So many topics to consider. One who probably knows best suggested I cover a fave topic – music – and the current president's taste. Driving to basketball (and after we played friends there thought I should blog on our 4 v 4 full court games) this morning Adam LaRoche dominated the sportstalk radio airwaves; and as well when we left the gym and I turned on the radio again. We may not know the whole truth but a player who had some success and mucho against my fave team, left some $13 million on the table when the White Sox management backed off an agreement to allow his now 14 year-old boy to be in the clubhouse.

Now every team sets its own rules. No universal rule applies.

Nonetheless I recalled how much my own boy and girl got to hang with their dad, including "starring" at Ruth Messinger's announcement for Mayor outside the PS186 playground in Bellerose, Queens.

I recall managing Marisa's softball team in Port Washington – in my suit – standing behind the backstop shouting instructions while taking a call from then Bronx Borough President Freddy Ferrer's (2001) mayoral campaign press secretary John Del Cecato.

Jonathan “interning” as an eleven-year-old in the summer of '98 in the City Council Member's office where I served as Counsel/ Chief of Staff; the councilman gave Jonathan work directly; he performed it well.

The next year when school was out Jonathan came to work with me at my new gig as Legislative Counsel to The Bronx Borough President; the next thing you know he rebuilt the website and 'til this day, I've not liked any public official's site better (Jonathan also built the Queens Civic Congress site).

The office's IT folks also disabled the games on everyone's PC's and to this day, my friend Kalman marvels how 12-year old Jonathan restored the games on his PC. Marisa loved Take Your Daughter To Work Days.

In Freddy's '05 race, Marisa, then 16, joined me at the campaign HQ most days, sometimes covering the phones and was the only one Kalman (now campaign executive director) trusted with the campaign credit card to get supplies or to make the deposits of thousands of dollars of contributions.

When I left government in '03 I found an even greater flexibility to be in my children's lives and meet my professional responsibilities.

So weigh in on Adam LaRoche.  The Public Ought To Know.