Election Day

Waiting time to vote was 17 minutes!!!
"One of the joys of living in small town!"
The civic lesson below is the true reason!!

A couple of weeks ago Mr. Watson, the man who owns the local firework stand in our town, was at a neighbors house. Mr. Watson asked me if I was registered to vote because he was running for Mayor of Blaine (our town).

I assured him that I was registered and the kids and I would be going to vote. Mr. Watson told us that if he was elected he would fix the roads and slow the cars down on our street. (This is very important because the kids aren't allowed to ride bikes on the street since cars go too fast, drivers think since it is an isolated back road it is ok to go so fast)

Well today we went to vote. As we walked in a bunch of people running for different positions were outside asking for our vote. We said hello to Mr. Watson and went inside.

After we voted, we stopped to say hello and get a soda. As we walked away Tyler told me "I hope he (Mr. Watson) wins because he is going to slow the cars down on our street" I was so impressed that he remembered since we hadn't talked about it since that day.

I decided that Mr. Watson needed to know what was important to his public. So we turned around and went back. I told Mr. Watson "you need to hear what Tyler just said" Mr. Watson leaned down to Tyler and assured him that yes he did promise and that he would take care of it if he wins!!

When we got back to the car I told Tyler now if he wins he will remember how important that issue is to you. If he doesn't do it and asks for our vote in the future we will tell him why we won't vote for him again. We will wait to see who wins!!