I’m writing this because I’m furious, and you should be too. While all of our preferred candidates got through the February 17th primary election, the dismal turnout and candidate totals are early indications that the other side is ahead, and our side will stay at home – again!
Every four years in the fall, we rally, we vote, we feel like we’ve done our part to save the country. But while we’re patting ourselves on the back for showing up once in a presidential cycle, the other side is methodically taking over our county—one low-turnout spring election at a time.
They vote in **every** election. Spring primaries, spring generals, school boards, county boards, sheriffs, judges—every single one. They show up when we don’t. And because we can’t be bothered, they’re winning seats that directly control your property taxes, your police department, your roads, your schools, and the future of this community.
This isn’t some distant national fight. This is happening right here, in our backyards. A republic isn’t preserved by occasional enthusiasm; it depends on its best citizens stepping up to govern society year-round. If we refuse to do it, someone else will—and we all know exactly who that “someone else” is. They have no qualms about raising your taxes, defunding law enforcement, mismanaging our infrastructure, or pushing radical agendas in our schools.
Look around: We have good candidates volunteering their time, knocking on doors, working their butts off to run and win these races. We have dedicated volunteers sacrificing evenings and weekends to help them. They’re not doing this for fun or glory. They’re doing it because they see the jeopardy we’re in. We cannot relax and assume things will stay the way they are. We’re fighting a ground-up battle to hold the line, and we’re doing it with far too few of you helping.
Yet too many of us can’t even spare **one hour** once a year to vote in the spring. We won’t donate a few dollars. We won’t give an afternoon to knock on doors or make calls. We complain about the direction things are going, but we do nothing to stop it.
This has to end. The choice is stark and it’s yours:
– Step up: Vote in every spring election. Donate what you can. Volunteer a little time. Support our candidates who are actually out there fighting.
– Or sit back: Watch the other side fill every local office, set every policy, and reshape this county in ways we’ll all regret.
Our side has the numbers when we show up. But numbers mean nothing if we stay home. The other side is banking on our apathy.
Get registered if you aren’t. Mark your calendar for the next spring election (April 7, 2026, and every one after). Show up. Give what you can. Because if we don’t govern our own county, they will.
Our homes, our families, and our future depend on it.