presonorek
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Yes, I did want to run and actually ran. Twice. Lost once; won once.
But no more.
Wanted to run for mayor of a small city about 20 years ago and read through the disclosure forms. Some of the questions were legitimate; others were so invasive that I returned the forms without filling them in. City clerk said I was not the first; they were having great difficulty finding people willing to deal with it and some city council seats has NO contestants. At the time it seemed incumbents who were in office prior to the new rules didn't have to deal with it.
Jeez, I wonder how THAT got into the law!
Stuff like that happens all the time. That is why I find local politics so interesting. There is way more corruption and a lot less oversight. The people just let them get away with it. It entertains me. They get pissed at a president that has pretty much no power at all but ignore the crooks that sit next to them in church every Sunday.
I ran twice myself and lost both times. I ran in 2012 and again in 2016.