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You vote against every thing the Mayor proposes.

Not everything. Only the bad proposals.

Okay, that doesn't matter. The point is you oppose the Mayor's ideas more than your support the Mayor's idea. This isn't good politics.

What do you mean?

Well, the Mayor's spouse runs a very fine restaurant downtown, and after some of the council meetings the Mayor invites us out to the restaurant. We all get a free meal, and we have a good time. The thing is, you never get invited.

I know.

The reason you don't ever get invited is because you are not in good with the Mayor. I mean, well, what did you have for supper last night?

Macaroni and cheese. Hot dogs.

Really?

Yes, it is one of my favourites.

We were dining on steak, lobster, wine, while you were eating like a poor person!

I've been poor. I know what it is like not to have enough to eat. Just having a decent meal regularly is fine with me. And lobster used to be considered a food only for the poor. Lobster are Crustacea. Crustacea are arthropoda. Arthropoda includes insects, spiders, crustaceans, and their relatives.

Never mind that! You could have a decent meal, more than a decent meal, at the restaurant if you would just get on the Mayor's good side. But your not on the Mayor's good side because you vote against almost all the new ideas for the City the Mayor comes up with.

Because most of the Mayor's proposals are not good ideas. They waste taxpayer's money. They create more government regulation. They are socialist ideas, not capitalist ideas. They are bad ideas for people, businesses, and the whole City. My job is to see that tax money is spent responsibly. My job is not to see that tax money is spent.  

I can't believe how stubborn and thick headed you are! Listen, I don't agree with every idea the Mayor has, but I am smart enough to know that if I side with the Mayor on the important things, the things the Mayor really wants, then I will receive benefits. Look, in politics you have to look out for yourself, number one. You don't understand that.

I understand principles.

Nobody cares about principles! Politicians get elected on promises, not principles! Nobody cares about that!

I care.

And that's your problem! Principles! You are unbelievable! I don't know how you got elected. No one is going to remember you unless you leave a legacy behind. Something everyone can see for years after you are gone. You'll probably get a new underground water pipe named after you that nobody will ever see, or even know is there!

People need water.

Oh, forget it! Enjoy your macaroni and cheese.

And hot dogs.

And your hot dogs!

Thank you. I will.

© Trevor Dailey