It’s Election Day, Please Vote

We’ve all grown up learning that our founding fathers tried to craft a new government of the people, by the people and for the people. We’ve learned of new voters in other countries who have only recently achieved the right to vote and are going to great lengths to do so. For them, voting felt like a victory!

While many Americans take our right to vote for granted, others cherish it as a privilege and will vote come hell or high water. Yet, many will sit back with numerous excuses as to why they don’t vote, justifying their abdication of it. Some of their reasons might be:
• My vote doesn’t matter.
• My party never wins.
• I’m not into politics.
• The candidates are all the same and it doesn’t matter who gets into office.
• I didn’t have time.
• I don’t know anything about these candidates.
• They all lie.
• They do what they want after they get elected.
• We need term limits.
• They’re just going to raise taxes anyway.
• They’re all jerks.

The list goes on but you get the idea. If you are one of those who find any of these reasons plausible, you may want to take a step back, take a deep breath and stop to realize what you are doing by not voting. Not voting doesn’t solve the problems listed above or even not listed. Not voting contributes to all of the illogical rationale listed above. Complacency is the ultimate gift to the politicos.

What’s funny is that Greenburgh has turned into a One-Trick-Pony, with a single party rule. So we’ll never experience creative and unique ideas, opposition and collaboration for policies and programs. What we will usually get are the same stale, monolithic, boring, rubber-stampable ideas that will not increase the Town’s quality of life, reduce the tax burden, create new and/or varied programs for everyone over special interest groups. Ultimately, as things decline, we’re promised to receive more of the same.

With this election, the Republicans have determined that Greenburgh might be a goner. So the Town elections are all but over for us. But, there are 6 NYS Constitutional Amendments requiring a vote. The media has presented them in such a way to ensure passage – a trick Mr Feiner used during his phony referendum for the 715 Dobbs Ferry Road property. ABG, on the other hand has written about them and suggested you vote “No” for the first 5 changes and “Yes” for the last one regarding extending the number of years a judge can serve on the bench. Regardless of whether you believe your vote counts or not, ABG would still like to urge you to go out and vote. Its still your civic duty.