Act Locally - VOTE

New subject for a quick comment. Why are there so few actual voters that vote in local elections? I think we are going to see an enormous turnout for this coming election but where will they go when the town or the state holds their next elections.

I can not believe that the little town of Herndon has less than 2,500 active voters in local elections. Are we all so complacent and comfortable that we can't make the effort to get out to vote? Do we not think that these smaller arenas of politics are important? Please think again, voting is one of the very few ways that we as citizens have a voice. Don't you feel it is important to be heard to effect the character and fabric of your own community. No matter what party you are affiliated with, no matter whether you don't see the results or like me are always on the losing side, it is still so very important to vote. Don't abdicate your opportunity or your rights as a citizen by a laisse-faire, it will all work out kind of attitude. Don't wait for something bad to emerge before you wake up and think, I should have voted. History proves that when a population does not exert its ability to make choices and decisions, the more organized and sometimes intolerant fringe groups can impose their will on the majority before they know what hit them. So my message is VOTE!! VOTE!!! VOTE!!!