[NatureNS] Dealing with politicians

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Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:40:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
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Good to hear from you Roland.
You lead a charmed life!
Everyone finds my door - folks collecting for you name it, folks trying to sell snake oil, politicians of all sorts, police telling me they could give me free accomdations if I don't cease some fun activity. A motley crew!
Have a great day
Paul


--- On Fri, 4/15/11, Roland McCormick <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

> From: Roland McCormick <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Dealing with politicians
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Received: Friday, April 15, 2011, 8:16 AM
>     I am amused by this
> discussion about politicians coming around asking for our
> vote. I am now in my 80's and have yet to see a politician
> at the door.
> 
> Roland
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John and Nhung" <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>
> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 11:37 AM
> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Dealing with politicians
> 
> 
> > To:  Doug and all
> > 
> > From:  John Sollows
> > 
> > Date:  April 15/11
> > 
> > I think this is highly appropriate, Doug!  It's a
> little scary how few of us
> > bother to get informed on various issues, and take the
> trouble to vote.
> > 
> > The fact that the timing of the French language debate
> got easily (and
> > wisely) moved so as not to compete with a hockey game
> speaks volumes about
> > our priorities.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
> [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
> > On Behalf Of Doug Linzey
> > Sent: April-15-11 1:47 AM
> > To: NatureNS
> > Subject: [NatureNS] Dealing with politicians
> > 
> > Warning: This is not strictly natural history-related,
> but it does apply to
> > most of us in an election period.
> > 
> > Candidates will always ask you about your concerns.
> Don't tell them.
> > Whatever you say, they'll feed right back to you.
> > 
> > Rather, tell them that  in order to decide whom
> to vote for you have to know
> > what their concerns and interests are. Your own
> opinions are irrelevant when
> > it comes to judging the candidates until you know what
> they really stand
> > for.
> > 
> > I have two standard questions for candidates: What are
> the three (or four or
> > five) issues ofmost concern to you in this riding? and
> What are the three
> > issues of most concern to you facing the country? Once
> they've answered
> > these questions, you can feel free to get into a
> discussion about anything.
> > 
> > If you want to know if a candidate is interested in
> the environment, for
> > example, you won't really know unless you ask these
> sorts of questions
> > first. If the candidate knows right off the bat that
> this is your primary
> > concern, guess what? You have an instant friend.
> > 
> > One other point is that if the candidate starts to
> offer the party platform
> > or complain about the other parties, my response is,
> "No, I'm familiar with
> > your party's stand on things. What I want to know is
> your own position."
> > Likewise, if a handler tries to answer my questions, I
> just say I'd prefer
> > to hear directly from the candidate, thank you.
> > 
> > Doug Linzey
> > 
> 
> 

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