The only secrets I keep are those which harm no one. I like to know things, as many things as possible. People's perceptions of things are an amazing thing to learn about as you learn about something and about the person. Tonight I talked with many people, saw candidates, and spoke to people on the same level as me: active citizen in our political process.
One thing I was immensely annoyed with was the assessment by one of the candidates that their run for office was just to be a placeholder for the party. That man will have no support of mine. We run for office to serve our communities. We run for office to win. The only statement an uncontested seat shows is a commitment to have qualified people fill that position.
In other news about tonight: Steve Abbot is your standard politician. He said nothing at the Bangor GOP meeting to separate himself from the other candidates. I asked no questions to him for my mind was in other places.
A more lengthy reflection MAY come tomorrow.
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I went to the Bangor GOP meeting and then afterward I went to a Bangor Regional Young Republicans meeting. Steve Abbot was the speaker at the Bangor GOP. A candidate for Penobscot Treasurer announced his candidacy was meant to allow the race to be contested for the first time since 2000 by a Republican. As for the secret...I'd tell you but that's a secret. Rest well knowing the secret hurts no one, but I will say it violates the neutrality of a person in a position not allowed to publicly be biased, but I wanted to know and vowed not to publish or repeat that bias.
Keep posting stuff like this i really like it
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