If you open a Bible and read Proverbs 25:4-5, you will see that it is very pertinent to not all but many of today’s elected officials in Washington and local governments. It pertains to “removing the dross from silver” and “removing the wicked from the king’s presence.”

In our democracy today, the elected officials are elected, by their peers, to “serve them,” not “control them.” Too many people in the federal and local governments are not fulfilling this service. They are only concerned with their own concepts and ideologies of what should be. Hence, we are having problems with violence, inflation, borders and high taxes.

It can be assumed that the reason for this is we, as individuals, are blindly voting for people who don’t really care about their peers but really only care about power, control and their own ideologies. We, as individuals, regardless of what party we belong to, have to start demanding that the people running for elected office state what they stand for. It is then up to us to start voting for people who are concerned for the people in this country and not vote for those candidates who only care about party affiliation, their own ideologies, power and control.

This concept of not campaigning or waiting till the last minute to debate cannot be accepted.

John Jasneski

Shaler

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