OCR Text |
Show Editorial Candidates Necessary Over the years, it has become evident that one of the favorite pastimes in Park City is criticizing City Hall and ' those affairs which transpire therein. The City Council is continously under scrutiny for one thing or another and the City Manager, Recorder, Mayor and even the office girls have not escaped a cringing behind be-hind the back tongue lashing. What the majority of these clandestine perpetuators of rumor and complaint do not seem to realize, is that we are currently living under an idealistic form of government govern-ment known as democracy, wherein even the boy born in the most insignificant of condominium villages, who feels there is room for change in local government, can through the process of election, play an integral part of that local government and institute the changes he feels necessary for the well-being of a community. What -we are saying, is that it is very easy to get involved in-volved in local government and either run for political office or get behind a candidate you feel, for some reason, would serve the community in its best interest. There is a very important election coming up in Park City this November. There are three Council positions up for grabs, not to mention the position of Mayor. Because of the direct primary ordinance passed recently re-cently by the City Council, political candidates will be chosen by popular vote at a primary election, opposed to bureaucratic power struggle at a partisan conven-. conven-. tion. This means that on the whole more people will have i a chance to run for public office than ever before. It also i means, that ideally, Park City will also have a wider selection of political timber than in previous elections. So far no one outside of the incumbant office holders has shown the least interest in running for office. There is less than a month left to file for candidacy, and because of the nature of the new political process, the candidate who has the most time to prepare an effective campaign will fare better than the candidate who hurridly puts a last minute attempt together. With more candidates running than ever before, it will be the individual campaigns and platforms that will win in this November's election, and not shear popularity. However, we have not dismissed the possibility that this November's election, like many functions in Park City, may be a victim of public apathy, in which no one will file for candidacy no one will campaign and possibly no one will vote we'll just reinstate the old officers in their old offices and go on as before. Of course it is just quite possible that the people of Park City get much more satisfaction out of complaining and talking about how "they would do it if they had the chance" than actually taking part in government and playing an integral role in the future of their town. |