Time to get serious

At the beginning of every local government meeting there is a time for public comment/input. If there isn’t at your meetings there should be.

The problem is far too many citizens who participate in meetings at this time, do not take the time to write out and practice their remarks before speaking.  Thus, their remarks sound like they weren’t prepared and practiced.

Whenever I hear one of those “speeches” I think of the words of former Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

“The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.”

If you want to be taken seriously you better prepare and practice.

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