The election is over…
We can now all breathe the fresh air.
Well, the election is now over bar some seats still being considered, but you can't help but notice a slight change, with what was a solid red capital to now the rise of independents.
I for one think that's good because, from what I've seen, they are quite passionate and vocal for the locals of Canberra.
I'm not a political person nor will I be, despite some fans commenting for me to run (lol, can you imagine? Because I can't).
But I am a Canberran that cares about how we're treated and represented.
I think it's important for us locals to hold accountable those who gave electoral promises to obtain the votes they received but also have a hint of doubt. Like the kind of doubt you have going to McDonald's on a 40-degree day hoping the ice cream machine is working, but it is indeed not working or someone who says they love Kingsley’s but they only order the chips.
After all, they are only promises, and those promises are made by people, and people are heavily flawed and aren't without error and mistakes.
My personal experience on election day was there wasn’t really optimism, it was more like that feeling you get when you have someone coming over and your house is messy… you want the person over, but you don’t really want to clean, but you kinda have to avoid a fine.
Mind you, I didn’t get to pre-poll so voting date was the only option for us – and based on my local suburb group, it seems election times are slowly becoming a “Who has the best food stalls, because that’s were I’m voting” which is comical but also, where are you and why didn’t you post on social media that you were doing fancy cupcakes???.
Our city has great potential, even potential to go beyond just being an "APS Jobs" type city. I can imagine a bright future of various industries coming here, provided they can endure the weather and avoid copping speeding tickets on Northbourne Avenue.
I see Canberra one day finally being acknowledged in the local weather reports on the major morning news shows on boomer network stations and actually being spoken about without a reporter in front of a green-screened Parliament House.
I can also see Canberra having a great sense of fun and adventure with the city-country culture that still exists and can be expanded on.
But alas, we wait and see what happens here with the many great things, but also the various problems and challenges that is Canberra.
I will miss the democracy sausage anticipation and the petty midnight corflute bandits fighting for territory.
Here's to hoping our representatives represent Canberra well, and here's to not hearing anymore "authorised by bla bla bla Canberra."
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