The 2009 local elections were a good start...

...but we have a lot more work to do in order to take our government back from the control of self-serving bureaucrats and return it to the people who make the country work.

This year is an important year at both the state and federal level. Here in New Brighton we have been misrepresented for a long time by three hard-core left-wingers who are clearly intent on becoming or retaining their status as career politicians.

• Betty McCollum - Minnesota 4th District Representative


• Satveer Chaudhary - State Senator from District 50


• Kate Knuth - State Representative from District 50B

It should be noted that these people are not evil, but rather dangerously wrong in their radical left-wing thinking and policy making. The net effect on us, the people who make the country work by running our businesses or going to our jobs, is that the policies promoted by these political careerists are just as damaging to our society as if they had been intentionally and maliciously designed to cause harm. It is therefore in our best interests to oust these people from office and let them return, and in some cases enter into, the private sector where they can join the rest of us in making a living by producing goods and services our society wants, needs, and seeks voluntarily.

Yesterday I attended a town hall meeting that featured State Representative Knuth and US Representative McCollum. To me and several other people who listened to and asked questions of the representatives it is clear that both of the women have got to go for the good of our community, state, and country. It is clear that both focus on catering to their constituency that looks to government to solve their problems and provide for their wants and needs by using the force of law to transfer the wealth of people who produce it to them. Obviously neither see the ethical, moral, and practical problems of this sort of government. Both seem to be oblivious to the damage their policies and positions cause, through a combination of intellectual incapacity or laziness, political "correctness", and a near theological view of the virtue of big government. Whether my perception of the reasons for their harmful actions in office are correct or not, the bottom line is that, for whatever reason, they are not fit to represent us and need to be voted out of office.

In the upcoming weeks and months leading to the November elections those of us on this site will post our thoughts in making the case against these politicians and promoting the case of the right-thinking people who will hopefully step forward and run against them.

We cannot depend on the local or national media to get the word out as they are clearly both actively and passively for the incumbent liberal office holders. It's great if those of us in opposition can occasionally get a letter to the editor published (and I will continue to submit them), but we can't count on it happen. In addition to the bias of the traditional mainstream media, the editorial policy and space limitations often make it difficult to thoroughly express our view even if we are published. I encourage all who agree that this left wing trio has got to go to submit letters to the editor as well as submitting them to this site as some did during the 2009 local election.

More to come. Hang in there and help make 2010 a year of real change for the better.