Well-being Matters

I have heard it said that “well-being matters for everyone”.  Well, yes – but one type of person with one type of heritage in one type of community may be feeling more than their fair share of intimidation, harassment and danger.  This is what infuriates me about the current system that VotePlusPlus is intended to reform.  The role of representative government is to be vigilant and protective of any citizen or group of citizens under attack.  If you nip that in the bud, our people don’t have to burn down a convenience store in order to exclaim “Can you hear me now?”  When that starts happening, it implies that something is very wrong at the heart of the representative process.

In most local municipalities the city council gives direction to the city manager, who in turn provides direction for the chief of police.  If most city officials were talking about civil liberties and setting the tone, something must have gotten lost in translation or ignored along the way. VotePlusPlus asks of citizens:

“How do you feel about the rule of law and enforcement of order?” and;

“How do you feel about protecting civil liberties?”

Depending on where you are and what’s going on, there is no wrong answer.  However, “your” message needs to be heard loud and clear, and compared to the answers given by your candidates – local to national – “before” it’s all narrowed down to two or three “bad choices”.  I am confident we can find conscientious individuals in our communities who would be thrilled to work this out, come back to the problem often to check it, tweak things and try again.

They should be your candidates and you should “know” exactly what you are dealing with when you vote.