Anyone ever considered running for office? And Why?

[wyldwolf]

Several years ago, my wife was teaching chorus in a small town highschool about 40 miles away from us. She was the 5th chorus teacher at the school in 7 years. Obviously the position had a high turnover rate. Why?

The school's first chorus teacher, who is married to the superintendent, retired 7 years prior but continued to meddle in the school's music program. Several grandchildren coming through the school in that stretch of time acted as her spies. She would then harass the principal and "report" to parents whenever a spy told her something she didn't like.

Essentially, she was running everyone off. My wife lasted a year.

My plan, had she continued for a second year, was to move to the town, run for a position on the city council, win, and throw a monkey wrench into the old bat's reign of terror.

[Booberdawg]

1. I'd never consider running for office

My past would never survive the scrutiny!!:evilgrin:

[dofus]

2. What a shame that

the principal of that school tolerated that kind of interference.

[Dogmeat]

3. Not fer Me

I've worked in and around politics for a number of years. It takes a huge ego and really thick skin to run for office, even local office (around here, DC area, anyway). I mean, every freakin night you have to go to some board meeting, fundraiser, event or whatever. Constant gladhanding and back-slappin', always see-and-be-seen. Politics will always be more of a specator sport for me. Except for voting, of course I do that.

[markus]

4. Yes

But not voluntarily. I was a candidate for state Senate in the last election, but only as a "placeholder" while we focused on our candidate against the (we believed) more vulnerable House canidates.

We all lost, but I actually outpolled our two House candidates without running an active camapaign. My name didn't even appear on any but the last piece of campaign literature. I did have (I thought) a rockin' appearance on the LWV cable-broadcast debate, especially since the senator didn't show up and I was free to take off after the house candidates.

I will consider running again in the next election. I am so fed up with the GOP supermajority, I'm prepared to run an aggresive, appropriately negative, in-their-face campaign if I do run again.