Municipal elections were held here in Cape Coral and the total number of voters would make you sick.Out of 120,000 possible voters only about 20,000 came out to use their franchise. There was so much acrimony during the past year that I personally thought that the turnout would be very high.
Big issues and a falling economy made the platform ready for a shootout. There was a watchdog who attended council every meeting for the past two years and spoke at every available occasion. He was the watch dog and he ran a campaign on, have you had enough yet.
His incumbent was so sure he would win because he was sponsored by the local media that he relaxed. He spoke in the future and he was so confident that he appeared arrogant to say the least. The many debates were reported as a sure thing for this man. Today the news said that he was a loser and the new man won by a 63% winner. Why? The new man gave a story of hope and he engaged the people to think about the future.Now he has to perform.
All around this state the same thing happened. People are Fed up and the economy is driving everyone nuts so they take it out on the elected officials. Perhaps the future will be better and people will vote because of issues instead of the blind thought of get rid of the incumbent because they caused the problem
I love politics but I am distressed with the situation which makes good men into evil and people with short sighted plans heroes. Politics and solutions are a slow process and we find that people of value understand this. Voters get what they vote for but not necessarily what they deserve..
We need to engage in the political discourse, get to know our representatives and stay in touch with the process.
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