With all the ads and flyers flooding TV, the internet and our mail, it’s almost insulting that the candidates and PACs think any of it will influence our informed choices.
Just because a candidate is a Montana fourth, fifth, sixth generation, doesn’t mean much. Have you ever seen them actively involved with local issues or government? Or did they only take an interest in issues that personally affected them, or were personally invited to attend by one of their public official “friends.”
If any of the incumbents gloat about all the federal grant dollars they got, ask them how many rights did we have to relinquish, as grants are usually conditional and usually the reason for our high property taxes. Taxes that the counties, cities, towns and state legislators play a blame and fault game with each other. Maybe the reason 12 counties and 42 cities and towns voted “yes” to local government review? We’re fed up with what we now have. It’s not an end all to our problems, but at least it’s a beginning.
Some of our so-called “public servants” forget who they serve and why. Remind them, Nov. 5, even if you vote “none of the above.”
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