Originally posted April 14, 2006
If this city needs an attitude adjustment, the citizens are the only ones who are going to make a difference. Are you happy with where we are? Do you feel secure with where we are going?
I hear (and read)* people complaining all the time, and I ask how many commission meetings have they been to, have they looked into this or that, did they vote, and I find they are just bitching and not doing anything. And half the time, they don’t even really know what they are bitching about!*
Yeah, that helps. You cannot expect things to change just because you think they should. You must go out on that limb and stand up for what you think, and believe. Learn the facts and stick to your guns. And if you fail at least you will know that you tried. And you can keep on trying. If enough people try there is no limit to what can be accomplished.
*Most of the people whose blogs I read are exempt from this.
2 Responses to “Originally posted April 14, 2006”
1 GiftShoppeGuy 16 June 2007 @ 10:57 pm
So what I hear you saying is that we need more blogs??.. I’m working on it as fast as I can. The Electric City Concrete Weblog will launch most likely within the week, and there are a few others I’m working on too, all owned by local business persons….
I understand though…. we do need to be a bit more assertive in our desires related to the good direction of our community at large.
2 Walter Greenspan 18 June 2007 @ 9:41 pm
Regardless if the city ever accepts councilmanic districts, my thought is that if the city manager reported directly to the mayor, rather than to the City Commission at large, then there would be a natural tension between the mayor and the city commissioners and this natural tension, in turn, might attract a better public participation, especially if there were heated discussions at City Commission meetings, something that does not occur now.
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