A belated thank you
Here's a heartfelt "hats off" to Dorothy Edwards who seems to have decided not to run for re-election to the Monroe city council.
I thank her for the humor she sometimes injected into council meetings.
I thank her for trying to be involved in the community and trying to represent her constituents.
I thank her for having the guts to run for city council in the first place.
I thank her for sometimes being a voice for minorities on council.
You can say what you want about her abilities, integrity or whether she sometimes needs a city-paid chauffeur and can judge her positively or negatively overall. But we all should thank her for having the wisdom to know when the time has come not to run again.
I only wish some other members of council possessed similar wisdom.
I thank her for the humor she sometimes injected into council meetings.
I thank her for trying to be involved in the community and trying to represent her constituents.
I thank her for having the guts to run for city council in the first place.
I thank her for sometimes being a voice for minorities on council.
You can say what you want about her abilities, integrity or whether she sometimes needs a city-paid chauffeur and can judge her positively or negatively overall. But we all should thank her for having the wisdom to know when the time has come not to run again.
I only wish some other members of council possessed similar wisdom.
posted by The Observer at 8/29/2007 08:18:00 AM
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Ms. Edwards severed the community for more than ten years as a City Council Person. Prior to that she was the President of the Monroe County NAACP. She has during her service to the community sat on more non-profit boards than most people can shake a stick at.
Her desire to help the community is unquestionable. Her commitment to the citizens of Monroe is without reproach. She has proven herself to be a worthy advocate for not just minorities but for all of Monroe's citizens.
We maybe seeing her in a less glowing light over the last year or so however there is no question that during a time when others were silent Ms. Edwards was there for the community as not only a leader but as someone who was committed to helping.
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