Commissioner Golden was quoted as saying, “I think this is the first time the city has had such a progressive government,” made me ask, “what really is a progressive?” Basically it is championing the rights of the people, not just some of the people but ALL of the people.
Progressives in my mind are people who fight for the under-dog and try to make society a better place for the working class, the middle class, the wealthy and the poor. They constantly strive for solutions to the problems and fix what is broken. They listen to the people, all of us, not just the special interest groups and they do not advocate for their own personal agendas.
Commissioner Mulvehill said that she based her platform on what the people said to her. Somewhere in her bullet points she missed a subject on illegal immigration, however. This campaign was not about what she thought her platform should be nor was it about her but it was about what the people wanted solved here in Lake Worth, their concerns and their lives. Now I ask, how novel is that? It is so simple that I have to wonder why no one ever thinks about it. Most politicians who run for office write a platform based on what THEY think is important but Suzanne took the opposite approach. She asked us.
And that my friends is a progressive and that is why we will all be better for it.
Now listen to me!