Whoever you are for — or against — please vote!
Monday, May 16th, 2022Now is not the time to detach from democracy. In fact, it’s time to engage.
I know there’s a lot of news that feels overwhelming in its heaviness and heartache right now — on a local, regional, statewide, national, and global scale. But if we don’t vote, we lose touch completely and we let other people — often those with more power and money and privilege — decide the direction of our city, region, state, country, and world.
If you haven’t already, please crack that voter’s guide that’s on your kitchen table and take the time to vote. There are a lot of voting guides out there from other news sources (Google is your friend), so there’s really no excuse to not have a basic sense of who the candidates are and what positions are open.
Remember: Election day is tomorrow, Tuesday May 17th. [Read more…]
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