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Show You And You Alone Are Responsible The responsibilities of all citizens will be definitely increased during the next few weeks. Election time brings to all of us the necessity of making decisions that can effect our lives, happiness, homes and businesses. Public apathy towards elections seems to increase as the number of candidates and area of country involved in an election decreases. We all know that this is not as it should be but we seem to take the attitude that smallness means unimportant. The officials that will be elected in the coming city election will have more of a direct and day to day influence on our lives and way of life than those in other levels of government. If during the next two years we have an inefficient city administration it is tne fault of the public and no one else. Make yourself fully acquainted with all candidates, their records, and (if possible) why they are running tor office. Get your 'information from people they have worked with or people who have worked for them. Was a man a success in his previous position, did he have the admiration and respect of his associates? When a person runs for public office you have the right to ask the questions necessary to determine to your own satisfaction his honesty, integrity and sincerity of purpose. REMEMBER IF YOU DON'T VOTE OR DON'T VOTE INTELLIGENTLY IN-TELLIGENTLY YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO GRIPE LATER |