There is an expectation as part of the political landscape on how elected officials will behave, how they will conduct business, and how they will be the voice of the people. White Paper delves deep into the different types of leadership and how the character and decisions that are made effect and preserve democracy. We are in need of a political reform the can be fulfilled by looking at the “old school political machine,” a machine that many desires to no longer exists, as the people have spent years trying to defeat it in order to preserve democracy.
Democracy is an outcome of the development of the political civilization of mankind. It is the common desire of people to be represented by legislatures that keep to the thinking, For the People, Of the People, By the People. These are the principles desired in politicians with the hope of finding a modern-day Lincoln re-emerge, and to end an already existing political Civil War.
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PART I
Chapter 1 The War Room 1
Chapter 2 Getting the Message out 5
Chapter 3 Grassroots Approach to Governing 11
PART II
Chapter 4 The Leadership Lessons to Government 15
Chapter 5 The Modern-Day Lincoln 21
Chapter 6 Business Versus Politics 27
PART III
Chapter 7 The Ethical Leader 31
Chapter 8 The Ethical Code of Government 35
Chapter 9 The Trust Factor 39
Chapter 10 Interpreting Corruption 43
PART IV
Chapter 11 The Political Reformer 47
Chapter 12 A City Plagued 49
Chapter 13 A Case in Study 55
Chapter 14 Reforming a City 59
Chapter 15 Power of Persuasion 63
PART V
Chapter 16 Diminishment of the Republican Party 69
Chapter 17 Red Versus the Blue in Campaigning 75
Chapter 18 The Age of Social Media Transparency 81
PART VI
Chapter 19 Developing a Community 87
Chapter 20 No Strings Attached 91
Chapter 21 White Paper 93