I Have A Dream…

by Douglas Heizer

Maybe I am innocent or just a romantic. Maybe for some people I can be stupid. But I am a dreamer.

I have been involved in politics since I was in junior high school. I was the editor for my school paper. I ran held all of the possible office positions during my school years.

During high school, I dreamed a little further and with some students from other schools, we became the voice of the students in my city against the dictatorial regime in Brazil.

At that time, I used to fight for things that would never really influence my student life. Since I was in private school, born into a wealthy middle class family that provided me everything I needed to succeed in school, I fought for free bus passes, free lunch, better public schools and the right to reinstate our State High SchoolStudent Council which was closed by the government.

Although I had a lot of success during junior high and high school, I put a halt to my political career during my collegiate years.

I remember like it was yesterday. During the first day of school, I went to the Student Government Council with a lot of passion and ready to serve. But once I got there, I realized they had a lot of “professional students” planted there by the Works Party (A left wing party). During my younger years, I fought against the extreme right and I couldn’t live with the extreme left.

Later on, my political involvement continued in the business field. For 12 years I was director of the State of Rio de Janeiro Chamber of Industry and Commerce. I was the secretary of the Retail Owners Union and many other offices that required my political expertise.

In my city, I was a member of the Mayor’s Advisory Team and served on various commissions and boards. Just to give you an idea how young I was when I did all those things, I moved to the USA at the age of 38. My friends used to joke with me, saying that the things I did were for someone that was at least 80.

What is my political dream? My political dream is to see candidates craft their campaign based on who they are, what they will do if elected and how they believe their victory can change peoples’ lives. That should be easy.

I believe in a day when Boca Raton City Council candidates Frank Chapman and Anthony Majhess can work together for a better city without attacking each other.

By the way, I want to publicly invite both of them to lunch after the election. It doesn’t matter who wins. I dream that I can be a bridge between people. It would be nice if Mayor Susan Whelchel and the other city council members would come to this lunch as well. Do you guys accept my public invitation?

Like I wrote at my last column, nobody is innocent. The Bible says this very clear: “Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins. Ecclesiastes 7:20”.

Why be a hypocrite? Why accuse others if you have a lot of things in your life that are “under the carpet”? I will never vote for a candidate that sells him/herself as perfect without any guilt. If a candidate says this, I can guarantee one of their attributes: Hypocrisy.

The world is made for imperfect people who must work to become perfect. I am afraid of the ones that think and speak that they are perfect.

In this edition, we are trying to bring to you, the readers, information you can use to help choose your candidate. They are simple questions that both candidates answer for you.

We also have a columnist who offered his thoughts about our city election. Take a look; then make your choice.

It doesn’t matter who wins

. I’m not worried about the results:  The Bible said: “He changes times and seasons; he deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. Daniel 2:21”

On March 13th, may God Bless Boca Raton and give us the council person that He already chooses. Our job is doing what we need to do, go out and vote! We will have election news and a picture of the winner on the front page of our edition 91.

Before I finish, I have an important statement to make: Don’t fool yourself. I am not a perfect person. But I am working hard to be a better one!