| Saskatoon Mayor Dayday:a professional politician with no cause beyond being in politics | |
| By Mario deSantis, October 4, 1999 | |
| A large segment of our politicians don't go into politics to serve the public(1), rather, they go into | |
| He has recently stated that he is not happy that Ralph Goodale of Regina is the only Saskatchewan voice in the Liberal federal government | politics to satisfy their greed for power and join the Powers-That-Be(2). Take for example | 
| Saskatoon Mayor Dayday; his latest two accomplishments have been the attendance at the | |
| gala launching the birth of the Synchrotron project(3) at the University of Saskatchewan, and | |
| the downsizing of the city administration(4). The Synchrotron project will do nothing to sustain | |
| a better education for our growing deprived school children(5), while the downsizing of the city | |
| administration has revealed the incompetence and the lack of compassion of both City Council | |
| and Mayor Dayday. Not satisfied of such monumental accomplishments(6), Mayor Dayday | |
| wants to go further to bigger things and step into federal politics. He has recently stated that | |
| he is not happy that Ralph Goodale of Regina is the only Saskatchewan voice in the Liberal | |
| federal government(7). | |
| Also, as a farmer, while drawing more than $100,000 a year as a mayor, Dayday stated | |
| he has mastered the art of speaking without saying anything | that he wants to improve the lot of the cash-strapped Saskatchewan farmers. Therefore, | 
| last week, Dayday joined the Liberal party and decided to run as a candidate for Parliament | |
| for the riding vacated by Chris Axworthy, who has now become a member of the provincial | |
| legislature. After 23 years of provincial politics, Dayday is eminently qualified to serve as a | |
| Liberal MP; in fact, he has mastered the art of speaking without saying anything. If elected | |
| he will join the Liberal MPs and step into the eventual excremental governmental dealings(8) | |
| as his provincial counterparts are doing today in Saskatchewan(9). | |
| Conscious that his work as a mayor doesn't provide any contribution to the city of Saskatoon, | |
| Dayday has stated that he will not resign or take a leave of absence while he will be campaigning | |
| for federal office(10). | |
| Good luck for stepping into bigger things Mayor Dayday, you deserve it! | |
| --------------Endnotes: | |
| The Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership. What is servant-leadership? It is a practical philosophy which supports people who choose to serve first, and then lead as a way of expanding service to individuals and institutions. Servant-Leadership encourages collaboration, trust, foresight, listening, and the ethical use of power and empowerment. http://greenleaf.org/index.html | |
| There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos. No one in politics today can tell a story like Jim Hightower does, bringing home a hard-hitting message, yet keeping his audience doubled up with laughter. In the tradition of Mark Twain and Will Rogers, he skewers the Powers-That-Be on behalf of what he calls the Powers-That-Ought-To-Be, America's workaday majority. http://www.jimhightower.com/Armadillo.html | |
| Synchrotron celebration time. National and provincial dignitaries to appear at project's gala launching today at U of S, by Gerry Klein, The StarPhoenix, September 27, 1999, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| Downsizing and the City of Saskatoon, by Mario deSantis and reviewed by James F. deSantis; August 20, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News | |
| Few Words On The Synchrotron,Politics and Education In Saskatchewan, by Mario deSantis, April 7, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News | |
| Premier Romanow has labelled the Synchrotron project as a monument; the author has labelled this project as a mausoleum. | |
| City at heart of bid for federal seat, says, Dayday, by Kim McNairn, The StarPhoenix, September 29, 1999, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| Could a senate seat be what Dayday has in mind?, by Les MacPherson, The StarPhoenix, September 30, 1999, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| Governmental coalition in Saskatchewan: a private contractual deal at the expense of the electorate?, by Mario deSantis, October 2, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News | |
| Dayday refuses to resign, by Kim McNairn, The StarPhoenix, September 29, 1999, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |