04-16-2016, 03:50 AM
It's not even a close comparison IMHO. The council member has little to show for his time on the council and given his consistent gaffes, should probably stay on the council another term if he really is serious about being a career politician. As for his taking the time to research the GMO debate, he was merely stalling until the last possible moment and went with a safe explanation of his position. He is no leader, he appears to like to start things but never has managed to complete anything, personally I am not much for wet finger in the air types being in positions of importance. His admitted backroom deal to gain the support of the Senate President (who has been a disappointing failure) and the related funds are a perfect illustration that he is nothing more than a puppet with strings of (hopeful) gold and will never anything more than a puppet. A word of advice to the young and inexperienced councilman, when you sit down to a game of poker and you can't spot the sucker at the table, you're it.
As for the Senator, his record at the Capitol stands well as a first term official with some excellent bills of substance passed. The Senator has not flinched and stood firm on many important issues, especially on good government and transparency issues, and the environment - and when that kind of fortitude results in having a ethically challenged Senate President openly funding the campaigns against you, you know you are doing the right thing.
Not surprising, the current leadership is a one and done hui of infighting and lack of out of the box thinking as witnessed by anyone who bothered to watch the hearings this session, and leadership's lack of collective accomplishments will be painfully exposed in a few weeks no matter how much self-congratulatory backslapping they do to one another. With the upcoming elections, there will likely be some surprising new players in the mix, as a couple of long-term career politicians will be looking for a new job come November, and the remnants of the leadership faction (who are creatively challenged when it comes to governing) will desperately need the support of those they ousted last year with our current Senator being in a prime experienced position. Something that our not ready for primetime councilman is woefully unable to accomplish, much less handle at this stage of his embarrassing political naivety.
Edited for usual typos.
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As for the Senator, his record at the Capitol stands well as a first term official with some excellent bills of substance passed. The Senator has not flinched and stood firm on many important issues, especially on good government and transparency issues, and the environment - and when that kind of fortitude results in having a ethically challenged Senate President openly funding the campaigns against you, you know you are doing the right thing.
Not surprising, the current leadership is a one and done hui of infighting and lack of out of the box thinking as witnessed by anyone who bothered to watch the hearings this session, and leadership's lack of collective accomplishments will be painfully exposed in a few weeks no matter how much self-congratulatory backslapping they do to one another. With the upcoming elections, there will likely be some surprising new players in the mix, as a couple of long-term career politicians will be looking for a new job come November, and the remnants of the leadership faction (who are creatively challenged when it comes to governing) will desperately need the support of those they ousted last year with our current Senator being in a prime experienced position. Something that our not ready for primetime councilman is woefully unable to accomplish, much less handle at this stage of his embarrassing political naivety.
Edited for usual typos.
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Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.
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Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.
Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.