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Valorie Eversole's Blog

January 9, 2009

Time for 'House Cleaning'

I’ve been saying it for years... Throw it all out and start over. “Cleaning house” has taken on a different meaning in the State of Illinois. With the highly possible ousting of Governor Rod Blagojevich, it may be time to examine our other elected officials at the state and national levels. The bill to allow recalls of public officials at the state level met a quick death in spite of legislative support. Recalling would allow voters to take a public official out of office before his or her term is up. Recalls have been used effectively in other states, most recently in California when voters recalled Governor Gray Davis and replaced him with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Public officials are supposed to be held to a higher accountability. They are supposed to serve the people and not their own egos or pockets. This is supposed to be a government “...of the people, by the people, and for the people.” Everything is to be done in the best interest of the people. Not all politicians are so self-centered, but there is quite a number of them who are. They are swayed by lobbyists with money-power who represent a few people. (Another reason why the silent majority should not remain silent.). Give the people the power of recall. Big government needs to be put back into its place. Just like the housewife who is busy with her cleaning - pitching all the old, unusable things and replacing them with new - we need to consider government housecleaning. Those whom the people think are doing a good job will be re-elected. Those who aren’t - pitch.

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