Save Whiting
Legislators Have Opportunity to Provide Leadership
March 11, 2008
 The day before I started my first job as a teen, my grandfather, a retired cop, pulled me aside & said “Just a piece of advice for you: keep your eyes and ears open and don’t ever forget what you are there to do.” Those words rang in my mind the first few days at work, and as a stockboy, they meant “listen to what the customer needs and make sure they get it.” As the years went on, I realized how profound this simple bit of advice was. I realized that in the classroom, it translates into an attempt to understand where students were coming from, making it my job to get them where they need to be. Listening to more effectively serve—it is an essential ingredient in good leadership. This wisdom can be applied in the current legislative climate. No doubt that the vast majority of our elected officials in Indy are bright, well-intentioned leaders. As a result, I sincerely hope that they can look with ‘open eyes’ at what Whiting has done to help itself during the past 4 years. I hope they will listen with ‘open ears’ to possible legislative alternatives.  If this happens, it will give the legislators an opportunity to demonstrate a kind of leadership that will serve the better interests of Indiana, and demonstrate that they remember “what they are there to do.”

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