It sometimes takes a jump start, sometimes just a cup of coffee, and sometimes a little push from a friend with common interests.
There are many projects going on in our nice little city, by our city council and various other groups, all who silently toil for our benifit and reward. These mostly silent worker bees sometimes need our help and often times would like to hear of any ideas we might have to help them do their work better or more efficiently for our benifit. Sometimes these workers bees, that silently toil in our behalf, just need a little reasurrance that they are doing their work in a satisfactory manner or that we appreciate their efforts.

The Mayor, I have noticed, has signed on to this Daily Journal site repeatedly for over a week, obviously desiring for someone, anyone, to offer comments or suggestions or even criticism of our cities elected members in their efforts on our behalf. I can not see those folks that are calling Mayor Mason or E-Mailing her but in no case since she has logged on to the site have "I seen" a single request or comment offered to herself.

It has been a well known fact that I have probably been the greatest antagonist the Mayor has had to contend with in the last two years and still she offers herself to this blog site for any comments and suggestions I and all of us might have to offer herself. Why is it that we citizens, that often times complain of local government and local volunteer groups and their efforts won't at least try to help ourselves by rendering opinions when asked for our input.

The Mayor and many other silent toilers are doing a great job, our city looks great, and all these folks are working for our benifit but we don't seem to care or want to take the time to thank them or offer suggestions they seek to do an even better job. There are many irons in the fire and many projects started and as yet unfinished that are for our benifit but we don't seem to care.

Thank you Mayor, thank you to all those folks toiling in the basement of Forestland distributing food in the food pantry, thank you to the folks in Backus who toil to keep and perserve our old school building, thank you to all those that toil in the Good Samaritan center, thank you to all the church groups that work on our behalf, thank you Janet and thank you to all those many others that toil on our behalf, in silence, for our needs.

Sometimes things are going so good for ourselves that we just forget to say thank you. Volunteer, offer suggestions and comments to those that work for our benifit, register to vote and vote but especially offer a word of "Thanks" when you meet someone that you know is one of those worker bees. What other pay do they receive for their efforts then our thanks.