Don’t give up the right to vote

Nov 05, 2014

Congratulations to all those civic-minded men and women who chose to run in the recent Municipal Election in Central Frontenac and elsewhere. I applaud you for the time, the effort, and the money you put in to become an elected member of our Municipal government. For those of you who did not win I applaud you anyway for trying to make a difference in your community. Entering politics is not a decision one takes lightly these days. To those who spoiled their ballots or did not make the effort to exercise their franchise in this democratic country I say “Shame on you”. People in other countries like China and Syria are fighting for the right to vote in a democracy and for you to give up that right to vote in my opinion is just plain shameful! It seems that over half the citizens in this area fall into that shameful category. Why is this kind of apathy so pervasive when we need our citizens to care about what is happening here in our own little part of the world? In other words what did our soldiers and warriors die for?

Pamela and Marcel Giroux