The July 15th primary election in Gwinnett County, Georgia showed up a problem with our country that no one seems to be talking about.  One of the questions on the ballot was “Are elected officials being held accountable for their actions?”  83% voted “No”.  Yet mere months after the Gwinnett County Commissioners commited Gwinnett taxpayers to thirty years of funding a stadium for the Atlanta Braves farm team, all the incumbents were voted back in.

Mike Beaudreau got 69% of the votes in the Replublican primary for his district, and the only Republican running for chairman who is not currently on the Commission got only 10% of the votes.

So who exactly do those voters think ought to hold the Commissioners responsible?

Are they waiting for God to strike them down with a lightning bolt?

Even though you can’t write in votes in a primary, you can still not cast a vote for those running unopposed.  Only about 10% of Republican voters did that in this election in Gwinnett.  The percentage was a bit higher on the Democrat side, but still not enough to get anyone’s attention.

If you’re not willing to vote out those who have shown they don’t represent you, how will you ever get actual representation?

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