Political question

PistolPete · 08-29-2008, 06:24 PM

Who here serves as an elected public official.

I ask this because I have seen more than a few talk with certainty about how the government should be run but I am curious as to who has any experience.

And for the record I have been a Township Supervisor for the last several years.

Azzy · 08-29-2008, 06:27 PM

I usually find anyone with the right ideas is also smart enough to want to stay out of the game that is politics, expecially at a level higher than local.

I want to live in my new hometown a bit longer before I entertain the thought of running an office.

Mayvik · 08-29-2008, 06:31 PM

Not having done something doesn't preclude the possibility of knowing how to do it.

At least that's what I told my first gf...

cockerpunk · 08-29-2008, 06:33 PM

i ran the MCB Cybernations alliance ...

acutally, dont laugh, learned alot about poeple and the way societies run for a different POV than one i normally have.

John Satclaire · 08-29-2008, 06:34 PM

The idea that running a government is somehow special and different, requiring experience and skills not obtainable by, say, working for a living . . . is just so darned cute.

Jason518 · 08-29-2008, 07:12 PM

On a federal level, their rules are very clearly written out in a non-esoteric form. Seeing as how we are not a dictatorship, but a represenative democracy, its is every citizen's duty to know exactly how government SHOULD be run.

PistolPete · 08-30-2008, 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Satclaire

The idea that running a government is somehow special and different, requiring experience and skills not obtainable by, say, working for a living . . . is just so darned cute.

Yet employers value experience and look for it weather it be work history, schooling and so forth.

I wasn't trying to state that experience is necessary, but I know that things are different when actually doing the job, and this is what I was curious about.

So.....who has ran for office and who serves?

drg · 08-30-2008, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PistolPete

Yet employers value experience and look for it weather it be work history, schooling and so forth.

I wasn't trying to state that experience is necessary, but I know that things are different when actually doing the job, and this is what I was curious about.

So.....who has ran for office and who serves?

I think you know the answer as well as everyone else does

RealtorTommy · 08-30-2008, 09:37 AM

I do not hold a postion in office...but I was just elected ....President Elect for a local builders association... This means for the first year I'm a vice president and the second year I will be the president. We are the only governmental affairs committee in Florida that meets every week and we are known to be on the forefront of local and state politics.
With this said...for the last two years I have been on the governmental affairs committee which closely works with the local county deptment heads, county commissioners, several divisions of state government and officals from two cities/towns we have in our county.

I can only see that local government can be changed if needed.....National government is broke...Needs to be fixed..but never will be...Too many hands in everyone's pocket.
But don't stop from trying....

Dave-D · 08-30-2008, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason518

Seeing as how we are not a dictatorship, but a represenative democracy, its is every citizen's duty to know exactly how government SHOULD be run.

I agree one hundred percent with you Jason518. It just gets under my skin when people especialy politicians talk about our Democracy, its not. The US government has always been a Republic where we choose (elect) a person to represent us. I always tell people to look it up in their old high school civics textbook.

OK, Sorry, I'll stop now.

08-29-2008, 06:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
PistolPete MCB Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeast Pa	Political question Who here serves as an elected public official. I ask this because I have seen more than a few talk with certainty about how the government should be run but I am curious as to who has any experience. And for the record I have been a Township Supervisor for the last several years.

08-29-2008, 06:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
Azzy Mod-O-Rator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finleyville, PA	I usually find anyone with the right ideas is also smart enough to want to stay out of the game that is politics, expecially at a level higher than local. I want to live in my new hometown a bit longer before I entertain the thought of running an office. __________________ Bryan "Azzy" Spiegel Riverside Renegade Paintball / C.C. S.V.S. Plankowner - LPPC#6 "It is my right to be uncommon—if I can. I seek opportunity—not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say, “This I have done.” - Dean Alfange

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08-29-2008, 07:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
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08-29-2008, 06:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
John Satclaire MCB Member Join Date: Feb 2008	The idea that running a government is somehow special and different, requiring experience and skills not obtainable by, say, working for a living . . . is just so darned cute.