Grosseschnauzer
TNPer
This almost happened in the last general election, but I expected things to come along better than they have.
I'm in some ways a reluctant candidate for the office of Delegate. But I have to be rightly concerned about how the incumbents in the office have met their responsibilities to the region over the last year or two, and to me, it is important to cherish the community that is The North Pacific, and to make sure it can function without the drama and distraction that comes when Delegates function as part-time officeholders.
Is the current system here too cumbersome? That's hard to say. The important thing that sometimes gets lost in the fog of the moment is that this region long ago make the conscious decision to be a region of democracy, and that those elected to serve this community including the Delegate have an paramount obligation to respect the region's will as reflected in the decisions and actions of the institutions this community has chosen to create; and to respect the decision that community makes even where an individual might have preferred some other outcome.
I have served this region as a minister, as head of the courts and the legislature and as prime minister under the last constitution. I have also served this community as a global moderator and as an administrator of its official forums. And one of my puppets served four terms as a Delegate for a founded region that at one time was one of the most active and successful in the NSUN era. One of the problems we face, and need to address can be summed up in one sentence. Can we get the trains running on time?
This really should not be the issue. But if one boils down what has been going on over the past couple of years, that is in fact the issue. I also respect the decisions made collectively by the region under the system(s) we as a community have adopted, and even where my personal choices would have been different. But I stand for Delegate aware more than most of the concerns we face, and the need for constructive work to address those concerns and move forward.
So I now feel that my obligation of service to The North Pacific requires that I offer myself as a candidate for Delegate. What will I accomplish if I am elected? I can promise that the "trains will run on time." I can promise to serve as the leader of the executive of the government, and to work with the Regional Assembly in a constructive way to seek out those solutions we need to re-invigorate the community and to encourage everyone to keep an open mind in the debates we need to have to move forward.
I think I have shown throughout my time in The North Pacific that I care deeply for the survival and growth of this community and its democratic principles. As Delegate, I will not waiver from that course. And for these reasons, I do something I never, ever, thought I would do. I seek to serve The North Pacific as its next Delegate.
I'm in some ways a reluctant candidate for the office of Delegate. But I have to be rightly concerned about how the incumbents in the office have met their responsibilities to the region over the last year or two, and to me, it is important to cherish the community that is The North Pacific, and to make sure it can function without the drama and distraction that comes when Delegates function as part-time officeholders.
Is the current system here too cumbersome? That's hard to say. The important thing that sometimes gets lost in the fog of the moment is that this region long ago make the conscious decision to be a region of democracy, and that those elected to serve this community including the Delegate have an paramount obligation to respect the region's will as reflected in the decisions and actions of the institutions this community has chosen to create; and to respect the decision that community makes even where an individual might have preferred some other outcome.
I have served this region as a minister, as head of the courts and the legislature and as prime minister under the last constitution. I have also served this community as a global moderator and as an administrator of its official forums. And one of my puppets served four terms as a Delegate for a founded region that at one time was one of the most active and successful in the NSUN era. One of the problems we face, and need to address can be summed up in one sentence. Can we get the trains running on time?
This really should not be the issue. But if one boils down what has been going on over the past couple of years, that is in fact the issue. I also respect the decisions made collectively by the region under the system(s) we as a community have adopted, and even where my personal choices would have been different. But I stand for Delegate aware more than most of the concerns we face, and the need for constructive work to address those concerns and move forward.
So I now feel that my obligation of service to The North Pacific requires that I offer myself as a candidate for Delegate. What will I accomplish if I am elected? I can promise that the "trains will run on time." I can promise to serve as the leader of the executive of the government, and to work with the Regional Assembly in a constructive way to seek out those solutions we need to re-invigorate the community and to encourage everyone to keep an open mind in the debates we need to have to move forward.
I think I have shown throughout my time in The North Pacific that I care deeply for the survival and growth of this community and its democratic principles. As Delegate, I will not waiver from that course. And for these reasons, I do something I never, ever, thought I would do. I seek to serve The North Pacific as its next Delegate.
