Thank you for stepping up

Most people you talk to will say this political season has been completely exhausting.

Yes, it has been exhausting, but it has also been refreshing.

Refreshing in that this little community has stepped up their game, coming to the table and not only running for elected offices, but talking openly and honestly about their hopes for the future of Thermopolis and Hot Springs County.

It doesn’t matter where you go, you’re going to hear someone talking about this candidate or that one. Discussing ideas and solutions has become an every day thing. Political parties are tossed aside, looking instead at the candidate as a person and what they stand for rather than holding a strong line based on an “R” or a “D”.

Its refreshing, too, to see so many people willing to put themselves out there for the betterment of our community. Our candidates all have a love for our neck of the woods and are willing to put their own necks out there to see us thrive.

Politics and government, ultimately, are all about choices.

We have a plethora of choices for this primary from mayoral candidates to county commissioners, sheriff to county clerk, all vying for your vote of approval.

Over the past several weeks we’ve had a ton of information about each of those running – information that lets us make solid choices. We’ve had candidate forums to let us see, face to face, who we’re voting for.

Yes, we’ll all be happy when its over, but we’ll be even happier knowing we had a lot of folks to choose from and ultimately made the best choices for our future.