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Wishing, Hoping, Praying
“I can’t help you gentlemen. That door closed years ago and now you want to reopen it.”
The clerks look at each other. They replied,“We were kinda hoping.”
“What’s the story here? Why are you begging me?”
“The last time you were in office, we balanced our budget, set ourselves up for positive future budgets, had staff who were happy and it was quiet and peaceful around the office. We also have new boards to help us arrange directives, put forward motions, and generally keep track of everything.”
“What else?”
“The other guys running for office scare us.”
He pondered for a minute. “The answer is still no. However, I will do this. If you find someone who could make people come out to vote and win their votes I will work with him up to election day. Deal or no deal?” he looked from one to the other.
They looked at each other. ”Deal,” they quickly stated as he ushered them out the door.
After closing the door he put on the game and said, “It strokes my ego that they thought of me but really, 96 is too old to be mayor.”
Fanny had some fresh ideas for her kindergarten class. She was just off an internship at a tenants’ rights non-profit and sought to spread some progressive ideas about housing. Made up some cool magnets for a teaching exercise. Learn your words AND how to do good. Fanny hadn’t thought through that she was working now at a fancy private school, teaching the children of bankers and developers. Her little game yielded some illuminating results, as the precious angels posted messages like “grow rents” and “choose more”.
She thought she was starting them young, but someone had beaten her to the punch.