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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Talk of the Town: "Yavapai officials mustn’t keep us in the dark"

Georgene Lockwood, a friend of mine, lets the Queen Bee have it with both barrels. We haven't always seen eye-to-eye on the issues and tactics going on in Williamson Valley, but here she stays on track and I think she's right on.
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4 comments:

  1. leftturnclydeMay 23, 2007 at 6:12 PM

    "It's time our elected officials began acting as public servants, not self-serving bureaucrats."
    yup
    can I get an amen from everybody!

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  2. Steven AyresMay 23, 2007 at 6:25 PM

    Just keep that in mind if you find yourself about to blast a politician for changing position in response to public opinion.

    If we want our public servants to resist the ambition to be king, we must first curb our appetite for royalty.

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  3. leftturnclydeMay 23, 2007 at 8:55 PM

    "Just keep that in mind if you find yourself about to blast a politician for changing position in response to public opinion"

    gee ,it would seem that that kind of thing( "changing position in response to public opinion")only happens when election time rolls around . once they're elected there doesnt seem to be a whole lot of fear or concern from most politicians(esp. the ones mentioned in this piece)of what the public may or may not be concerned about.
    this is not the kind of attitude that a good employee has.
    of course that dont let us voters off the hook for electing them in the first place but it does not change the fact that once in they have been pretty much doing as they please .

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  4. Steven AyresMay 23, 2007 at 9:07 PM

    I remember Bill Clinton took an awful lot of flak for paying attention to public-opinion polls and modifying policies if he thought the public was moving in a different direction. At the time I felt out of step for thinking of that as responsive public service rather than being wishy-washy or pandering.

    In any case again I think it's important to avoid broad-brushing public servants, because that discourages the good ones and confirms normality for the bad ones.

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