The national news media is concentrating on the presidential election. While highly important, it's your local, day-to-day life that will be affected to a large extent by your local office holders. Local voting issues emphasize the meat and potatoes of community governance. From casino issues, school committee, city or town council and mayor, your local voting choices have an ongoing affect on your finances and your quality of life.

Ballot questions, bond issues, closing libraries, reducing crime levels, highlight the real meaning of "politics is local." For instance, Baby Boomers, whose children are beyond public school age, are affected by school budgets, as they impact real estate and other taxes that all of us pay. While these issues often fly under the local voting radar, they hold great relevance.

The trend of avoiding local elections is prevalent among many voters, including the younger ones. To help you stay informed, 'The New 1420 WBSM' addresses your local voting issues, as does the local newspaper. I have been invited to help moderate various candidate night events in the area, and am very pleased to do so. I am hoping that you also participate in local government in some way. Whether you attend meetings at City or Town Hall, volunteer to help at the polls, compose letters to the editor or just call-in at 508-996-0500 on the various open forum radio programs on WBSM, you'll be displaying a respect for, and knowledge of, the real importance of local government.

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