VetOfTheSeasPortland judge says she’s too busy running for reelection to oversee trials
melsaskcaAfter any election is over they start politicking for their next win. Very little real work gets done for the citizenry in the political sphere.
This is why I have not made a political run. Being a good representative is a job I think I could excel at, but I can’t stand the obligatory glad handing and angling to be elected first though.
wavebeamYes it does. I ran for city council in 2020, thinking this same thing. I had 6 years experience in the parks board, founded a local youth non-profit, and a VERY clean record and internet presence. I lost to a lawyer with a very public sexual harassment case that he settled. I was like 28 and did not have money. I thought I could win it on my pretty well stacked experience in public service. I was wrong.
The other complication is that I was deemed to be “liberal” and my idiot opponent was deemed to be “conservative” in a non-affiliated position. To be fair, those were accurate designations. My town is very conservative. And my biggest win on parks was enacting a parks maintenance fee so… ¯_(ツ)_/¯
My own father, also running for council, endorsed my opponent. Also, my opponent was such a jackass that he was asked to step down… by my father (who won his race)
Yeah. It looks quite specific.
catbumTangentially related question: is Kenny lemmy frequently snapshot or archived in any form that’s retrievable or moderately accessible for people to look for deleted comments?
I remember short-lived websites for briefly posted but deleted reddit comments. And yes, I mean the websites themselves would go offline quickly, too. I am computer dumb (though I manage to tread water in this sea of whatever the fuck a fediverse even is) but is this what API can be used for?