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“Leadership and authority are not the same thing …Authority goes in the direction that’s already in the book; the path that has been clearly trod before now, the way that is safe and sure, clear and certain, obedient and approved, applauded and rewarded. Leadership, on the other hand, rewrites the book. It takes the direction that leads only to the promise of a better tomorrow for everyone however difficult it may be to achieve it now.”   From NCR- Wanted; Women of Spirit  in our own time. Sister Joan Chittister, OSB

A comScore study has resulted in the conclusion that women are more involved in and engaged with the Internet than men.  We already knew that women are the decision makers in how their family spends their money and this is true of the internet shopping as well.  Read this great article by Mashable that covers the report.

The City of Bell, CA is now up in arms over 3 city employees who held a special election which gave the city’s chief administrative officer salary of $787,637, his assistant $376,288 and the police chief $457,000.  Rizzo, who resigned yesterday from his post, was the HIGHEST PAID city manager in the nation. The police chief of this tiny town makes more than the police chief in LA.

How could this have happened?  No one spoke up!  The election was basically ignored, allowing a less than 400-person vote, to decide a financial move that smashed the city budget.  But where were the voices from the city employees who watched this happen?  Why did they not holler to their neighbors, to the press, to whomever would listen about this maneuver? Of course, it also shows how the public must take every election seriously rather than for granted. But I am stunned by the deafening silence that surrounded these three greedy officials.  Leadership requires courage. It appears that there were no leaders in any other part of that city.