As we see the fields for municipal elections, in cities across North Carolina, start to get worked out for this falls races, let’s remember what has happened in the State since the last municipal elections in 2015. For the Charlotte Mayor’s race on November 3, 2015, in a city of ~810,000 people, 79,769 voted for mayor. That’s less than 10%. I’ve heard people who were very active during the 2016 election say that city elections just aren’t that “important”? Can you say HB-2?
On October 6, 2015 our State Capitol City of Raleigh held their municipal elections. And as a US Citizen, and a resident of North Carolina, it is just embarrassing. In a city of 431,746 Citizens, only 35,877 showed up and voted for the highest profile position on the ballot, Mayor. That is a fabulous 8.3% of the population deciding the government of the WHOLE city for the next term. That’s just pitiful.
And it’s not just in Charlotte and Raleigh; let’s look at the last Mayoral elections (2013-2015) in the Country’s “Big Three”. New York Metro- Population- 8,406,000, Turnout- 1,102,000, ~13.1%. Los Angeles- Population- 3,884,000, Turnout- 410,000, ~10.5%. Chicago- Population- 2,722,000, Turnout- 478,000, ~17.5%.
Should we really expect any different as we are in to our third generation of “Civics illiterates” having been produced by our education system? I have to believe this is by design. The central government Liberal-Progressives, who have dominated the national government bureaucracies for the last 100 years, have already achieved much of what was first started in to action by President Woodrow Wilson. The sooner they can get those bothersome State and local governments out of the way, the sooner we will achieve their planned Utopia.
It’s sad enough that so many of our fellow Citizens can’t name who their US Congressman or US Senators are. Or can’t identify their State House Members or Senators. But how many have a clue who their County Commissioners or City Council members are? And even worse, how many have actually ever showed up to specifically vote for them, much less attended one of their meetings? This is where, I believe, we are losing our Country and our Culture.
Our Founders in no uncertain terms intentionally gave US a Divinely inspired road map to Liberty and Prosperity in our Constitution. And they also were all strong local government advocates. The design of our Republic was for all government to emanate from the Town Square and flow up from there. But now everything focuses on what flows down from Washington, DC.
If our Republic as we know it is to survive another generation, we MUST reverse this. Representative government all starts at home. Are you involved? If not, and you care about the future of our Republic, you better get involved. Or this Great American Experiment is destined come to an end. Think globally and act locally!
God Bless America! And America, Please Bless God Again!
