The Observation Deck

An Open Suggestion for Politicians, local and national:

I am not addressing this to anyone in particular. After receiving some material in the mail with negative statements (not from anyone in Lakewood) and nothing to tell me what positive plans these people had,
I'm making this suggestion to those who the "shoe fits".

Please skip the complaints you may have with other politicians who currently hold office or are running against you, in your presentations, promos etc. We are capable of observing, analyzing and deciding their weaknesses or strengths on our own.

Please tell us what you plan to do to remedy the problems as presented to you by the people here on the Deck and for the national politicians, the problems as we all perceive as presented to us by national media.

I do not believe we need to view, read or hear smear. Smear achieves nothing.


I, for one, would like to hear your solutions to these problems in detail, if elected.

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Just a guy with a vote.

Mark Crnolatas wrote:Smear achieves nothing.

...except an increase in votes. When this goes the other way, we will see it change but so far, why take the high ground when you will be always sitting on the sideline when you do? It is the rare politician who would admit to smear campaigning directly but a rarer one who would leave this profitable strategy by the wayside.

But yes, politicians reading this... is there hope for a change in the near future or will it be more of the same when it comes to negative campaigning?