I have long told anyone who would listen that most people don't really pay attention to local politics. Life is simply too busy. My list of examples of this theorem has grown since I left elected office at the end of 2010.
In March (yes, March) I was at the state hockey tournament cheering for Eden Prairie at the title game where no less than three people greeted me at the game as "mayor." Sure, maybe they didn't know my name and wanted to say something as they walked past me to the concession stand, but one of those three actually stopped to complain about a development in town--"not my problem."
Two weeks ago I met a law school colleague for lunch and he, too, still thought that i was the mayor. Okay, he doesn't live in Eden Prairie so he gets a pass.
But this past weekend I was playing poker with a group of guys which included two 15 year residents of our city. One of these guys had no idea that I ever had been the mayor; the second thought that I still was.
No comments:
Post a Comment