I'm officially elected.  Back in August I was appointed to fill out an unexpired term on the school committee for somoene who had previously resigned.  The term was up for election this year,  so  I ran.  I was lucky in that I ran unoppossed.  I'm taking that as a mandate for more of the same.  My only goal is transparency of government.  Seems kind of weird to be on a school committee focusing on government transparency, but  the school department is typically the  biggest black hole in any community.  It does help that I have two kids in the system, and to  be totally honest I don't see that we can get seniors or the childless to support education if they don't understand where the money goes.  My best hope to get my kids the best public education  I can is by trying to get transparency.  So I was sworn in this week for my first full three year term. 

I've also been chair of our town Democractic town committee.  I came quickly to the realization that  I  didn't have time to do the job.  Over the last three months it's become even more of an issue as I've dropped the ball on several  occassions.  Every four years the  committee is re-elected.  When that happens the officers are re-elected, so I decided to step aside and let someone with more time and drive take the reigns.  So I'll still be on that committee, but only in a support role.  Which is best for me and best for that  committee.

I have a wonderful  work  story, and wish  I could vent about  it here, but the  last company fired me for doing that, and  I know if the current one read a work vent I would be dismissed from there too.  So you won't get that vent here.  No sir you won't.

Last weekend we went  down to Hyannis for the weekend.  Well, I was kind of there for the weekend.  We're searching for a new school superintendant and I had to be in town for interviews.   So I went to  Hyannis after work on Friday, drove back home Saturday afternoon, drove to Hyannis Saturday night, drove home Sunda afternoon for work.  That was  so much fun that I can say I don't ever want a two hour commute, and anyone who has one is  freaking nuts. 

Back in January I bought a car that had 7,000 miles  on it.  So not quite new.  This week  it's in the garage because of a faulty fuel injector. I hope this isn't a sign that I'm going to be  fixing this thing for the entirety of  my loan.  It got towed on Tuesday and  I'm not expected to be able to pick  it  up until Monday or Tuesday this week. 

I don't feel strongly about economics or politics these days to  actually write about it.   In the past I did and wrote a lot of diary entries about  it.  The sad fact is that  until I see a politician show  up and say "for all intent's and purposes this country is bankrupt, and we need to put pandering aside  and fix our problems" I'm not going to find anyone in politics interesting. 

End transmission.