Posted July 22, 2018, 2:33 a.m. by Scarlet Olivia
I know that there are going to be plenty of people who leap up and do their darnedest to go ‘Scarlet you are wrong, boooooo’ but I’ve noticed something.
So far all I have seen is one candidate going and saying what they would like to change, what they see is broken and every other candidate doing their darndest to say ‘nothing is broken, nothing to see here, move along’. Then I see the current Prez and VP leap in and have their hackles raised, politely of course, but do their best to prove that the one candidate who would like to change things is either, making accusations or is ‘wrong’ or something along those lines. Everyone is trying so darned hard to make it sound like things are running smoothly, that there needs to be no changes or anything of the sort that it has me highly suspicious. I’m the kind of person who starts questioning when people seem to be leaping in to all sing the same song save for the one person those singing the same tune are singing as loud as they can to drown out.
Worse, when the current elected individuals get in and seem to do the same stuff. Makes me wonder what has people so afraid that they want to stamp down this one individual voice. I don’t really get the agenda, I know there is one and I know denial is going to be quick. Before anyone leaps at me and says I am making accusations, I’m not, I am just voicing something that seems to be a way and weather someone thinks I am right or wrong is their opinion, just as this is mine. It seemed to me, as the election only had one candidate till almost the deadline, that people threw in just to make things go slowly. As if last minute, people drew straws and then signed up. The only times I have ever seen a concentrated will to move an election is when TJ ran. He was a uniting force that got everyone involved in a rally and his absence? Creates a ponderous cycle where old faces plod in just to fill a slot and younger people or people new to the politics just try to give it a shot.
I was no fan of TJ, but that man was great at getting elections active and getting everyone involved. I actually miss that, the elections he was involved in were always memorable… So, my question is, what will the candidates do to bring back energy to this club? I have heard stories that in the Club’s heyday there were 300+ people, but we’ve dropped down to what, 90 people? Most of those people have circled the drain as the same faces in different positions over and over again. Every election, I see like, maybe twenty people every year. What are you guys planning to give new faces a chance to step in so those who have done the running of the government, over and over and over again can take a rest should they wish it?
Also, how as Prez will you have your VP active? From where I sit, the VP is largely known, but mostly unseen. I am sure there is a lot of stuff behind the scenes, but they largely do nothing unless the Prez cannot. So how will things be different with you and how are you planning to make them your partner so that you share the load and weather the stupidity we all know comes with a government position? I’m curious to know more about what the heck a VP does and how things will be different with yours, unless as usual there is nothing and no reason to change anything at all?
—Scarlet
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