compliment. What self-respecting amateur blogger doesn’t dig all forms of flattery? I need to get you and Boris together so you can rub off on his interpersonal skills!
I have been asked the how long question a whole lot lately. It seems that some folks are betting I will run out of steam before my cause picks up any real traction. I hear there are folks wagering that the Telegram will continue to avoid the story like the plague and that my readership will decline due to fatigue. Others are wondering when my ADD will kick in and pull my focus away to more weighty issues like whether or not I remembered to lock my truck, front door or barge. BTW, who doesn’t forget to lock their truck, front door or barge? But I digress…
While I may not accomplish my stated goal, it won’t be for lack of tenacity. I continue to walk away from Council meetings amazed at the boldness of how close to the line some choose to go. I never get tired of watching bugs fly around mosquito zappers, anticipating the inevitable. This amazement in turn recharges and rekindles my passion for what I believe to be wrong with the status quo. I am as energized now as I was few months ago when I started this crusade. On my way home from the last meeting a quote from Abraham Lincoln came to mind. “I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.” I am leaning really hard towards the “do more” side right now so those wagering against me should be advised and bet at their own risk.
Thanks much for your comments.
P.S. I will be expounding about what stoked my ire in the last Council meeting in next few days.
Tags: City Charter, Conflict of Interest, Construction contracts, Ethics