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By Lyle Hillyard
Senator, District 25

On Tuesday, our residents will go to the polls to elect local officials and vote on various bonds. I always appreciate our rights to vote and make our wishes known by the people we elect. Time and again we see that just a few votes can mean the difference between being elected and not. It is so disappointing when we saw the very low turnout in these Primary elections earlier this year. When I see the drop in State revenues and know that most local governments rely on the same sources, I wonder why we have so many good candidates running. Maybe they don’t realize the challenges they will face with growing demands from the public for more governmental services, dropping revenues, and a reluctance of the public to accept tax increases. Some must think there is no connection between what can be provided and what that service will cost.

Here in Cache Valley, there are many good candidates running for city and town offices. I was surprised to read in the newspaper this morning that there had been so few early voters here in Logan. That was not true last year with the huge national election. I wonder if the voters are still making up their minds with such good candidates. Maybe last year, the voters made up their minds earlier or just felt that by voting they could bring the entire hubbub to an end early.

I will be voting and I hope that we have a large turnout. I like to tell people who don’t have time to vote that they lose their right to complain. I can only wish that was true.

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