First, what's the Governorship Not About?
It is not about power...
It is not about ambition...
It is not about profit...
It is not about instituting arbitrary/dictatorial authority over local communities...
It is not about retribution or revenge...
It is not about looting the public's investment in civic institutions...
It is not about sanctioning the majority to abuse or undermined the rights of the minority...
It is not about putting profit and loss above the public good...
What's the governorship all about? Statesmanship.
It is about community and our children--the future!
It is all about credibility- expressed in constructive public policy.
It is all about serving to protect and enhance the commons, the natural resources.
It is about modeling honor and respect for the historic achievements of human and individual rights.
It is about protecting the weak, the poor, the elderly, and the victims of crime, the disadvantaged, and the mentally ill; and it is about defending the public servants who serve them.
It is about the deeply human spirit.
It is understanding that sacred sense of the high office and knowing the hearts of the people of your state, coupled with a driven sense of leadership that encompasses the broader and deeper spiritual sense of the "common welfare of all."
In a word, it is about doing the right thing in good times and bad. Acting on an equal basis regardless of race, class, achievement or life circumstance, putting people ahead of enterprise, denying favoritism and powerful players, for the good of every soul dwelling within one's state; so help you God.
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