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flea ([personal profile] flea) wrote2008-04-10 04:07 pm

small town politics

You 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.

[identity profile] mearagrrl.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. Long enough! Time to go, before you can't escape them!

Er, wait, maybe that was what I said, after 12 years in one city...