Lake Worth Elections Today -

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This graphic depicts the feelings of some voters out here. I talked to one friend yesterday who hadn't even made up her mind whether she would vote at all. I can well understand her dilemma.

I won't be at my precinct today. I won't be wearing anyone's campaign t-shirt. This is the first election where I literally dropped out. There has been so much negative propaganda in our local elections. It gets tiring. Anyone who has ever agreed with Jennings, a declared anarchist, on any issue is considered part of the problem by one political faction in this city. Jennings is blamed for it all. We all know how silly that is but politics can be silly. We vote for an individual not necessarily because we think they can affect change or that their glossy mailer is more attractive than their competitor's. Sometimes it is because we may consider that person as the best of the two evils and luck be with us, that one person just may vote the way we wish.

Personality probably shouldn't count but it does. We want to vote for someone we like and who we feel is sincere and might have an inkling of respect for us. Politics, unfortunately, does not rest on a rational analysis of the issues. Personality, culture, and environment do play significant roles when we vote for our officials here or anywhere.

Albert Einstein said, “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” Depending on how adept you are at focusing your concentration, you may have noticed a slight shift in your perception – a weird shift in reality, where you are suddenly viewing these candidates from a different perspective--Dustin Zacks contributed to that perception as some believed his word as gospel whereas others were not convinced that he was truly an independent in this race but a hatchet man for Triolo. There were too many other weird unexplainable happenings going on.

Getting qualified people to run is getting more difficult as good people are vilified daily by we bloggers who are holding elected officials to a higher standard than ever before. We have to take some blame here. I think all of the candidates are well qualified. It boils down to-- who do you trust?

Under-paid public servants are what they are but we expect them to be the most knowledgeable with omnipotent powers to solve it all. We also expect them to listen to our concerns, return calls and e-mails and not display anger or disappointment or ever remove us from the Chamber.

Every commission has its own demons. I don't expect a new one to be much different than any that came before. Counting on "hope" and "change" is just not good enough. We all tried that with Obama. And that's where the problem lies for me and to others who are still tossing and weighing the possibilities as we walk into that voting booth today.