By Bill Connell.
The passing of legendary Board of Education member and president Eva Nagy put me in a reflective mood. I am slowly fading into the woodwork, but when she was president you could not turn a corner without seeing my ugly mug. I was an avid supporter of the Middle School theater program and an antagonist ( I like to think observer), of both the BOE and Township Council. My daughter once said, “when I tell people you are my dad, it’s always a mixed reaction.” All I could do was shrug my shoulders, and say “sorry for that.”
It was in this time period that I solidified my opinion about leadership. We are just caretakers. There is a difference between a leader and an advocate. Mayor Phil Kramer is our best current example of this. He started out as an antagonist /advocate on the public side and eventually ran for office. He took on the air of the office looking at the whole picture not just what topic was on his mind. It’s not an easy thing to do.
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