Reader Comment: Poisonous politicians running off good candidates

Indeed, Mark, not just a story but a book filled with the damages inflicted upon hundreds of this community’s finest citizens and pioneer families. They innocently tried to give back to their community, many for no pay, and have been subjected to ridicule, public disrespect, and ruin by this narcissist with strong sociopathic tendencies excluding the high IQ sometimes found. He and his band of merrymen consisting of lazy media marketers brought here to enrage audiences with half-truths and trashy stories have resulted in it becoming almost impossible to find good people to run for elective office. They refuse to subject themselves and/or more importantly their children to such irresponsible reporting and abuse.

So our local government suffers which feeds fuel to this idiots’ fire. What a pity — it used to be an honor to serve our government. Now, not so much. There are some people like Mr. Wilson, my Father warned me about. He would say, “they would rather climb a tree and tell a lie, than stand on the ground and tell the truth.” Mr. Wilson has a real need for psychological help now! The fact he was elected was not a huge landslide victory for selling the power plant – it just proved my theory we cannot find good candidates which just creates more voter apathy with lower and lower voter turnouts.

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  1. Unfortunately, the phenomena correctly described does not just apply to local politics. It is one of a thousand reasons that the U. S. Congress has such a low public approval rating.

    I recently had a conversation with my 15 year old grandson trying to explain what a unique gift that I was given when my first job was with the U. S. Senate. My grandson, with a look of pity in his eyes, looked at me as though I was delusional.

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