Run for elected office in real-life?

[Forster Keys]

I've accepted the fact that once I put roots down in a community I'll end up running for either the local library board or the school board. Because both those kinds of boards need people on them who aren't clueless morons.

Too true. All my old school boards seem to do is complain about Harry Potter and legislate cruel and unusual uniform regulations.

[Choronzon]

I've accepted the fact that once I put roots down in a community I'll end up running for either the local library board or the school board. Because both those kinds of boards need people on them who aren't clueless morons.

Too true. All my old school boards seem to do is complain about Harry Potter and legislate cruel and unusual uniform regulations.

Some people who get elected to local boards are walking arguments against democracy. They are these ignorant ideologues who get in the way of running these institutions and make terrible decisions.

[Priory Academy USSR]

I can't comment too much on the example Priory brought up because I don't know the details, but I'm 99% sure she won't have resigned because she had another job. Many councillors would have to resign if that were the case, or live in near poverty. It's probably because, it being on the other side of the country, she was missing meetings and not doing casework or something else.

I admit I might be wrong: the story emerged a few years back, and my memory for relatively useless stuff is rather poor.

[Rumostan]

As some of you know, I'm a member of the Labour Party in the UK. I'm also running for a town council right now, and when I mentioned this a couple of other people mentioned that they had run, or were planning to run, for elected office themselves. Which has inspired me to start this thread. My question is, have you run for elected office in real-life, or planning to in the future? Tell us a little about it. Maybe you'd like to go into some detail about your long-term plans? Plus, now that I think about it, did holding office here in a region go someway to make you decide to run for office for real? In my case, I won't claim it's a major factor - heck, I think me getting involved in NS was an indication of my political nature, rather than being a cause - but I imagine it played some small part.

Like I said, I'm running for a town council seat. I don't personally expect to win, but stranger things have happened. I've held office here in NS as well, including as leader in one region. As for my long-term plans, I really would like to be a councillor at some point, helping to run a town.

Thread open to contributions from all nationalities - don't let my talk of the UK put you off.

Where are you thinking of running? North or south?

[Densaner]

Mmm. A Labour Party member who named his country after a GOP presidential candidate....

[Mike the Progressive]

Too true. All my old school boards seem to do is complain about Harry Potter and legislate cruel and unusual uniform regulations.

Some people who get elected to local boards are walking arguments against democracy. They are these ignorant ideologues who get in the way of running these institutions and make terrible decisions.

I always found it strange, at least in the states, how local elections matter the most, but usually the turnout is dismal (in comparison to federal and even statewide races).

[Mike the Progressive]

Mmm. A Labour Party member who named his country after a GOP presidential candidate....

To be fair, Landon was fairly progressive/liberal is his views and to a great extent supported the New Deal.

[Greed and Death]

As some of you know, I'm a member of the Labour Party in the UK. I'm also running for a town council right now, and when I mentioned this a couple of other people mentioned that they had run, or were planning to run, for elected office themselves. Which has inspired me to start this thread. My question is, have you run for elected office in real-life, or planning to in the future? Tell us a little about it. Maybe you'd like to go into some detail about your long-term plans? Plus, now that I think about it, did holding office here in a region go someway to make you decide to run for office for real? In my case, I won't claim it's a major factor - heck, I think me getting involved in NS was an indication of my political nature, rather than being a cause - but I imagine it played some small part.

Like I said, I'm running for a town council seat. I don't personally expect to win, but stranger things have happened. I've held office here in NS as well, including as leader in one region. As for my long-term plans, I really would like to be a councillor at some point, helping to run a town.

Thread open to contributions from all nationalities - don't let my talk of the UK put you off.

Whats your real name I will fly in to the UK and vote with my tory provided registration.

[Manahakatouki]

I've been elected to positions (including highest power) in our school's Student Council many times...

But other than that, no not really...

[Mkuki]

Does Student Council representative count?

[Alf Landon]

Good luck on your council bid!

Thank you.

[Alf Landon]

As some of you know, I'm a member of the Labour Party in the UK. I'm also running for a town council right now, and when I mentioned this a couple of other people mentioned that they had run, or were planning to run, for elected office themselves. Which has inspired me to start this thread. My question is, have you run for elected office in real-life, or planning to in the future? Tell us a little about it. Maybe you'd like to go into some detail about your long-term plans? Plus, now that I think about it, did holding office here in a region go someway to make you decide to run for office for real? In my case, I won't claim it's a major factor - heck, I think me getting involved in NS was an indication of my political nature, rather than being a cause - but I imagine it played some small part.

Like I said, I'm running for a town council seat. I don't personally expect to win, but stranger things have happened. I've held office here in NS as well, including as leader in one region. As for my long-term plans, I really would like to be a councillor at some point, helping to run a town.

Thread open to contributions from all nationalities - don't let my talk of the UK put you off.

Where are you thinking of running? North or south?

I'm running in the south.

[Pantocratoria]

Mmm. A Labour Party member who named his country after a GOP presidential candidate....

To be fair, Landon was fairly progressive/liberal is his views and to a great extent supported the New Deal.

As goes Maine, so goes Vermont!

[The Grand Union]

Before I abandoned democracy completely, I was a Republican here in the South. I was appointed Campaign Coordinator for Ron Paul in Northern Georgia during his 2008 presidential bid, for Paul Broun during his reelection bid for Congress, and I played a very minor role in the gubernatorial bid of Ray McBerry. I've held positions in the county GOP, the State GOP, and I've represented Georgia at the State Convention as a delegate and National Convention (albeit as an alternate there). I've represented Georgia in pro-secessionist organizations at the Southern National Congress and in the League of the South (although I am now merely an observer).

