03-15-2006, 07:58 PM
Groot GoudaMar 15 2006, 09:21 AM Both parliament and local elections are every 4 years. Locally, it isn't really an achievement to get high on a list - being capable and wanting to do it is enough. Not a lot of people desire to represent the people in the local council, because it's a drain on your social life (mostly meetings in the evenings), takes a lot of hours (a full time job is out of the question combined with it) for relatively little pay (except at my age 
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This year we had 4 candidates who were willing to go into the council and I was the number 4 of them. That's the story basically. And I made a good impression on the commission who selected the candidates and ordered them onto The List. [/quote]
Don't sell yourself short. I've seen some fine work from you here; if you display as much in RL city politics, I don't see why you couldn't go far. Sure, maybe there isn't much interest, but that doesn't mean the candidates aren't of a good quality.
I'd still say this is a major acheivement, and I hope the negotiations work in your favour!
).This year we had 4 candidates who were willing to go into the council and I was the number 4 of them. That's the story basically. And I made a good impression on the commission who selected the candidates and ordered them onto The List. [/quote]
Don't sell yourself short. I've seen some fine work from you here; if you display as much in RL city politics, I don't see why you couldn't go far. Sure, maybe there isn't much interest, but that doesn't mean the candidates aren't of a good quality.
I'd still say this is a major acheivement, and I hope the negotiations work in your favour!