The Mooresville Tribune recently ran articles on the upcoming election for Mooresville mayor and at-large commissioner positions. I’ve got my own ideas of who should win and who should lose, but regardless of that, I’m happy to see people run for local office who think they can do a better job and are willing to commit some time to it. I’ve got friends who often complain about how local government is run, and I know that there can always be improvements. I also have friends who are in local elective positions who grapple with difficult issues and spend lots of time researching facts and listening to opinions before voting on any particular issue. Somehow, I suspect if my complaining friends took the time to get the same information that my elected friends have, the complaining friends might not complain quite as much. There will always be differences of opinion about the role of government, but there’s no doubt that government does serve a useful purpose for everyone, and as such, decisions have to be made about how much control to exercise and how much public money to spend on various services and projects. So, when someone complains about how things are done now, and is willing to back it up with a run for office, that person deserves some degree of respect regardless of their position on any particular issue.
Complaining is easy. Coming up with workable solutions is hard.
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