Please help -- It's down to the wire

So who "appoints" the Council members? The voters, that's who. You are a
young, dynamic, presentable person. Get your hiney out there and run for the
Council. Remember JC Superstar? "Understand what power is, understand what
glory is."

Jim



"Jay Honeck"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-Jim, I've been nominated (and ran) for the airport commission twice -- to no
-avail. It was all a political joke.
-
-Why? Because the City Council appoints the airport commissioners -- and
-there ain't no way they will ever appoint a rabid airport supporter like me.



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

So who "appoints" the Council members? The voters, that's who. You are a
young, dynamic, presentable person. Get your hiney out there and run for
the
Council. Remember JC Superstar? "Understand what power is, understand
what
glory is."

Now you're scaring me. :-)

BTW: I wouldn't have a rat's-ass chance of winning a council seat. The
last Republican elected in Iowa City was in 1958 -- the year I was born...

This place is as close to single-party rule as you can get outside of Cuba.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

And Nevada County (CA) hadn't elected a Democrat in fifty years...until I won in
'95.

It isn't the PARTY, it is the PERSON. In a municipal election, nobody gives a
hairy rat's ass what your PARTY is, but what you will do for THEM.

Tip O'Neill said it best: "All politics are local."

RUN, DAMMIT, RUN.

What's the downside? A few months campaigning? A few bucks for flyers?

What's the upside? Bitching rights for the next four years if you lose, and a
seat at the table if you win.

Jim




"Jay Honeck"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-BTW: I wouldn't have a rat's-ass chance of winning a council seat. The
-last Republican elected in Iowa City was in 1958 -- the year I was born...
-
-This place is as close to single-party rule as you can get outside of Cuba.

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

"Jim Weir" wrote
And Nevada County (CA) hadn't elected a Democrat in fifty years...
until I won in '95.

Ooops, forgot how great you are, even though you remind us all
on a regular basis.
Proof positive, guts have nothing to do with it, it's all ego.
Is the definition of having 'balls' running for something they don't have a
snowballs chance in hell of actually winning? Say governor?
That aint balls, it's ego.
Jabs aside, which as usual you started, I'm still not convinced
just because he gets a seat on council he can make the changes
he'd like. He'd be more effective in other ways, ways that are
just as hard as campaigning and sending out flyers. Government
isn't always the answer.
But I suspect this will fall on deaf ears........so flame on.

Chris

On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 21:12:35 -0700, Jim Weir wrote:

It isn't the PARTY, it is the PERSON. In a municipal election, nobody gives a
hairy rat's ass what your PARTY is, but what you will do for THEM.

I'll go one step further. Around here one party member will run as the
opposing party so that they can compete without ruining the chances of the
other. I.e. we have a Republican Sheriff that's really a Democrat that
run as a Republican so that he wouldn't compete against another Democrat
in the Primary that he couldn't hope to beat.

It's common around here and so the party system means nothing because we
have both parties doing it.