Good leaders know when to hold and when to fold. No leader ever gets his own way on everything. Some issues are worth fighting for, while others fall low on the list of priorities. A good leader will pick and choose his battles carefully. Leadership is proactive, not just reactive.
Good leaders can spot issues before they come to the surface.
They may not be able to solve those problems in advance, but at least they get the dialogue going early in the process. Mike Buffington is editor of The Jackson Herald. That sounds like a wonderful idea, but it isn't. Tolbert's proposition would shift the burden of property taxation to other pieces of property and would create vast tax inequities between similar houses based solely on length of ownership. By slowing the growth of the tax digest, it could also force governing authorities to raise millage rates.