There are
heroes and there are heroes..
Top of the
list is our troops….every single one of them.
They stand up
in front of us… and for us…
Then there
are the firemen, who go where most don’t
want to go…
who else wants to run in a burning building.
to rescues
children, elderly, and you and I.
To the
private citizen, who will step up to the plate, be it
run into the
building to call out to all .. that the building
is on fire.
Who rescues said people. Or comes along
a
car accident,
before police and emergency crew get there,
and jump in
to help.
The police
officer, who has to go into a building, a home
where there
is domestic problems, stops a car not knowing
who is behind
the wheel, and do they have a gun.. As far as
I know.. no
one…no one at all, calls the police station, or flags down a police
car, just to say everything is ok, life is good… just thought I
would let you know and thank you…
They are
cussed at, spit at, and shot at.
The Vet who
still stands strong for what is right, who ride motorcycles to escort a
funeral even thought they don’t know who is in the casket. Because they
got tired of deceased soldiers being disrespected.
These are the
heroes that we forget from time to time.. These are the men and women
who step up to the plate.
On the lesser
level, we have community volunteers, who run groups to help
others…
And then you
have people who step up to help run a small town. The bigger
towns are run by people who run for the office. Some with great
gusto and money. But the little towns,
while also are elected by
the people, some times are not. Why is that? Because someone has
left the council, for what ever reason.. moved away, health or
what ever. Then they depend on
volunteers who will step up to
the plate to fill in the rest of the term. While there, they see what
running the city/town is like. And a lot of them run for
the office,
because they believe in the town and want to help. It sure isn’t
for the pay.. because that is super low.
When my husband was asked to
help out about 8 years ago, and ran one term… the pay was
$25 a month. A most of time, no one runs against them, because no
one else wants the job. We are a town of over 400 people,
yet most of
the time, only 34 vote. Because they figure they trust the ones who are there
already. Maybe you all think that isn’t
bad money for an hour or so, talking
about how to run the city/town. But there is more.. there are
committees, other
meetings to go to, for interest for the town/city. Like transportation, other
local city’s gatherings. And then from
time to time, there is
things like the city of Kootenai has been working on. Updating the ordinances
With
Kootenai, it was updating to state code/policies and to overhaul it, as it
hadn’t been done in so many years. The
council and the Mayors have been
working on this one for 2 years or more… Maggie Mejelde, the former Mayor
was at the start, and then the incoming Mayor Mike Keough.
2 years,
twice a month is the average… Jim, Dave Sunquist,
Nancy Lewis,
Crystal Clossom, with city clerk, Mary Luzmoor…they have
gone over word for word.. over 100 pages. Making sure they were up
with the state as well, as making it safe and protecting their
citizens they represent. With the consultant,
Lisa Keyes and now
the city’s
new planner, Lisa (different one) guidance, and the city’s lawyer, making sure
it was legal. And now after all this
time, they have the final draft. But it still isn’t done. There is the read
thru. Next will be
the public input. They will be invited
to come and sit and read. To make
comments on it . And then… it will be in the Public Notices…and
it will be the law. The law to guide the council thru decisions
they have to make and the council’s to come...
And I got to
go along for the ride… and they generously let me have some
imput. My self made sign was… “Cis, the
Public”.
So to all of
the small town councils and Mayors that no one pays attention to…
thank you…from most of the citizens. Thank you for hanging in
there at basely thankless job… you are
the unsung heroes.
By the way, do you live in a small town? Do you go to their
council meetings? You should, you really should... it isn't as easy as it looks.
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