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Show WHY KICK NOW? Some calamity howlers failed to vote at the municipal election last week. They do not attend meetings, neither do they vote, then if something happens that does not meet with their approval, appro-val, immediately they make the statement that a clique runs the town. These people look with suspicion sus-picion upon the enthusiastic person who gets out and works tor the best of the community. All men and women citizens have the right to vote, providing provid-ing they have been in the community com-munity long enough, but few use the right compared with the number who possess the right. The non-voters al-e often too lazy to go to the polls, or too inert mentally to study the election elec-tion issues in order to make a rational choice. So they stay at home on election day and let their neighbors and friends do the voting, then if the election doesn't suit them, they begin to howl, long and loudly. They frantically state their twon and state is going to the dogs, and while they shout they make no effort to alter conditions. condi-tions. This is a poor attitude for an interested citizen to take, if you think your town is going to the dogs why don't you get out and try to prevent it. Get out before be-fore the election and go to the polls and vote, if you think a certain clique dominates in your town affairs why get out and talk your heads off after election. To be a citizen is not only a " privilege but a duty. You rave because the office-holder does not perform his duties and then sleep mentally on election day and refuse to perform your duty du-ty as a citizen. Keep still about cliques and organizations if you are not going go-ing to use the power given you. Help make the minority a majority, ma-jority, if you think the majority majori-ty is wrong. If you can't help don't criticise, criti-cise, because you have'nt the right to be a critic when you fail to perform your duty. |