Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Civic Engagement, Ahoy!

I'm not in a huge writing mood, so I'm going to pass along something that relates a bit to this post from last week, in which I demanded that non-crazy people run for office.

Truth be told, I enjoy the crazy people. They just shouldn't be elected to public office. Therefore, we need at least a few competent and sane candidates to actually elect while we're being entertained by the crazy ones.

So why not you? *

School Committee member Sally Cragin sends word of a civic engagement dealie that she and former-candidate-for-city-council Shaun Cormier have put together (Update: and also Ryan McNutt, whose name isn't on the damn flyer for some reason). Here's their flyer!

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Prefer Spanish? They've got you covered!

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So why not attend and get some tasty refreshments while also doing your part to make Fitchburg a better place? You don't even have to be interested in politics, since much of what they're going to be talking about isn't really political, it's just good old-fashioned volunteerism.

I also recommend that if you're interested in an elected position, then you should bring along a couple of crazy friends that you can convince to run against you. They'll make you look better by comparison!



* I'm assuming here that you are not crazy. If you actually are crazy, then please pass this information on to your caretaker, or perhaps a smart friend.