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by BenThere » Sat Oct 17, 2020 5:59 am
My brother in law, and best friend in Oz, serves as a councilor in the North Adelaide suburbs. He is also the executive director of the local footie club/community center, which involves the Aussie rules football team (with paid players), and the cricket team, a thriving restaurant, open all day, two bars, and a slot casino with about 50 machines. His day job is working as a welder/painter at the local shipyard. He's an incredibly busy man. Unless he ignores his constantly ringing cell phone there's no use spending any time with him. He's a labor man and I am an (Australian) liberal, and we can have excellent and extended conversations about the political state of things.
One of the virtues I admire about him is that, as councilor, he focused on the need for a renewal of a shopping district in Salisbury, it was thriving but had a severe parking shortage and needed a cosmetic renewal. He's still working on it, but I could perceive his commitment to his project and his perception of the factors weighing on getting something done. His objectives seemed quite reasonable and worthy to me. He's been re-elected with a huge majority.
Another thing I admire him for is that he has raised 5 children and is fostering a 6th, a troubled 10 year old offspring of a drug addicted single mom, who was taken as a ward of the state and luckily found a zone in David's home. His other 5 kid's have all turned out perfectly, no drugs, good jobs, excellent athletes (one a pro Aussie Rules football player). The only fault I can find with them is that all except two have tattoos, including some they can't hide. They get them at Bali, where the whole family goes every year.
