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Showing posts with label You should run for Alderman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label You should run for Alderman. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

To the People Who’ve Asked Me to Run

To everyone who’s pulled me aside, called, emailed, or just said it in passing: thank you.

When you say, “You should run for Alderman,” I don’t take it lightly. In fact, I think about it often.

For years now, I’ve worked hard to serve Rogers Park — not from a podium, but from the sidewalks, the shopfronts, the back rooms of neighborhood meetings. I’ve tried to be a steady voice when things got quiet and a helping hand when someone needed support.

I didn’t plan for politics. I planned to help my neighbors.

But maybe there’s a time when the work we do behind the scenes needs to move forward — where it can have more reach and more impact. If that time is coming, I want to be ready. And I want to be sure it’s for the right reasons, with the right support.

So no announcements today. Just a thank you — and a promise.

I’ll keep listening. I’ll keep working. And I’ll never forget that everything good in public service starts with community.

Bill Morton