Sen. Lindsay: Constituents are hard to deal with
You know, it's difficult to serve as an elected official. Really! The constituents are so entrenched in their ways. You don't believe me? Just ask retiring state Sen. Jon Lindsay. Janet Elliott did in today's Chron Q and A:
Q: How has public service changed over the past 30 years?
A: Well, it's become more difficult to serve as an elected official, I'll tell you that. I can't explain exactly why that is. There are just a lot of people out there that are hard to deal with.
Q: People?
A: Constituents.
Q: Are they demanding more of their public officials?
A: I'm finding those that get so entrenched in their ways. They're being led by somebody who is not showing any real common sense on what needs to be done in a community. You know who I'm talking about, the guy that's going to take my place. (Radio talk show host Dan Patrick is the Republican nominee and clear favorite for District 7). They say cut the taxes and don't say what services you're going to cut to go with it. You can't have everything. And the thing that bothers me more than anything is that much of the time the system that gets cut is funding for infrastructure — water systems, sewer systems, highways. The infrastructure plus education is what gives us the economy we've got.
Unbelievable. Talk about being out of touch, especially with the people he supposedly represents!
He whines about constituents wanting a (property) tax cut because he has no clue how the little people are getting hammered by property taxes. Let's recall that in 2003 he paid $136.45 in property taxes on his two (48-acre) tree farms that were valued then at $654,350. If we all had his property tax bills, we'd probably be just fine with the status quo!
Good riddance, Senator Lindsay. Have a lovely retirement:
Q: What will you be doing with your time come January?
A: That remains to be seen. I've got a bunch of projects of my own to do, like building a ranch house and stuff like that. I'm old enough where I can spend some time on the porch.
One can only hope he sticks close to his two tree farms.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 05/21/06 06:19 PM | Print |
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