I have already written a blog this morning on a totally different subject.......Probably will publish it later today.It is a bit different......This time of year, I can branch out on my subjects.
And I have an orange cat laying on a table half-asleep while I write, acting like he is paying attention. I think he's hoping for me to play a little more Jimi Hendrix. The other day " Fire" was playing by Hendrix, he looked at me like, " Man that's pretty cool." ( My old friend Jo Griffith would be proud of me this morning, I am playing the old British rock band Trapeze this morning. Their song Black Cloud was a standard back in the old days 107.9 FM KWIC, which was the local Rock Station long before KIOC Bigdog 106 even was a thought.)
I have been approached by a couple of people who are seriously looking at running for Buna ISD Board of Trustees ( School Board) in the coming election in November.
Both wanted help in running for the office.
Now both have asked me how to run a campaign, not that I sort of know what is going on in one.....Sorta.....Not an expert.
One even offered money for me to help......
I do not think either understands how hard it is to run for office. You got to be to every festival, every fish fry, church fund raiser, ballgames, etc.....Got to get name recognition.
Shaking hands and kissing babies is literal " Retail Politics" especially at the local level.
The German term Realpolitik, a political philosophy and approach to statecraft that dictates actions based on practical, concrete power and national interest, rather than on moral, ideological, or ethical premises....And believe it or not it works even on the local school board level. And local politicians often do not understand how to conduct political philosophy for their area. They think they do, but they generally do not.
I strong suggest you student about Otto Von Bismark's usage of Realpolitik and read Machiavelli's The Prince before you enter politics. Hardcore? Yes, but sometimes you need to understand how to run things.
Trouble is, I am going to tell you something you do not want to hear......And it may make you mad.
And let's say you get elected to the board.....
What happens the first 6 months you are in office you step right into the biggest pile of manure? Do you want me to give you a pass because I advised you in a campaign? You know good and well, I can't....As a matter of fact because I helped I will be more inclined to go hard at you.
Can I help you if you get bogged down and get discouraged? Maybe.
But, there are only a couple of people in America I would help in a campaign at this point in my life. My brother and a possible reader of this blog, and I think the later has gotten it out of their system.
No, not looking to get involved in local politics again, at least not in SE Texas.
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