Nice to see seven residents wanting to be on Silver Lake Village Board. I really like the reasons given and these should serve as a wake-up call for Pleasant Prairie residents, in general:
From Kenosha News article:
- Newcomer candidates said there is no burning issue igniting their bids for election, they just want to be involved.
- Candidates are pleased more people are showing an interest in serving their community.
- People have a "strong interest in seeing if they can do things differently, or better."
- The public wants to be involved in the decision making.
- It is good for the public to have a choice of candidates and believes the field contains a wide range of ages and backgrounds. The more choices people have the better off they are.
Amen as there only a few that ever show up for Village and Plan Commission meetings or have enough guts to run for office. Perhaps others are involved in the other committees and meetings? I know a lot of people attend Village cafe meetings but where are they for the County cafe meetings that drive the whole process? Regardless, more participation would benefit the entire Village of Pleasant Prairie instead of leaving everything up to the few. Then the residents wouldn't have to worry about videotaping or audio or Kenosha News as they would hear and see it all from the horses mouths.
2 comments:
Very good points. I, too, was at the Village Cafe and thought that many of the people who took the time to come might be worthy candidates in the future.
Don't read too much into the absence of folks at board meetings. My global experience is that when people don't attend it's usually a sign that there's nothing "hot" for them to worry about.
I actually agree with RAG!
But, is Silver Lake that "hot"?
No, its actually that people want to be involved and that they actually think they have a shot at doing so in a fair environment.
They are not scared away in Silver Lake by a legacy of five figure spending to make sure opposition is not successful.
Folks have a lot on their plates, and frankly can't always attend meetings -- especially when their perspectives routinely fall on deaf ears as they do on 39th Avenue.
I believe this is risky business as not paying attention is the same thing as the frog that gets put into a comfortable cool pot of water on a stove with a lit burner. After awhile the cool water is not cool anymore, but the gradual heating is not enough for the frog to realize that he is being cooked until it is too late.
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