Friday, October 12, 2018

Why listening to candidates is so imporant

There are two people running for the office that heads our county government here in Oregon. One of them

  • doesn't believe libraries should do anything but lend books and videos (he has a big problem with "all these language classes and other stuff they offer now"), 
  • believes there aren't any homeless or mental illness problems in our county that nonprofits and churches aren't "handling", 
  • believes our county's affordable housing crisis will be solved by tax breaks for private companies, and 
  • believes that the way to handle traffic congestion is to build more roads and synchronize traffic lights. 

I've learned all of this by attending two forums - newspaper stories and his website make him appear relatively sensible, if just center-right politically.

I have a feeling most of the people that want to support this person don't realize what they are voting for.

Pay attention to your local races, folks. MAKE time to hear these people speak. I have a feeling most of the people that want to support this person don't realize what they are voting for.

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