Eric Gabster
To paraphrase H.D. Thoreau: it’s one thing to put castles in the air, another to build foundations under them.
Progressive viewpoints can be visionary, but effective politicians know how to negotiate those aspirations through calcified attitudes and suffocating bureaucracy.
Jennifer Savage makes visions happen by listening and working with others. That’s how a politician represents constituents, and a majority of Missoula’s Ward 3 primary voters cast their ballots for Savage’s ability and skill to represent them.
I helped put her opponent in office, and I’m very disappointed that he has yet to figure out how to make visions a reality by doing the hard work of politics, which, unless you’re an autocrat, involves working with other people. Anyone can spin aspirational vision