Greggor V Russell

[Chunkster]

Greggor Ilagan is showing every sign of wanting to become a career politician by joining the good old boy establishment. What shockwave says about the vague quality of his positions is very true. I was with a friend at a forum during Ilagan's first campaign, and she asked him about an alternate route through HPP. He said, "I need to study that and get back to you." When she asked him the same question two years later, he said the same thing. After two years in office, he should have had a position on such a critical issue. When I asked him about it in an email a year ago, he said he was going to form a task force. I don't think that happened.

Add in his recent fawning praise of our indicted mayor, and you have to ask what the hell he is thinking. His resume when it comes to concrete accomplishments on the council is pretty thin. He got HPP a chunk of the mayor's park building frenzy, but most of us here in HPP would have preferred that he do something about helping fund our road improvements. Ruderman has gotten some meaningful legislation passed, despite being an outsider in terms of the party leadership. Other legislators who try to please the leadership have actually done less. Go figure. I used to have doubts about Ruderman, but not any more. At least he has done something with his life besides smile a lot and aspire to be a career politician.