Change does not change you
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Editor,
I read where Clarence Thomas voiced his opinion that public trust in the Supreme Court has become voided because of the recent proposed decision to curtail or end the right to a woman’s abortion choice. Not true. It began several years ago when the Senate took control of appointments and made it into a group of mostly political hacks.
Now we come to my receipt of our 2022 ballot. Since party affiliation is not required to cast your primary vote, why go to the cost of printing one for each of the two main parties? Would it not save money to print just one version that had the candidates for each office and their acclaimed party affiliation? Of course it would, but that would go against what really controls who we elect.
How much faith is one supposed to have in our system when the Sheriff position, the chief county law enforcement official, is only listed on one ballot? Does this position, like our higher courts, operate according to bias toward one side or the other? And who is it that decided it would be this way, our county commissioners or a party-elected county clerk? Why is it better for those in political power to avoid hearing from a sampling of all our voices rather than a select few? Why do you think such a small percentage of votes are cast?
“We the People” in today’s world seems more like “Some of Us.” That is not the American way but certainly is a useful way in other countries where Democracy does not exist. We are losing who we are by hatred, intolerance, selfishness, and greed. I guess the real provocateur in all this is an individual’s fear that somehow someone’s difference will hurt their ability to be themselves. They do not see change is as inevitable as evolution.
But change does not have to change you. Your habits, etc., yeah, they’ll change, but you retain the strength of your convictions and to be you - without trying to force others not to change.
Same with the ballots, they change how I will cast my vote, not my belief in who should be elected.
Rich Bell
Polson
