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Now is not the time to be apathetic about voting
From the City Desk
By Coun. Denise Pallesen/City of Cranbrook Council
Spring is a good time to think about the future: what will we plant in our gardens? Are we going to sell our homes? Change jobs? Or decide what we think is important to our city?
Is this the year we get out and vote? Or is this the year we decide it doesn’t really matter what one person thinks?
Do we as voters need to decide where Cranbrook will be in 20 years? Will our roads be fixed with no potholes to dodge? Will we still be known for our state of the art liquid waste and spray irrigation systems? Will we continue to think that higher taxes don’t improve our city?
There are many reasons for everyone to vote for what they believe in this year. What is important to you and your family? Is it important that our children have jobs and are able to raise their families close to home? Will they still be able to attend an educational college facility that many would like in their own community? Will we still see the need for an indoor recreation centre and outdoor parks areas important for the healthy growth of our children and families?
Now is not the time to be apathetic about voting because if we don’t vote, we can’t complain after the election that the results are not the way we wanted. This is our city.
This is a reminder to those citizens who vote regularly to continue to do so, and those who don’t vote, is it time you changed that? This is our city.
