{"id":801016,"date":"2019-11-04T17:15:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T00:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=374009"},"modified":"2019-11-04T17:15:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T00:15:09","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-discuss-the-issues-and-inform-your-vote-this-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/letter-to-the-editor-discuss-the-issues-and-inform-your-vote-this-election-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: Discuss the issues and inform your vote this Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/LettersWebCard-SDN1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The issues of our country, even our world, are worth their<br \/>\ndiscussions. And not just the numberless paths that led us here, but the best<br \/>\npossible future to chase. To raise your voice ever above disputing judgment is<br \/>\nto ignore the simple fact that there is more commonality between all of us than<br \/>\nany divergence.<\/p>\n<p>Working together has never truly meant changing the other\u2019s<br \/>\nmind. Rather, it\u2019s about understanding the currents of hopes and desires that<br \/>\nuniquely power each of us from one day to the next. In some ways, joining<br \/>\ntogether is exceedingly difficult in a perpetual tornado like our own country.<br \/>\nBut I ask you to try.<\/p>\n<p>On one hand, a democracy with rotating seats ripens the<br \/>\npolitical stage for partisan brinkmanship, always gazing at a faint specter of<br \/>\ncivil war on some improbable horizon. And on the other, a monarchy settles<br \/>\nclasses where they rest, broadening the distance between the rich and poor<br \/>\nuntil inequity itself begins asking for a revolution. So here we stand, guiding<br \/>\nour young, experimental country through a pathless frontier with only a<br \/>\nknowledge of what could go horribly wrong should we rest our personal political<br \/>\ninvestment.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t shy away; the Constitution is an imperfect document<br \/>\nwritten by imperfect people disappointed by its inextricable flaws. They did,<br \/>\nhowever, grant the intention of improving it as secrets were unlocked from its<br \/>\nsurvival. As their distantly succeeding generations, it is our duty to wade<br \/>\nthrough what we\u2019ve learned and make politics better for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Elections will sweep over us before we\u2019re ready. The only<br \/>\nthing to do now is point ourselves forward with faith in the goodness to come.<br \/>\nDiscuss the issues and, most importantly, secure your voter registration and<br \/>\ninform your vote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/opinion\/letter-to-the-editor-discuss-the-issues-and-inform-your-vote-this-election-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The issues of our country, even our world, are worth their discussions. And not just the numberless paths that led us here, but the best possible future to chase. To raise your voice ever above disputing judgment is to ignore the simple fact that there is more commonality between all of us than any divergence. 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