By Jerry Riley

Election time is approaching. It is not enough to state the obvious to remind everyone of problems we face in this country, at all levels of government. Anyone campaigning for any office must tell the voters what he or she plans to do to solve the problems. What is sad, is that anyone who tells the truth is going to be hurt by that truth.

Do the candidates tell you what they need to do, or what will get them elected? Taxes may have to go up, well; at least they won’t go down! Spending must go down. This will curtail some services we’ve become accustomed to – and if we can’t accept that -it’s doubtful the problems will go away
I watch a lot of TV, so I am subjected to a lot of political ads. I’ve noticed everyone is telling us what is wrong with their opponent – but no one is saying much about their plans. Yes, what a revoltin’ development this is!
Remember WE THE PEOPLE are the government and the people WE elect are our employees. If they don’t do what they told us they were going to do, come next Election Day, we can fire them. To do either we, the voters, have to educate ourselves, not only about the candidates, but what they do in office. We have to communicate with them and Our elected employees must also communicate with us! WE the voters are not going to totally agree with any one candidate; we have to look at the positives and negatives of each candidate and decide who has the least negatives. Remember, look at the BIG picture. Like past years, we may have to vote for the lesser of the two evils.
Most of all we have to VOTE! If you’re not registered, get registered. If you are, check to make sure everything is still correct. If not, you may not be able to vote. As you know, if you don’t vote, you give up your right to complain!
As I see it, part of the problem is the employees we’ve elected to solve the problems. I’ve mentioned’ before,the growing number of bureaucrats, people who think more of just keeping their job, than actually doing their job.

Jerry Riley is an occasional commentator for the News Bulletin. He is a retired telecommunications supervisor.