{"id":420,"date":"2007-06-13T07:02:53","date_gmt":"2007-06-13T11:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/?p=420"},"modified":"2007-06-13T07:02:53","modified_gmt":"2007-06-13T11:02:53","slug":"local-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/?p=420","title":{"rendered":"Local Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

I ran across an interesting line in today’s letters to the editor: "Great leaders push their citizens in the right direction and let them figure out how best to get there."<\/p>\n

That’s a certain reversal of the way I’ve always thought it works.  By definition, shouldn’t great leaders lead<\/em> their citizens in the right direction, hopefully having researched some in advance to know how to get there?<\/p>\n

It’s a relevant question in the coming days, because on Monday night, City Council will elect from among themselves a mayor and vice-mayor.  As of today, two have declared their interest in the mayor’s job (Beehan and Golden), and two for the vice-mayor’s job (Miller and Mosby).  Unfortunately, Golden<\/a> — or maybe his head cheerleader<\/a> — has chosen to play the race card.<\/p>\n

This is beneath Willie.  I’d like to think he’s better than such cheap tricks… but what I’d like to think is sometimes more optimistic than reality.<\/p>\n

However, now that the race card is on the table, it introduces yet another interesting twist with Mosby’s declaration<\/a>.  Will the selection of mayor and vice-mayor hinge on trade-offs to ensure that one of the two is selected for a leadership position?<\/p>\n

Long-time Oak Ridgers should remember the year that Jerry Kuhaida was elected mayor, where Roy Pruitt experienced an <\/span>an "et tu, Brute?<\/em>" moment.<\/p>\n

Tom Beehan has the knowledge, experience, and time to ably serve as Oak Ridge’s next mayor, and Jane Miller has the makings of a good understudy for the job.  Monday night should be interesting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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