Monday, October 21, 2013


I'm Voting for the President


  If you are involved, even minimally, in anyone's campaign, you've probably made phone calls or knocked on doors.  Door knocking is physical labor, especially in south Florida.  Phone calls are like nothing ever encountered before.  Hang-ups, cursing, and unfamiliarity with the allowances in the "Do Not Call List," subject you to really some hostile folks.  Have any of you encountered the voter, on the list that "The Campaign" has provided, who says: "Oh, I only vote in the Presidential elections.  Those are the only ones that matter."  Are you one of them?

  Please change that attitude.  If you care about your bank balance, your  taxes, your schools, and your neighborhood, then you need to vote in local elections.  Additionally, your Congressional representatives are elected every two yearsDon't miss the boat by letting someone else choose who is representing you. Your town, city, or municipality is the first entity that dips into your pocket.  If you can regulate them, you have a great chance of controlling the next layer of government.  It continues to spiral upward.  Control the city, the county, the state, and then you have a fair chance of making an impact in a national election.

  Should you decide that you'll wait until 2016 before casting your ballot, I hate to be the one to tell you, but, someone else will be selecting your state governor.  Someone else will be selecting your state senators and representatives. Someone else will be selecting your congressional representative.  Do you trust "them" to choose for you??

  The actual act of voting is not that difficult.  What is complicated is deciding who deserves your vote, but that's another blog post.  What is most important is going to the polls and casting your vote.  Or submitting an absentee ballot.  Every election.  Every opportunity.  Every time that there is a choice, you must  exercise your right to be heard.  If you don't, someone will take your place.  You may not like their choices.


  

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