PIDS

do you know what's wrong with government? for the answer you don't need to go further than George Washington, our first president, and see what he said about political parties. George Washington's Farewell Address Included Three Main Warnings - HISTORY  

Our first president was right. "When Americans voted according to party loyalty, rather than the common interest of the nation, Washington feared it would foster a 'spirit of revenge,' and enable the rise of 'cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men' who would 'usurp for themselves the reins of government.'" 

We see examples of the destructive influence of political parties at all levels of government: federal, state, district, county and town. Government has become a place where partisan political ideologues debate their party's ideology instead of doing the peoples' business. Governments become Political Ideology Debating Societies (PIDS). Nothing gets done--instead they play the blame game.

There's no better example of PIDS than right here in strasburg where town council failed to pass a unity resolution after Paul Rush's home was vandalized twice within the span of a few weeks. Strasburg Town Council Rejects Unity Resolution | News | dnronline.com 

therefore, I call upon the town's citizens to:

• reject those on town council who use their position to "climb the ladder" in their political party.
• prior to November's election, educate yourself. find out who's running for council and if they're a politician or someone who is truly interested in making the town better.
• consider running yourself, if your total motivation is to make strasburg better for it's current and future citizens.
• VOTE  

It's time to take our town back from the political ideologues and elect representatives who are laser focused on improving the town of strasburg for its citizens.