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Randall L. Frank is a Seaside City Council writing as a private citizen.

 

Letter: Column should be used to build community, not tear it down

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Randy Frank

Seaside City Councilor Randy Frank.

Seaside Signal

I love the city I have lived in for the last 56 years and am both happy and proud that our children were raised here, graduating from Seaside High School, participating in sports and learning to swim at our pool.

One way of giving back to the community is to be involved in different groups, organizations, associations or perhaps nonprofits or various boards or councils. I volunteer hundreds of hours per year out of the interest I share with others in the well being of this community we call home, it is a way of showing gratitude.

Part of what a person learns in working with others is the ability to come and reason together. Sometimes this means that we shall agree to disagree after our brainstorming, conversation, debate or even goal setting, but we still move forward in a civil manner and seek out the greater good.

We all should be able to have a voice in the process and understand we’re often after the same goal even if the picture in my mind is different than the one in your mind.

Recently I was disparaged in what used to be a community newspaper column where the person made accusations, called names, misquoted me and even assigned to myself the actions of others.

I could have written a much longer retort and replied to the many mistruths and insinuations but I shall spare the readers and simply say that some people feel that others don’t have the right to be involved in the process and if one has a differing opinion then they are a bad person.

This type of behavior is simply manipulative and designed to be used as a scare tactic toward the many who may wish to share an opinion. When a community column is turned into a pulpit for bullying it is a sad day indeed and works to tear down rather than promote community.

Randall L. Frank is a Seaside City Council writing as a private citizen.

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