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Organize to win

Earlier I posted this as a response to another  posting. After rereading it I am posting it as it's own topic so maybe others will read it.

I started reading the Patch more than a year ago. The posters on the pages of Patch kept others informed and seemed to really put out some good information based off other topic and their experiences. I believe the intent of the Patch was to keep people informed, involved or at a minimum get people to think locally which in turn might get someone to get involved. I have commented on here many times and it seems to me that we need organization. We have a multitude of opinions, strengths, wisdom, and energy. What we lack is being organized. We have been divided and we have been conquered. Not because Dems are correct or Reps are correct or even Ind have the solution but because we will not hold any politician accountable for their actions. If you went into a store and they didn't give you the correct change you would put up some kind of resistance for them stealing your money. Why, because you know that was wrong and you know how to fight back. It has been way too long that we citizens have actually fought back and won. Why, because we have never been taught how to fight back the right way. Not violent just standing up to the corruption and speak the same language so when the politician gives a lie as an answer we are able to speak intelligently and articulately when we call him/her a liar. We all can agree there is corruption but we can only blame ourselves because we all have been putting our heads in the sand and letting the issue become a crisis. The only way to fix this is to learn what our local gvt is and start holding them accountable. Forget about fighting the president and pointing out what his administration is doing wrong. Our state and local gvt is doing, if not worse, just as bad. Fix the issues locally and that will stop the outside forces from being able to bribe, bully or manipulate our town or state. Again, it is not because they are a Rep, Dem or Ind it is because we residents, citizens are not nor have we been doing our jobs.

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