Aug
18
2009
As I was leaving work and walking to my car a week ago, I noticed that my rear tire was losing air pressure. As I knelt down to inspect the wheel a little more closely, I saw a nail sticking out of the tire.
“Damn!” I said to myself as I jumped into my car and drove slowly to the nearest service station to have the tire plugged. But once I got to there, my day started to get a little worse.
“Sir, I think you might have a bigger problem,” the mechanic said to me after he removed the wheel from my car and rolled it into the service bay.
“What is it?”
“The inner tread of your two rear tires is worn away,” he said as he showed me the wheel he had just removed from my car. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
“Neither have I,” I replied as I inspected the tire for myself. “Will it last the week or should I replace them now.”
It was 6:00 p.m. and the mechanic was in a rush to get home. He told me that he could plug the tire and it would be fine for a couple of weeks, but he strongly suggested that I replace my rear wheels as soon as possible.
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Aug
04
2009
It is official. I have officially ended my political career. I have dissolved my committee. And even though I have declared my intentions, I have been asked numerous times over the weekend to reconsider. But this is not a Brett Favre melodrama, this decision is final.
The contemplation of whether or not to run started three months ago as more and more people approached me about running for statewide office again. And as I weighed the option of running, I came to the conclusion that there are so many good reasons to run for State Representative but at the same time, there are so many better reasons not to enter the race in 2010. And after I had lunch with a friend of mine a couple of weeks ago, I knew my brief flirtation with politics had come to an end.
“Are you going to run for State Representative next year?” he asked.
“I’m not a politician. 2004 was a different time and I think it’s time for me to move on.”
“What are you talking about? You’re the best chance we have at winning the seat.”
“I applaud your optimism but let me rephrase my answer; I am an obsolete politician! I am old school. So no, I won’t be running next year,” I said as his jaw fell wide open at my declaration. He pressed me for the reasons I used to justify myself as an obsolete politician so I spelled them out for him.
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