On Tuesday, May 15th, I will be voting in Pennsylvania’s primary election. The race that is gaining most of my attention is to determine which Democrats will be nominated in the York County Commissioner’s race. Doug Kilgore, Doug Hoke, and Ned Grove are all running for the slot. Two of them will be nominated.
While trying to decide which two candidates I will vote for, I have, obviously, spent time considering their views on County issues, their experience, and how well I feel that they would represent York County. I also, however, am taking time to consider how much hope each candidate would inspire in me if he were a general election candidate.
Hope is an important thing to have when you’re a Democrat in a Republican county. And, providing hope isn’t just the job of presidential candidates like Barack Obama. Indeed, it can – and must – be done just as well, if not better, by local candidates, at the local level.
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