ICSI members have warbled and wobbled their way through many difficult passages, not always staying on a clear path to a sustainable future. As a local political body, imperfect though it may be, ICSI has great potential to speak for us on a larger stage with significant sound and meaning. I am not a politician. I don't really have the patience for the business of politics, for the delicate juggling and balancing of powers that goes on in decision-making. There are a lot of politicians I don't like very much, and I actively dislike even more what they stand for.
Some politicians are dreamers and visionaries.
They are able to put our aspirations into words, have the courage to speak the words and stand firmly upon them. They are leaders. Other politicians are the do-ers. They work deeply into the guts of political business which is cooperation, consensus, compromise. Nor is politics only the realm of politicians.