During the week of February 28th, I finished the book I was reading by Tip O'Neill. The book continued to be mostly personal anecdotes that he experienced himself (or people he knew experienced) and he would illustrate a point he was trying to make or a theme through these personal anecdotes. I believe all the advice Tip O'Neill gave was good, and it would be hard to pick a favorite from all the stories he provided.
One that particularly stood out to me, however, was: In Politics, Your Word Is Everything- Keep It and Good Things Will Happen to You. (Pg. 125) This story is about the first time Tip O'Neill met Jack Kennedy in 1946, and this was advice Mr. Kennedy passed on to Mr. O'Neill. A very admirable trait I believe, one that may be very hard to follow in politics.
During this week, I had been in contact with Rick Manning (Program Coordinator of the Waterfront Trails). We corresponded through e-mail and it was said that we could possibly meeting during the next week sometime (the week of March 8th, 2011)
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