[Vision2020] City Elections - Oh So Soon

[Matt Decker]

Henry,

Welcome to the vizz. Many of good conversations happen here, but a rule you 
should remember is that you must have thick skin. People on this blog will 
treat others as if the are talking with a telemarketer, with no remorse. But 
with many great ideas coming from great minded individuals on this blog.

With your ideas for maybe running for council? Why not? We need new ideas. A 
new perspective of our great town. Granted I very much hope that you are not 
a Chaney "robot", but would respect a honest non-hypocrictal stance. We have 
many types of people in our community, which for the most part have lived to 
get along.

Anyways welcome and take the negatives of this blog with a grain of salt, 
and enjoy the future companions whcih are sure too come.

Take care

Matt


>From: "Henry D. Johnston" <henry at lakeviewfuneral.com>
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] City Elections - Oh So Soon
>Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 21:14:28 -0700
>
>Tom:
>
>Yes, Lakeview Funeral is in Sandpoint.  I worked there for a short time 
>between when I graduated from high school and before I came to UI in a 
>groundskeeper/carwasher capacity.  It was kinda my foot in the door before 
>I went to work at Shorts a few years ago.  I left the funeral biz for a 
>while because I felt that I was going to burn myself out at a young age if 
>I kept going at the pace I was going.  When I left Shorts in 2005 before I 
>went to sell cars I gave myself 5 years to explore other options (I am, of 
>course, almost 22 now) so I figured I could revisit my funeral career in my 
>mid 20's vs. my late teens.  Selling cars was fun, but in a market like 
>Moscow, GM products have a harder time selling than say a Subaru or Toyota, 
>if not for the gas mileage alone.
>
>In response to your question if I'm considering running, I was hoping that 
>I wouln't be asked that so soon.  Yes, I'm considering it, if only in the 
>way that we need someone to help keep the others honest.  Do I think I 
>could win if I tried?  Maybe.  As I said, I'm almost 22 and it seems 
>sometimes as if age works against people in elections, since we're not 
>"seasoned" enough and that we "still have a lot to learn".  I don't 
>disagree that I don't have a lot to learn with regards to life, but I 
>certainly think that we need a younger perspective on the council, if 
>nothing more than to help our generation get into the realm  government.  
>It seems, at least to me, that my generation really dosen't care - and I 
>mean that in the broad sense as we do have a good core group of activist 
>students and politically astute people in our age bracket.  However, ask 
>any of them what they think of a big box ordinance or if there should be a 
>CUP gran!
>  ted to a coffee shop on the corner or even if we should vacate a city 
>alley that we never knew existed (just a few recent agenda items facing the 
>city council) and I doubt you would get much of a response.
>
>I do have my ideas for Moscow and what I would like to see.  However, I'm 
>not the most politically correct person in the world either.  I tend to 
>speak my mind exactly as I see it and sometimes that gets me in some hot 
>water, espically with my work on the Boarding House Task Force.  (I was 
>lambasted on a local "Moscow Education" blog over my comments regarding 
>that issue)
>
>My hope by my inital post was to simply to gauge the feelings of a sector 
>of Moscow, not to structure my posititions in any way, but to see if what I 
>think my vision for Moscow is is relativley close to what other folks' 
>visions are.  Hence, I would appreciate any feedback regarding what you, as 
>visionaries, would like to see for Moscow in the coming years.
>
>Eager ears await --
>
>Henry Johnston
>


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