Blog: The Passion of the Weiss

Jonah Bromwich advises you to treat yo' self. A little while back, candidate Leslie Knope, aspiring city councilwoman and deputy director of the Pawnee Parks and Recreation department learned a valuable lesson. After being upstaged by an opponent at a fundraising opportunity, she complained that her idea (ramps for seniors) had come first, before her opponent’s “electric lifts for seniors” plan. Her opponent responded, “You know what people don’t care about? They don’t care about whose idea was first. They care about whose idea was best.” I don’t know if Terius Nash or [...]