Voting day in a small town.
To vote, or not to vote; that is the question. The only contested office on the ballot today is for one of the three seats on the board of selectmen. The incumbent has held the office for longer than I have lived in town and I believe his father held it before him. Is he serving our town well? Probably not. Does he use his political pull for himself and his family? Probably. But he's a born and raised townie and I believe that does help keep a small town grounded.
The candidate running against him well, I'm not sure where to start. I'm pretty sure he's got his own political agenda, should he be elected. His mild southern drawl is proof one that he is not a life long resident of town. His motivation for being elected I think is probably about the same as the last time he ran (and lost) a few years. A personal vendetta against some town official. You see, this guy has a son, and the son is well known to police - local and state. The thing is even though the son has been in juvenile lock-up and a stolen safe was found on their property, the father believes that his son is innocent and everyone else is out to get him. If it was one incident, maybe, but we're talking incidentS here. My guess is the father's agenda is to find a way to get rid of the police chief.
So here lies my quandary. For the most part I believe that unless you can specifically reference something good your politicians have done for you, vote them out. In this case my concern is the alternative may not be better. Getting rid of the police chief would not be the worse thing in the world, but his reasons for doing so are not all that pure. The current three selectmen have been holding their offices for a while now so I think shaking up the mix could be good. However, I'm just not sure the current candidate is the best guy for the whole town's interests to do it.
I guess what I really have to decide is if I want to be responsible for putting either one of them in office, and therefore should I even vote at all???
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Sounds like you need to run for selectman (or selectperson, if you will).
Thanks, I forgot it was voting day. Here's my thought. You know what it's been like being president of the FD Auxiliary, now multiply that times 500 and think about how folks would rate your performance and do you even want to do it for another term?...I wouldn't be surprised if Burb is out there with a don't vote for JB sign. Being a Townie, I voting for the Townie. When you're a dairy farmer, you have to deal with a little B.S.
Isn't one of them a gay black Muslim socialist named Kennedy? Vote for her... Granville needs change!!!!!
I don't live there any more and can't vote, but if I was voting I'd vote for the Townie. At least you know what you are getting there and it sure doesn't sound like the other guy is running for the right reasons.
As far as Kennedy's go it might be time to get rid of them too.
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