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Time to come clean
Topic Started: Apr 10 2004, 07:45 AM (871 Views)
ds9074
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Apr 12 2004, 06:25 PM
ds9074
Apr 12 2004, 02:01 PM
Locally however I can say its not the case where I live at all. We have a Conservative councillor who on a range of issues has been extremely helpful and got things done for us, yet he knows full well no-one in our household will be voting for him.

Personally as in he got a family member a job or something to that extent? If so you still had to network with him right, in being his friend and/or good acquaintance. Its the same everywhere. A Party meeting is a good way to network. As is a local (unpolitical) club meeting, or an office party ect ect.

This doesn’t mean you "need" to be part of a party to "get on" in a job. For the most part if you are worth promoting you will be promoted, if you are not you wont be. But hanging with the big wigs just helps get you name out there. That way when your file comes across this guys desk your not just another name to him. People are always more willing to help out people they "know" then people they don’t (regardless of who you will be voting for).

Actually it was things like getting street lighting fixed, getting roads resurfaced, getting a litter problem sorted and getting a bus stop put in. The sort of things councillors should be doing, nothing underhand.
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This is Minuet making the statements, not Somerled.


Fair enough, were it somerled, I wouldn't have bothered replying.

This in conjunction with another thread about how Americans want to tell everyone how to run their govt. got me riled.

To make it painfully clear, nobody in any state has to register as a Republican, Democrat, Greenie, Anarchist, Monarchist or any other political party to vote in the general election for public office. Only to vote in party primaries in some states. In the primaries it is determined who will represent a party in the election, they don't actually win an office. This is not the case in Texas, I am not registered as any particular party, but when I lived in Oklahoma, I was a registered Republican and had to be one to vote in the Republican primary election (for the first George Bush back in 1988 ;) ) I did have the option of selecting Independent when I registered.

It is probably illegal as all hell to use someone's political affiliation as criteria for hiring. They can't even ask your marital status on an application these days or the EEOC comes down on them. However, I do believe in the Old Boys (and girls) Network, so there may be corruption here and there. Nice if it could be eleminated.

I, myself, am content to let the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, et. al. worry about their own governments.

Peace and Long Life Everybody. I won't be around a whole lot this week as I have lots of family stuff.
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