Recall Petition - DO IT!

These pages have always advocated the exercise of democracy. Voting by the citizens of a federalist democracy is the greatest tool free individuals can posses.

It is once again time to call for exercising that tool. Given the extensive and vociferous nature of the dissatisfaction with the Marco Island government, let’s once and for all put the issues to rest as related to the council members.

Should they stay or should they go?

If the voting is for them to stay, then rejoice for the majority approves of their efforts, and business will continue as usual, and as such the detractors are silenced. The citizens have spoken.

If the voting is for any one of them to leave, then the council members so designated should leave immediately. The citizens have spoken.

There should be not one citizen, not one group, not one councilmember and not one public employee that should fear this process, that should besmirch this process, that should thwart this process. For in doing so, they are dishonest and hypocritical, for they reap the rewards of living in the greatest country on earth – a democracy – but impede the very foundation that provides for their standard of living. Lest anyone doubt this assertion, try living in Cuba or North Korea for a while.

And as salient and inarguable this position appears to be, there are those that will go to great lengths to divert our unalienable rights to vote and to obstruct the process with no shame. More on this farce in the following article.

So, Marco Island, allow the recall, vote, and let the chips falls where they may!