small town politics
Apr. 10th, 2008 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fleaYou know you've been living in a small city long enough when you know (as in have met & had dealings with) two of the candidates for office whose names are on every streetcorner sign.
A woman running for school board runs (or ran) a program for at-risk teens that included finding them summer jobs. I used to hire one of her students in the summers; I stopped when she started being able to find them jobs that were more suited to their eventual career goals (i.e. in the hospital).
A man running for county commissioner is the neighbor of a good friend, and I have chatted with him at child birthday parties.
200,000 residents, 6 years - I guess that's long enough.
A woman running for school board runs (or ran) a program for at-risk teens that included finding them summer jobs. I used to hire one of her students in the summers; I stopped when she started being able to find them jobs that were more suited to their eventual career goals (i.e. in the hospital).
A man running for county commissioner is the neighbor of a good friend, and I have chatted with him at child birthday parties.
200,000 residents, 6 years - I guess that's long enough.