Press Release to Announce Candidacy 02/17/2018 Today I sent to the Courier Post a shortened version of the press release and statement that I am including here, about my candidacy and some of the reason I am running. I am not guaranteed that they will even run the statement or that they will take it seriously, but I wanted to make sure that the full statement was posted here, for posterity, and so that we all know what we are fighting for. My goal will be to continually drive people to this site and to understand some of the ideas we
Today I sent to the Courier Post a shortened version of the press release and statement that I am including here, about my candidacy and some of the reason I am running. I am not guaranteed that they will even run the statement or that they will take it seriously, but I wanted to make sure that the full statement was posted here, for posterity, and so that we all know what we are fighting for. My goal will be to continually drive people to this site and to understand some of the ideas we
Time For Something New 09/25/2018 By Paul Hamlin Follow Paul on Facebook here. Follow Paul on Twitter here Read other articles here It is a privilege to run a campaign for a political office against formidable odds. It has been challenging to begin the necessary conversations to begin difficult change for the future. It is a long shot, a difficult task to change the minds and hearts of a district of people that have been told what is important and who to vote for, for years. As we have met people and interacted with them
By Paul Hamlin Follow Paul on Facebook here. Follow Paul on Twitter here Read other articles here It is a privilege to run a campaign for a political office against formidable odds. It has been challenging to begin the necessary conversations to begin difficult change for the future. It is a long shot, a difficult task to change the minds and hearts of a district of people that have been told what is important and who to vote for, for years. As we have met people and interacted with them
The Measure of a Candidate 07/23/2018 By Paul Hamlin Follow Paul on Facebook here. Follow Paul on Twitter here Read other articles here Every year we walk into the voting booth. Every year we are forced to pick between multiple people that we probably do not know how to differentiate between. We look at the ballot and we realize that we have no idea who these people are. We realize that the only thing we may know about them is the party that they represent. There are two things we realize when we stare at that ballot. 1.
By Paul Hamlin Follow Paul on Facebook here. Follow Paul on Twitter here Read other articles here Every year we walk into the voting booth. Every year we are forced to pick between multiple people that we probably do not know how to differentiate between. We look at the ballot and we realize that we have no idea who these people are. We realize that the only thing we may know about them is the party that they represent. There are two things we realize when we stare at that ballot. 1.
Independence Day – In November? 07/02/2018 By Paul Hamlin On June 11th, 1776 the Continental Congress selected five men to draft a response to the British Empire, to their aggressive taxation policy against the colonies and to defend the freedom and liberties of the American colonies. The initial response was actually drafted by independence minded, Richard Henry Lee, when he penned the Lee Resolution (interested in learning more, click here). War was already upon the colonies as the “Powder Alarm” had taken place on September 1,
By Paul Hamlin On June 11th, 1776 the Continental Congress selected five men to draft a response to the British Empire, to their aggressive taxation policy against the colonies and to defend the freedom and liberties of the American colonies. The initial response was actually drafted by independence minded, Richard Henry Lee, when he penned the Lee Resolution (interested in learning more, click here). War was already upon the colonies as the “Powder Alarm” had taken place on September 1,
All Alone 06/19/2018 You stand alone in the booth. There is no one telling you what you need to do. It is a solemn and powerful moment and there is added importance and reverence every time. The booth represents the power of our democratic Republic…it represents the power of one person over the political structure, it represents the influence of the people over the power of the political machinery. It gives structure to our fragile system, we are always one election away from impending disaster. What keeps us
You stand alone in the booth. There is no one telling you what you need to do. It is a solemn and powerful moment and there is added importance and reverence every time. The booth represents the power of our democratic Republic…it represents the power of one person over the political structure, it represents the influence of the people over the power of the political machinery. It gives structure to our fragile system, we are always one election away from impending disaster. What keeps us
Do Your Job or Step Aside 06/11/2018 As a Human Resources professional, it was important for employees to know what their roles and responsibilities were. It made the job easier to perform, it made it clear what they were being hired for and it created a sense of ownership to the responsibilities of the job. As a manager of people job description made it easier to hold people accountable to their job, to help point them in the right direction for what needed to be accomplished, and to control overreach in their position. This
As a Human Resources professional, it was important for employees to know what their roles and responsibilities were. It made the job easier to perform, it made it clear what they were being hired for and it created a sense of ownership to the responsibilities of the job. As a manager of people job description made it easier to hold people accountable to their job, to help point them in the right direction for what needed to be accomplished, and to control overreach in their position. This
