Unconditional Love

The weekend is coming to an end and it will be back to work tomorrow but the one thing we can take away from the long weekend with our family is unconditional love not just for our family but for our community, our neighbors, our city, our state and our country.

We must find ways to reach out and help people in need and to create a better system of government for our state and local communities. We need to develop lines of communications that benefit all people when it comes to government. Funny how it is that after an election most of the people we elected stop talking to everyday people and only speak with business leaders, lobbyist, and other government leaders. Where is the attempt to continue the conversation with the voters? Newly elected official should look for ways to continue the dialog with the voting public. The voting public should continue to look for ways to communicate with their elected officials.

The voting public may not always ask the easy questions but they do deserve to get a fair hearing and an answer back when a question is asked of an elected official. The voting public should word their questions so as to allow elected officials to be able to give an answer after all just blaming someone for an issue does not help in solving a problem. The voting public can share their feelings and ideas on any topic that they feel strongly about and elected officials should listen carefully before giving an answer.

The Obama Administration has setup a website, http://www.change.gov, where they are looking to continue the dialog with the American voting public. They want to hear from all Americans not just the Democrats. I personally feel that every elected official should have this type of website where they can seek input on a range of issues both local and national. If you go to most elected official’s websites they put contact information in a place that is hard to find and very seldom do you get a reply from the elected official about the question asked or the problem raised. Now is the time for change, now is the time for our elected officials to seek input on issues and to start listening to the voting public. One of the most enduring qualities of unconditional love is the ability to communicate with the people you care the most about even when the subject is difficult.