Thank You

In just 11 hours, Pleasantdale voters will hit the polls and make a vitally important decision about the future of our school district. No matter what camp you choose, the six people who have had the courage to step up and offer the voters a choice deserve to know that you care enough to show up and vote. You owe it to them and to the children and residents of this community.

Elections like this can be tough on small towns; business owners are asked to put up signs for competing camps; people find themselves with friends on both slates. Families, even, find that they do not agree on which candidates are best. On the positive side, most of us know most of the candidates who are running - they looked after our daughters or coached our sons, they go to our church or attend the same social functions we do. And because we know them, it's hard to vote "against" them. But people who put their names on a ballot know that they will not get every vote: They know everyone won't agree with them; they know some people will vote against them. They know it won't be easy, but they still do it. They put their names out there and spend their own money to take a "job" that pays nothing in terms of monetary reward and can, at times, offer nothing but headaches. They do it largely because they care about their community. And for that, to these six who are running for School Board, we say "Thank you." ~ BC4C