As Thomas Small, the last of the five top tier candidates for City Council files his papers today, he and his fellow contenders can peer into Council Chambers and glance at the kind of Council member each will strive to be.
The showcase Councilman who should be their attention’s object and objective is Vice Mayor Andy Weissman, down to his last 90 days of service to his hometown.
Thirty years at City Hall, and the feeling inside this man who does not flash his emotions is an unexposed secret.
Term-limited on the Council as of the April 12 election, out as a public official for the first time since the mid-1980s, the discomfort, the genuine pain is taller than he is able/willing to acknowledge,
That is the story of this uncommon man among men.
Many men and women log 30 years on the job in their careers, few, however, with the quiet, piercing, efficient effectiveness of Mr. Weissman, who loves the community almost as much as he loves Doneil.
Mr. Weissman has lasted for 30 years in public life because he is like the slippers you don on evenings at home – he wears easily on people, whether serving in appointed or elected positions.
Could Donald Trump survive 30 years in public life? He might but the community probably would not.
Neither a nerd nor a boisterous presence, Mr. Weissman floats wordlessly into a room, and while others are haggling over a debatable point, he is smoothly completing the task without ever drawing attention to himself.
Who ever would believe what an attorney could accomplish – on cat’s paws?
(To be continued)
