tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post1147718886829044908..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Not to Be MissedCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-45237758531858259742011-10-31T16:44:51.356-04:002011-10-31T16:44:51.356-04:00Considering the quality of nonsense our leaders ar...Considering the quality of nonsense our leaders are able to make up on the spot, it seems Hudson is cured of its lack of imaginative leadership anyway.<br /><br />We are still awed at Roberts' recent flat out lie that the causeway was not repaired and not used since Hurricane Irene.<br /><br />In that case anyway, the lack of imagination was the public's.<br /><br />I wonder if Ms. Wend had any ideas on the quality of participation, or did she also suppose that "leaders" are supposed to provide for every aspect of human existence?<br /><br />When we believe such nonsense and willingly allow our voices to be trammeled upon, what else can be expected but a Scalera, a Moore or a Roberts. In other words, people who need constant reminders that they are public servants.<br /><br />The fundamental lesson Hudsonians never learned was shouted at a crowd in Saratoga Springs in 1910: <br /><br />"The rule of the boss is the negation of democracy!" - Theodore Roosevelt.south bay task forcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05907237557662655233noreply@blogger.com