I abandoned my own bid for City Council even though I ran unopposed.

Even at so minor a level of politics corruption runs rampant. I found myself unable to maintain moral integrity while running for political office. It wasn't very long after that that I found that I could not maintain moral integrity and uphold the ideal of democracy at all.

I'm no longer involved in politics whatsoever save the occasional visit to the local Libertarian Party meetings and vocally supporting the state LP Chairman at other events.

America is firmly entrenched in her love affair with decivilization. Even the neoconfederates, as aristocratic as they strive to be, cater to the democratic mindset (not to mention the islamophobic and homophobic mindset). So I no longer affiliate with them either.

[The Ben Boys]

Ideally I'd run for governor and try to keep California from destroying itself... again.

Either that or town council. For being in the wine country the country does a whole lot to discourage tourism and business.

I'm one of those people that firmly believes that if you complain about something, you better do something to try and change it.

[Cameroi]

if you think you have a thick enough skin to let it roll off your back, that everything you can imagine, from criminal charges to who knows what dirty tricks might be pulled against you, to destroy your reputation and credibility for the rest of your life, i mean any possition on anything, there will always be people who oppose it enough to not hesitate to stoop to anything, especially if there's money of any kind involved, but if the threat of none of that can slow you down, then whoever you are, whatever your possisions, by all means, go for it. i just know i don't have that kind of a thick enough skin, so in a sense i admire everyone who does, even those (explitive to the nth) who seem to be in it only to do the worst they think they can.

maybe it isn't that bad. maybe its like that tv wrestling stuff where the make it look bad to scare the rest of us away, i don't know. but it would be nice if more sane people had more guts then i have to do so.
the insane people, especially the ones who already have money behind them, they don't care and so they seem to some of them to get in, because there are so many of them these days doing so.

its like activism, where you have to be willing to go to jail, because being a martyr is how it sometimes works. only with real political elections its even more so, because you're toe to toe with corporate crime.

of course, on the other side of that, they mostly talk softly when they think anyone's looking, to keep up appearances and all that.

[Rumostan]

Where are you thinking of running? North or south?

I'm running in the south.

Don't go near Romsey!!!!!!

[Of the Free Socialist Territories]

I'm Joe Biden. AMTRAK, Motherfucker.

I'm Major Clement Attlee, 1st Earl of Attlee. NHS, British Rail, British Coal, Education Act 1944, son of a beastly mother.

I'm the most sarcastic priest in all of Ireland at the moment. Does that count for anything?

[Priory Academy USSR]

I'm Major Clement Attlee, 1st Earl of Attlee. NHS, British Rail, British Coal, Education Act 1944, son of a beastly mother.

I'm the most sarcastic priest in all of Ireland at the moment. Does that count for anything?

Oh really? I thought you were an atheist scientist working in Japan.

[Napkiraly]

I'm Major Clement Attlee, 1st Earl of Attlee. NHS, British Rail, British Coal, Education Act 1944, son of a beastly mother.

I'm the most sarcastic priest in all of Ireland at the moment. Does that count for anything?

Do you accept Yog-Sothoth as your overlord and destructor?

[Heavenly Peace]

I'm Joe Biden. AMTRAK, Motherfucker.

I'm Major Clement Attlee, 1st Earl of Attlee. NHS, British Rail, British Coal, Education Act 1944, son of a beastly mother.

And your grandson is a Tory Peer.

[Jehuddah]

I didn't seriously thought of sometime to get into politics until recently, of course, not now, in many years from now. But I actually think about it since I have been in Lod and saw a Jewish woman and an African kissing each other etc.
Then, I realised, that not only that their birthrates are high, our woman might fall into the Gentile's hands, in the Jewish state, and we will be completely gone unless they go, and no, it's nothing like the first time I saw that happening, but only then, I realised the danger.
I mean, the world's Jewry but Israel will be nearly gone in 4 generations, and now, it starts to happen here in Israel.

People said to me a lot of times that I need to be a politician, but all of the parties are to the left of me.

[DogDoo 7]

I didn't seriously thought of sometime to get into politics until recently, of course, not now, in many years from now. But I actually think about it since I have been in Lod and saw a Jewish woman and an African kissing each other etc.
Then, I realised, that not only that their birthrates are high, our woman might fall into the Gentile's hands, in the Jewish state, and we will be completely gone unless they go, and no, it's nothing like the first time I saw that happening, but only then, I realised the danger.
I mean, the world's Jewry but Israel will be nearly gone in 4 generations, and now, it starts to happen here in Israel.

People said to me a lot of times that I need to be a politician, but all of the parties are to the left of me.

There's (literally) a bus for you!

As far as the original question, I'm a true Jew. I'd much rather complain about things than participate in a structured process to change them.

[Napkiraly]

I'm Major Clement Attlee, 1st Earl of Attlee. NHS, British Rail, British Coal, Education Act 1944, son of a beastly mother.

And your grandson is a Tory Peer.

It was rather unfortunate he hit his against the house wall at such a young age.

[Ensiferum]

Originally I was planning to run for the Piratenpartei but they seem to be having conflicts as of late, but if they manage to stick it and out and still be around after I finish uni I will probably still do this otherwise I plan on running under the SDP banner. I'll take any office that is open at the time really. The position doesn't matter as long as you know how to manage the power and get others to follow your lead, the latter will be difficult as politicians are required to be bullheaded.