Like most things in my life, I’m a little late. My first post was June 24, 2007.
While I have made very little money over these 15 years from the blog I have pushed change and open government. I have worked on many city campaigns. I have won and I have lost many battles.
Historical perspective is a good thing, and when I find myself engaged in conversation about city government the cobwebs of my mind remember the past and how this city has managed many of those things very well and has also failed. It is of no consequence.
I wish 3 things in the new year from our city leaders;
• Open and transparent government
• Hold the line on tax and fee increases and be fiscally responsible
• Make our community more safe and free to live in
“The more the people are discontented with the oppression of taxes, the greater the need the prince has of money to distribute among his partisans and pay the troops that are to suppress all resistance and enable him to plunder at pleasure.” Benjamin Franklin
It’s been fun, and I am not going anywhere.