04-13-2009, 04:12 AM
There will always be a few very vocal and insistant individuals that will never get on board with the majority and they always seem to find their way to these public arenas. Of course that is the nature of these forums, to allow anyone the ability to speak just as amplified as his neighbor. And in some exciting cases this fosters healthy debate.
Unfortunately more times than not, it boils down to name calling and innuendo that is productive to no one. The true demographics and the accurate heartbeat of what makes the average concerned Waukegan citizen tick usually gets dilluted. What's worse is that logical and stirring arguments to the contrary get lost in numerous posts no more intelligent than school yard banter.
This past Tuesday we as a unified city elected Bob Sabonjian our new mayor by an impressive margin consisting of votes that crossed across all ethnic and age groups. There is not one demographic that Mayor Hyde carried in the effort. And as far as I know over these last 6 days Mayor Elect Sabonjian has not broken any campaign promises or has strayed from his message that has been consistant and clear since filing his petitions.
So how can having breakfast with the WaukeganTownship Supervisor be of any concern? As a concerned citizen I would expect my mayor to be in touch with EVERYONE that he will be working with.
Even more rich is the notion that hatred of Hyde outweighs the illegal immigrant issues that plague our City. Perhaps, and this is just me, the illegal immigrant issue might not be such a hot topic if the Hyde administration actually did something about it rather than watching it fester over the last 7 years.
Unfortunately more times than not, it boils down to name calling and innuendo that is productive to no one. The true demographics and the accurate heartbeat of what makes the average concerned Waukegan citizen tick usually gets dilluted. What's worse is that logical and stirring arguments to the contrary get lost in numerous posts no more intelligent than school yard banter.
This past Tuesday we as a unified city elected Bob Sabonjian our new mayor by an impressive margin consisting of votes that crossed across all ethnic and age groups. There is not one demographic that Mayor Hyde carried in the effort. And as far as I know over these last 6 days Mayor Elect Sabonjian has not broken any campaign promises or has strayed from his message that has been consistant and clear since filing his petitions.
So how can having breakfast with the WaukeganTownship Supervisor be of any concern? As a concerned citizen I would expect my mayor to be in touch with EVERYONE that he will be working with.
Even more rich is the notion that hatred of Hyde outweighs the illegal immigrant issues that plague our City. Perhaps, and this is just me, the illegal immigrant issue might not be such a hot topic if the Hyde administration actually did something about it rather than watching it fester over the last 7 years.