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Posts by Glen McMillan Okara Ward
1698 days ago

Upcoming local elections

Glen McMillan from Glen McMillan Okara Ward

Can I explain to anybody that may be looking?

I am running in Okara Ward Whangarei

I have disabilities including a voice disability so when I attend these candidate meetings, I can hear everybody fine but people often can not hear me.

My voice has no show when 60 or more other people are talking in the same room.

I can not change that. It is amazing how people that can not hear me create their own version of what they think they hear.

So people do not get the wrong idea there is a vast amount of information online about me. I can debate with anyone as long as people do not talk over me.

People see a disabled man.

It is fact that people will often shy away from me because people, in general, do not know how to react to a disabled person, this is magnified hugely when they ask me something and can not hear my answer.

The meet the candidate meetings will be difficult, no problem when I have the mic but the mix and mingle afterward will be difficult voice wise.

I face challenges others don't. But that is fine. two things I have in abundance are confidence and ability.

So do not expect to chat to me in a room with 60 others talking that does not work.

I am happy to talk with anybody, but arranged meetings work best

I have faced many challenges and always overcome them.

I am loving this challenge.

I want people to know who I am google my name.

Glen McMillan or Google Okara Ward 2019, I have published a lot of information about myself online so everybody can feel they know me.

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