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 years. Don'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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