Olympic athletes say that there’s no winning a silver medal, only losing the gold medal. And the gold medal of of politics is elections. Like sports, election track records are easy to keep score, you either have wins or losses tacked onto the long list of decisions that make up the campaigns. There’s a couple of things that popped up from yesterday threads about positive things in Norwalk politics. One is that the comments are filled with negativity. It always easier to be a critic, but to actually effect change, that is a much harder thing to accomplish because you have to do more than you just criticize the other guy. This maxim is something local Democrats keep failing to learn.
On a day when Republicans pushed forward issues that affect all Norwalkers, the gossiper mongers of the Democratic party unleashed the petty campaigns waged to see who would become the Captain Smith of this Democratic “Titanic” majority. Are they talking about the issues? It does not seem so. And it would also seem that they were more interested in diverting a post about infrastructure, historical preservation, property taxes and flooding.
Those issues should be talked about, by the political flunkies and people here. And let’s not forget over at the BOE where Dr. Lynne Mooore has controversy concerning the way West Rocks Middle School is being run. Our politicians and elected officials will only act if we demand action. That is much harder to do than writing comments on a blog, but it must be done.
