It a freaking blog!

So someone made comment that I had a campaign sign up in violation of our city ordinance limiting campaign signs to 60 days prior to an election. This idiot must live under a rock to not realize that any and EVERYTHING on that board is connected to a blog and that particular blog was Nesser for Mayor where I explained that what I'm really calling for is for people to step up and run for office.

I'm not sure why city council member and mayor have this 'only the holy few' can even run for office, and after all that's not me right? 

I hear from several people that have opinions on EVERY agenda item that comes up.  They need to run for mayor or council.  I hear from people that have out of the box ideas for this city (you know like we actually should be bringing business TO Gonzales, not chasing them away), they should run for mayor or council.  There are people that have some fiscal knowledge that this city could desperately use right now.  They should be running for office.  And while the 'total package' would be nice, I'm not sure who in Gonzales would have all those attributes. 

If you've never run for office it's not a problem.  There is no requirement to have been dog catcher before you run for mayor.  Come by, I don't care who you are, I'd spend an evening with you and talk to you about running for an office and the basics of it.  What you'll have to have, what you should do, what you can expect. 

On a side note I don't know what's happened that some have had issues posting comments.  I posted a fix to it on the previous blogs comments.  I will put them at the bottom of this too. I have not blocked anyone from posting a comment on this blog.

God Bless,
Dennis Nesser



Fix to not being able to post a comment:
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Set the Privacy slider to "Medium".
Hit the "Advanced" button, and examine the "Advanced Privacy Settings".
Check “Override automatic cookie handling”
Click both "First party Cookies" and "Third party Cookies" should be set to "Accept"

Nesser for Mayor

 

Ok, bet I got your attention on that one didn't I? I figured it's first shot weekend, so I'd make the first shot in the upcoming election.  But before I get to much further, I have no intention of running for mayor, but I do have intentions of making sure those that are considering it understand the process.  And those who think they can run this city should do so.  That's right as far as I'm concerned there should be 10 people running for mayor and council. 

First of all it cost NOTHING to file to run for mayor or city council.  There is no declaration of political party, it doesn't matter Democrat, Republican, Independent or Other, it doesn't go on the ballot anywhere.  No certifications are needed, you don't even have to have a high school diploma, nothing!  The only requirement is that you have been a citizen of Gonzales for the last 6 months. So running for mayor or city council is available for anyone in this city who is a resident.  The only thing you have to do is declare with the City Secretary, and fill out some paperwork, bingo you're running for office.

Now we've got some talented people that don't necessarily want to be in politics but would make an excellent mayor. If you know someone in that category it's time to start talking seriously to them about  We've got some people that I'm certain think they know it all that have their opportunity to show the city what they really know, you know put up or shut up (I'm certain many put me in this category).  And yes, you'll have some with personal agendas run too, and the voters will have to sift through all the $#@! to figure out who really will be the best person for mayor.  This should not be a one (wo)man race for either mayor or city council.

So if you think you might want to be mayor or council member, NOW is the time for you to start getting a team together.  People who will talk you up.  People willing to knock on doors with/for you.  People to make you look good.  A platform of things you'd like to see happen in the city would be a good start.  What are your visions for the city? Get it together so you can convince the citizens to vote for you.  And if you have a plan to get the citizens out to vote, that would work even better!  You can't wait till May and expect this stuff to fall into place.  You've got to start now.

If rumors are right we'll have 2 positions that will not have incumbents running.  Nothing concrete, but I'd expect at least one, if not both, of the 2 Bobbys won't run again.  So opportunity is there now for someone to step up. It's time we put some leadership into this city for growth, development of our current assets, and some fiscal responsibility.  If you know someone who can do that for this city, now is the time to get their name out there!

God Bless,
Dennis Nesser