Does "age" matter in public service?

[giddyboy]

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i just dunno. BUT WE ARE TALKING about LEGAL AGE pataas ha...

here's an example below that it doesn't. can it happen here?

19 year-old gamer becomes mayor of Oklahoma town
Teen goes from zoning out to zoning laws

By Ben Silverman
Yahoo news
5/29/08

Like any red-blooded American teenager, John Tyler Hammons digs rock music, fast cars, video games and...fiscal planning?

Apparently so. The AP reports that the University of Oklahoma freshman trounced 70 year-old Hershel McBride to become the mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma, making it the first city in the nation to be governed by a self-admitted gamer.

But while he could own any of his peers at Halo 3, the fresh-faced leader is turning his sights on cleaning up the town's politics by establishing an independent ethics commission and locking down campaign finance reporting.

"I'm sure the (city) council will work with me on these issues," he said. "I campaigned on this, and this is something I intend to push."

Tired of the same old political shenanigans, the townsfolk are backing their new man.

"He doesn't have the baggage. He doesn't owe anybody anything," said cafe owner Gary Armstrong. "It's sort of a fresh start for Muskogee."

Best known as the subject of country legend Merle Haggard's 1969 hit "Okie from Muskogee," the unassuming city of 38,000 is considered the archetype of virtuous, small town America, a "place where even squares can have a ball."

And now, so can gamers.

[clarkhkent]

in the philippines we have age requirements when you join politics THAT you must be 21 years of age...i dunno if naa ba na ba sa amerika...

as for the topic my answer is yes! age does matter....pero case to case basis....kay naa man sad gud ron mga TRAPO nga maayo ghapon sa serbisyo publiko naa say dili....as well as sa mga neophyte nga murag trapo...nya naa sad uban bag-o pero naka dala pud sila og kausaban sa ilang lugar...mao nang case to case....bow!

[giddyboy]

in the philippines we have age requirements when you join politics THAT you must be 21 years of age...i dunno if naa ba na ba sa amerika...

as for the topic my answer is yes! age does matter....pero case to case basis....kay naa man sad gud ron mga TRAPO nga maayo ghapon sa serbisyo publiko naa say dili....as well as sa mga neophyte nga murag trapo...nya naa sad uban bag-o pero naka dala pud sila og kausaban sa ilang lugar...mao nang case to case....bow!

21 yrs old or 18? AFAIK, 18 is our legal age...but if 21 ang nka butang sa age requirement, aw ato pud na.

that example in the 1st post i gave was 19 yrs old na mayor sa Oklahoma. i think he has no experience pud bsan councilor lang. but based on the article, he can ace online gaming but at the same time perfect FISCAL PLANNING...

yes, it could come a time that we will be sick & tired to the bones w/ "trapos" & political dynasties. i guess 2010 would be a good time to introduce new blood into our political arena nowadays, huh? like Atan Guardo for example. he's new blood.

[ricponsib]

yes, age does matter..

[cyrus-kanca]

daan bantayan Mayor Sun Shimura, 25 yrs old, son of Vice Mayor Maria Luisa Loot

[giddyboy]

Joseph "Ace" Durano - elected representative to the 11th congress at age 27.

[vern]

Ask yourself this ... has wisdom ever come to the older politicians of the Philippines? ... to some maybe ... to others it's only increased their self-interest.

[dawlim]

d man para nako as long as you are sincere to serve people

[acecrystal]

it doesn't matter at all....as long you have what it takes to serve well then you can do so----regardless of ages

[sigbing]

as long as of leagl age age. wat matters most kung sincere bah to serve public interests not personal interest.