Simmons bows out, look who may be in
Life is full of little
ironies.
Now that it seems clear that Rob Simmons sees the handwriting on the wall, and has turned his back on a run against Courtney in '08, it was only to be expected that we would be hearing about other potential opponents. Today's Norwich Bulletin (link unavailable as I write due to some sort of site error at the Bulletin) surveys the potential field. And a lackluster one it is, with one exception.
And here's where the irony comes in. The one exception is a guy I see every day of the workweek. In fact, all I have to do is look straight ahead, out my office door and into his. His name is Sean Sullivan, formerly head of the US Submarine base in Groton, currently low person on the associate totem pole (at least so far as time in service) at my law firm.
So far Sean has taken a firm "I'm not sure" position about his candidacy. I have, of course, pointed out the benefits to be gained by acquiring proficiency in his new profession. For some reason, which I can't quite figure out, he suspects my motives.
I have a reason for preferring that Sean stay out of the race, beyond the fact that he appears to be the strongest of the candidates mentioned in the article. One doesn't criticize one's fellow workers, at least outside of the workplace, so his candidacy would crimp my style, blog wise. Even if one did, I couldn't. It's much easier to heap invective on someone you don't know, or do know and dislike. Neither of those conditions is satisfied in this case. So I am hoping that Sean doesn't run. If he does, and stays on at the firm, I'll likely steer clear of writing about him, preferring in that case to just pump up Joe.
Whatever Sean decides, I'm confident that two years from today he'll be practicing law, if not across the hall, then somewhere else.
Now that it seems clear that Rob Simmons sees the handwriting on the wall, and has turned his back on a run against Courtney in '08, it was only to be expected that we would be hearing about other potential opponents. Today's Norwich Bulletin (link unavailable as I write due to some sort of site error at the Bulletin) surveys the potential field. And a lackluster one it is, with one exception.
And here's where the irony comes in. The one exception is a guy I see every day of the workweek. In fact, all I have to do is look straight ahead, out my office door and into his. His name is Sean Sullivan, formerly head of the US Submarine base in Groton, currently low person on the associate totem pole (at least so far as time in service) at my law firm.
So far Sean has taken a firm "I'm not sure" position about his candidacy. I have, of course, pointed out the benefits to be gained by acquiring proficiency in his new profession. For some reason, which I can't quite figure out, he suspects my motives.
I have a reason for preferring that Sean stay out of the race, beyond the fact that he appears to be the strongest of the candidates mentioned in the article. One doesn't criticize one's fellow workers, at least outside of the workplace, so his candidacy would crimp my style, blog wise. Even if one did, I couldn't. It's much easier to heap invective on someone you don't know, or do know and dislike. Neither of those conditions is satisfied in this case. So I am hoping that Sean doesn't run. If he does, and stays on at the firm, I'll likely steer clear of writing about him, preferring in that case to just pump up Joe.
Whatever Sean decides, I'm confident that two years from today he'll be practicing law, if not across the hall, then somewhere else.
Posted: Wednesday - February 28, 2007 at 08:05 PM
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