Resolution 7: don't be naïve

Consider the facts of the mayoral election cycle preceding Cy Sun's election:
Richard Hildreth was elected mayor by 63 percent of the vote over Howard Erickson. Four years later he was soundly tossed out of office by an unknown and incompetent write-in candidate, Cy Sun.
Gary Hulsey was elected to the council by 97 percent over token opposition. He is not expected to run again.
Clint Steiger, who was booted out of office four years earlier and then reappointed by the council to fill a vacancy, was elected by 97 percent over token opposition. He is not expected to run again.
Josh Putnam  was elected by 98 percent, but in the most recent election was nearly defeated by an unknown who demonstrated no skills.

Those who believe that the granting of very expensive insurance coverage with half the benefit of the past policies, in combination with the recall of Mayor  Cy Sun, will be the salvation of Pacific are as secure as the individual who watches from the sea shore as the ocean withdraws, without comprehending what that vast empty basin before him fortells.

Vote pluralities like the ones listed above are an indication of a political vacuum and a body politic that has few survival resources. Pacific remains politically sick.

A word to the wise: "A leader who does not produce leaders is not a great leader."

—Ram Charan.

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