I Won the Election Day Lotto!

For the first time in my recollection, everyone for whom I voted won.  What a great feeling! A personal first!  My election day red letter date.

Locally we have the professionalism of both Sharon McDonald as continuing Commissioner of the Revenue and Bob McCabe as Sheriff. Not only did the two of them win, but we won big by having them continue in office. 

It would have been so easy for a candidate opposing Kenneth Alexander to get my vote, but Anthony Triplin, his lackluster opponent, showed me nothing; had he only tried . . .  Oh well, maybe next time.  Maybe one of these days I'll throw my hat into the ring for that seat as a Libertarian. 

At the state level, I am thrilled that we are to get what appear to be strong leadership who have definite plans for further improvement of our Commmonwealth.  Let's hope they are able to accomplish what they promised.  Let's see that they do.

Now that the election is over, let's let sleeping dogs lie.  We fought hard; some of us won, some of us lost, but we should now do all we can to support our system of government by being active.  Being active means communicating with elected officials at all levels of government.  Write, phone, visit, e-mail and let them know what you want them to do on the issues that matter to you.

And for those of you who were eligible to vote and did not vote, Shame On You!

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