How many times recently have we heard that we the voters are too stupid to know what we are voting on? I have always been suspicious of anyone who claims to be smarter than the rest of us. Sometimes I vote with the minority opinion, sometimes I vote with the majority opinion. When I lose, I don't say "the voters didn't understand it, and didn't know what they were voting on."
Well, Our State Supreme court has done that recently overturning Initiative 747, and now tonight, I wonder how many of our county councilmen will vote to overturn a super majority will of Whatcom County Voters. We voted on this already, guys, and vote to send this back to us, and we'll vote the same way again.
We were not duped by Republicans, we were not abandoned in our education by Democrats, We understand things like cutting taxes, reducing spending, making legislators accountable, and District by District voting.
We vote for representatives in either the 39th, 40th, or 42nd Districts for state. They All represent All of the state, but are sent to the state by votes from their close political boundaries.
We cannot and should not vote in each other's districts.
There are cultural differences between the folks in Lynden and the folks in Fairhaven, they both need their own representation and not have each other voting in each other's districts. (If you think there is no difference in cultures, do something simple like mow your lawn or open your store on a Sunday in both areas in the county and tell me how it goes...)
Now, watch those who are the big proponents of re-educating us ignorant voters tonight, and I suspect that the same ones who want county wide voting are also with Carl Wiemer on creating appointed micro -councils in unincorporated areas. Thankfully that went nowhere, could you imagine the bureaucratic and unaccountable mess that would create? And outside of Lynden or Custer or Acme in unincorporated areas, those folks would have their Micro-Councils appointed by councilmen that were voted for and elected by people outside of their district, if this goes to the ballot and passes.
But I digress, because Carl, Laurie, Dan, Barbara, Seth and even Ward will come to understand that we the people are not so stupid, we knew what we voted for the first time and we will remember who argued for this come time to vote for you also. It is seldom a good idea to go against the will of the voters. I hope that I am wrong about my prediction that this will be a 6 to 1 vote tonight. If we need to vote "at Large" for all positions then what is the point of a single At Large seat?
Parting Shot: When the 6 of you vote to send this back to us ignorant voters, what will you do when we the people unceremoniously vote it back down again? Will you be looking for a new job at the same time as we vote you out on the same ballot?
Just vote this one down boys and girls, and let's put this issue to rest once and for all.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
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