to selecting those who represent us on council, political games began to be played.  It seeped into the determination of the membership of our city committees.  And as it is fostered more and more, it has festered more and more.  This partisan focus is functioning like a disease creating the divisiveness we all now love to hate in our community. Quite honestly, having been both a resident and an employee, I can assure you that the business of making our city safe, our roads passable, our toilets flushable, our parks recreational, our library sustainable, our budget balanced, etc., knows absolutely no political bounds.  It takes pragmatic, logical, civic-minded and big-picture thinking leaders to do this.  I'm talking professional, educated individuals beholden to the community overall, as opposed to a group of partisan politicians with an ideological bent. We need to take a stand as a community to enforce the words in our Troy City Charter that call for a nonpartisan Mayor and City Council.  Just as blatant and overt partisanship has no place in our PTO's, churches, neighborhood associations, sports and school Fine Arts clubs, it has no place at City Hall. When we as a community choose to embrace that nonpartisan practice again at the city level, we will see tremendous healing begin.  A more cohesive city will return.  We will once again function as a community. And we will experience the joy that comes with such a focus. To me a "yes" for the Recall is all about