William Matt
It is my pledge to always seek justice on behalf of the City of Lansing. As your neighbor, I will work diligently to find responsible solutions to our challenges, and lead with a vision guided by a hope of an ever-better city.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
What's Next?
As you likely know by now, I lost the election Tuesday. Disappointment and lots of second guessing comes into play of course, but really one of the burning questions is what to do with myself next? One of the first questions I heard was will I ever run again?
After swallowing the bitter pill of defeat, my first instinct is to say "screw this". I will have given almost a year to the city and 4 years before that to the county of my life to the cause of serving the community, and then to be rejected by that same community. I have plenty of things going on in my life, namely raising and caring for my three boys. The monumental time away from them trying to help others in the city with their problems will end, and that is a great thing for our family.
I am thankful for the opportunity that I was given and appreciate all of the great people I met along the way. Especially members of the community like Patty, Monica, Anita, Kathy, Yolanda, Cynthia, Wes, Ann, Liz and Brian. They all contribute to their community out of the goodness of their hearts and definitely deserve our appreciation.
I suspect I will eventually find another opportunity to satisfy my passion for service.
After swallowing the bitter pill of defeat, my first instinct is to say "screw this". I will have given almost a year to the city and 4 years before that to the county of my life to the cause of serving the community, and then to be rejected by that same community. I have plenty of things going on in my life, namely raising and caring for my three boys. The monumental time away from them trying to help others in the city with their problems will end, and that is a great thing for our family.
I am thankful for the opportunity that I was given and appreciate all of the great people I met along the way. Especially members of the community like Patty, Monica, Anita, Kathy, Yolanda, Cynthia, Wes, Ann, Liz and Brian. They all contribute to their community out of the goodness of their hearts and definitely deserve our appreciation.
I suspect I will eventually find another opportunity to satisfy my passion for service.
Labels: 3rd Ward, Bill Matt, election, lansing city council
# posted by Bill Matt @ 10:15 AM 
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I was disappointed with the election results. You had my vote and I wish you good luck in the future.
# posted by 
: November 8, 2007 3:39 PM
: November 8, 2007 3:39 PM
Bill,
So the bitter pill comes with a hard cover, well easier to swallow I guess. I think the results show that there is a very fine line between the voters who care about issues and those who do not. And not to disparage your opponent but as far as intelligence, enough said.
Those who vote on non issues and purely selfish reasons are foolish, and get what they ask for, not much.
It is quite clear that if you had not ruffled a few feathers and played good boy, things would have been different. But alas not to be, you are who you are and playing politics and getting re-elected was not your agenda, helping south Lansing was.
By the way, how did Carol Wood get so powerful and popular, the Lansing City Council is in place to hold up matters and make Lansing a non world class city----Too bad, there was a lot of potential supporting the mayors good work.
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So the bitter pill comes with a hard cover, well easier to swallow I guess. I think the results show that there is a very fine line between the voters who care about issues and those who do not. And not to disparage your opponent but as far as intelligence, enough said.
Those who vote on non issues and purely selfish reasons are foolish, and get what they ask for, not much.
It is quite clear that if you had not ruffled a few feathers and played good boy, things would have been different. But alas not to be, you are who you are and playing politics and getting re-elected was not your agenda, helping south Lansing was.
By the way, how did Carol Wood get so powerful and popular, the Lansing City Council is in place to hold up matters and make Lansing a non world class city----Too bad, there was a lot of potential supporting the mayors good work.
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