It's Been A Good Run.
Conversation
with the Mayor November
20, 2012
Vicky
Daly
It
‘s Been A Good Run.
I started writing this column in my
head some time ago because I wanted to
get it right. I hope I did because there won’t be another one in a week or so
to clarify, correct or explain. This conversation has been offered to you on a
regular basis for the last eleven years thanks to the generosity of the
newspapers which carried it. It appears that many folks took the time to read
it because of the questions asked and the
comments that have been made. Thank you
for doing that.
Thanks go to the people of Palmyra for
trusting me with the office of mayor. It is very true that you never know what
a job is really like until you are in it and that holds true for elected
office. I have learned so many things on so many topics over the last eleven
years from so many good people. In a
previous life, teaching, I went back to
school to earn my administrative credits so I could work on a district wide
basis for BOCES as a staff developer. If I had never worked on the
(quasi)administrative level, I would still have benefitted greatly from that additional
education and been a better teacher for having taken those courses. I feel the
same way about the time spent as an elected official and believe I am a better, more knowledgeable citizen for the experience. My guess is that the
folks who get involved as volunteers
on the various boards – Planning, ZBA
and Preservation, or the Celebrations committee feel the same way. It gives you
a sense of ownership and the accompanying concern as you give back to your community.
I mentioned good people. Despite the
deluge of promises made in the first person singular, nobody makes changes alone without cooperation
and support. That is certainly true in local government. Good things happen
when people work together for a common goal. In this case, the goal was the
betterment of the village for its residents and merchants. The Board members
with whom I have worked; our Village
Clerk/ Treasurer and wonderful office staff and village crews; our volunteers; the
local merchants; colleagues across the region and in county and state government
have all been part of the positive results we have achieved. Nobody does it
alone, so thank you one and all. And it goes without saying that, without the
support of my husband, none of this would have happened. Bob and I are a team.
The last eleven years, for the Dalys, have been a wonderful and satisfying
experience because of you.
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