07-17-2012, 02:39 PM
Obie,
The public funding is funded from voluntary check offs by taxpayers who want honest elections and are willing to give money for that purpose, it does not come out of the County's general budget and the money cannot be used for anything else. Candidates who accept the public funding are only beholden to the public at large, and no one has special access to the office holder after the election. No off island big money donations, no $1000 a plate dinners on Oahu like Kenoi has, no favors owed, just funding voluntarily donated in the interest of clean elections. The fact that Fred still does not understand that after most of a term in office is disturbing.
Bluseboy,
Your experience is not unusual. I actually tried walking up and introducing myself at a public event where Fred was one of the dignitaries. He just looked at my outstretched hand, turned, and walked away. He had been happily greeting various people he clearly already knew, but he sure didn't want to talk to any constituent who didn't come with an introduction from someone he in his circle.
Carol
The public funding is funded from voluntary check offs by taxpayers who want honest elections and are willing to give money for that purpose, it does not come out of the County's general budget and the money cannot be used for anything else. Candidates who accept the public funding are only beholden to the public at large, and no one has special access to the office holder after the election. No off island big money donations, no $1000 a plate dinners on Oahu like Kenoi has, no favors owed, just funding voluntarily donated in the interest of clean elections. The fact that Fred still does not understand that after most of a term in office is disturbing.
Bluseboy,
Your experience is not unusual. I actually tried walking up and introducing myself at a public event where Fred was one of the dignitaries. He just looked at my outstretched hand, turned, and walked away. He had been happily greeting various people he clearly already knew, but he sure didn't want to talk to any constituent who didn't come with an introduction from someone he in his circle.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb