“Public service is the highest form of civic engagement and is designed to help integrate the past, present and future of a community into a cohesive and functioning society of equals. There is no man behind the curtain and his band of 12 elder men, calling the shots. There is no narrow, divisive and demeaning theology that demands a higher allegiance than all the women and men of Moscow do. Councilors must serve only us; not their church or business. The only special interest is us!” —Nick Sanyal Continue reading →