Every year a week or so before town election, the League of Women Voters holds a "Candidates Night" where the voters can get some insight into the people running for office. I just read in the local paper that there will be no Candidates Night this year. No reason was given, but I suspect it's because there is only one contested office out of the fifteen or so that will be on the ballot. And that contest is for Tree Warden!
It's sad that in a town of 2000 voters we have only one person willing to challenge the incumbents, of whom I'm one. Yet, many of these same 2000 are not shy about expressing their opinions about Town matters. Why won't they run for a Town office and get a shot at making their opinions reality? Isn't that the American way? Especially in small town America, where West Tisbury us located?
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