LETTER: Leading a city, or a nation, is akin to herding cats

LETTER: Leading a city, or a nation, is akin to herding cats

The longer a politician is exposed to the bright lights of the media, the larger and darker his or her imperfections become. In other words, some people focus on flaws and less on the person’s strengths. Positive achievements are often ignored or overshadowed by (petty) negative criticisms. It’s easy to sit at the back of a room and throw crap up front. It’s a helluva lot harder to sit up front listening to contentious, contradictory opinions an…