THE TOP TWO GO FORWARD!
Submitted to Shelton Blog by Katherine Price Mason County Progressive
Tom Davis has done a good job of keeping us up to date on the antics of our County Commissioners, particularly Lynda Ring Erickson, who seeks even higher office than County Commissioner, and Tim Sheldon, who seeks re-election to his current County Commission seat. If you find either of these events alarming, you might be onto something; if you find both of these events alarming, your mind is firing on all cylinders.
August will be upon us before we know it. We have the opportunity to do some things in this next election. We have the opportunity to put someone in Fred Finn's seat who will work as hard for the citizens of Mason County as Fred did...Jeff Davis. This is the seat Lynda Ring Erickson aspires to. I think Lynda should take a break from political life, and after the August primary, I hope she has lots of free time to enjoy life's simple pleasures.
If we want to put right-minded people in the seats up in this primary, we need to start working very hard right now.
This primary is going to be critical for our environment. Critical for our ability to pass the resolutions we need passed now, and to later pass the ordinances we will need to challenge the next ADAGE. Critical to challenge Solomon Resources coming online in the harbor, and yes, even critical to challenge the right of Simpson Timber Company and Olympic Panel to fail to meet the Dept. of Ecology standards in the harbor, and get a pass for it again, and again, and again.
The top two go forward. That is what makes this primary so important. In the County Commission races there are innumerable candidates. We could have no one to vote for if the top two going forward are not qualified, or if their interests are not the health and welfare of the citizens, but the health and welfare of POLLUTING industry.
We need many hands to make this light work, and we can only affect change locally right now. We need to get up, and get loud, and help our neighbors understand how critical voting for the right candidate will be this August.
We need to get back into the streets for the candidates who will work for CITIZEN INTERESTS. After the August primary, we can take a moment to breathe if Roslynne Reed is on the ballot; if Denny Hamilton is on the ballot; if Jeff Davis is on the ballot; and if Derek Kilmer (running for Norm Dick's seat) is on the ballot.
We need to make sure we have candidates running in the general election who understand the concept of considering our actions in the light of how it will affect the NEXT SEVEN GENERATIONS.
Let's get up, get involved, find a candidate, and come wave our candidate signs at the Clock Tower on Railroad Ave., on Thursday, June 28th, at 5:00 PM.
I have never seen more serious times. We citizens need to get very serious indeed.
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An inspiring and spot-on assessment of the importance of this primary. There have been far more issues than have been reported on and far greater details left out of those that have. It has been difficult to describe the shenanigans that passed for good governance without stooping to personal attacks (not that I’m above that).
ReplyDeleteBut nothing short of direct public interaction, letters to the editor, attendance at any/all BOCC briefings and/or regular meetings, and working with choice candidates will get us to where we need to be. Sign-waving is good, door-belling is better, money (God forgive me) is best.
Support your candidate till your wallet hurts and your feet blister, or get ready to bend over and take it where the sun don’t shine, for another four years.
Thank you, Katherine.
Right you are Tom: We need letters to the editor, attendance at all the meetings one can make (for those of us who work... it's a problem; we have to rely on you awesome retired activists!); door belling is incredibly important and when all else fails, and time cannot be found to physically participate in the process, writing checks to the strong candidates' campaigns cannot be beat!
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