Dennis Hendricks For President

This week is filing week for local elections- May 11th to May 15th. Filing fee is just 1% of monthly salary and most positions are for 4 years. You probably need to be a one year resident of your district and I would hope you had voted. Local Government is an excellent opportunity to see if you enjoy politics, as well as have a impact. Just in running you bring out issues and set the tone. In my 22 years on city council, I never spent any money on advertising nor did I accept any funds. I certainly  hope you will consider running; if you are conservative. As for president, I think I may throw my support behind one of the eight Republican candidates- I have one favorite, and all are better than what we have now.

Last week at Classy Chassis an informal straw presidential poll was taken. Sadly my name did not make the list, but at least my vote was the #1 choice during that poll.                  

And now for the results of the straw poll:                   
1. Mike Huckabee (R) - 22%
1. Scott Walker (R) - 22%
3. Ted Cruz (R) - 9%
3. Rand Paul (R) - 9%
3. Rick Perry (R) - 9%
3. Marco Rubio (R) - 9%
7. Jeb Bush (R) - 6%
7. Ben Carson (R) - 6%
9. Republican Slate - 3%
9. Bernie Sanders (D) - 3%
11. Carly Fiorina (R) - 0%
11. All other Democrats - 0% 

Several City council members from around the state traveled to the State Capital and decided to go out for a night on the town before returning to their homes the following day.
Walking down the street they entered a fancy nightclub not far from their hotel that had a sign announcing ‘Live Entertainment’. Within minutes the ventriloquist was informed that a group of City Council members had just entered the club so he quickly began spouting out a routine that involved every joke or humorous story he knew about local government and local public officials. After five minutes of nonstop local government jokes one of the City Council members could not take it anymore. He stood up from the table and shouted as loud as he could “I’ve heard just about enough out of you and your dumb government jokes. What makes you think you can stereotype all public officials that way? We work hard for our constituents and we try our best to make the right decisions for the communities we serve. People like you who make jokes about government perpetuate the myth that local public officials are out of touch with reality and don’t know what they are doing in their elected offices. In fact, comments like yours make it impossible for us to gain any respect and they discourage good people from stepping up the plate and running for local public office. ”
The entire room went silent – you could have heard a pin drop. The ventriloquist was obviously embarrassed by the City Council members comments, stood up and faced the City Council member. He began to offer a sincere, heartfelt apology but the City Council stood back up and cut him off. “Sir, sit back down I wasn’t talking to you I was talking to that little wise cracker sitting on your lap”.