OK. I don’t text so certainly don’t do the other. I’d never take a sunrise or sunset photo from my phone though there are beautiful scenes.
Today, as a native New Yorker I question two candidates for office in New York City, a city I lived in briefly and visited from time to time. OK, my brother lives there and tons of my relatives are buried there.
One mayoral candidate seems to spend much of his time alone, taking photos of himself and sending them to women. Another is a client on a DC madam’s list.
Do voters really want to spend their tax dollars to fund these ambitions? It’s a big city, there’s a lot to do, and if these men only think about themselves they are wasting taxpayer dollars.
It’s gotten to the point that we all should run for office. With people thinking that only moneyed candidates will win what do we have to lose? Certainly not our self-esteem, our knowledge that this is a representative democracy and we will do our best for our people.
Sort of like sports figures, people we elect should be given certain deference, but only if they represent us fairly and keep us foremost in their minds.
I’ve tried to make a better world through politics and volunteerism. If elected against my will I will not serve. Perhaps I’ll not serve anyway, ’tis the Irish in me. Dee
Cooking with Dee 