Election Day Results- Where do we go from here?

All right... Grab your cup of coffee or tea and take a seat! We gotta talk!   There are still a significant number of people who either have no idea who Stone and Minor really are or they just do not really care. Of course, the latter concerns me more. This is the reason why we need to make sure that we commit to keeping the people informed.  Stone beat out Garcia for the State Senate seat, which leaves his County Supervisor seat available. I am going to be watching to see what happens with that.
On the winning side of things... Hemet now has a council majority committed to keeping our public safety under local control. Even though this is a big win, we need to make sure we push for an agenda that evolves the city into the city we need it be. Public safety is arguably a significant place to start with regards to rebuilding a city however more needs to be done about growth and sustainability. More than ever, we need to push our leadership to implement plans for both. Those areas are vital in reducing unnecessary maintenance/energy costs and building our tax base. If you missed it, measure cc in San Jacinto was defeated and it now leaves the city council to cut needed services it can't afford.
If leadership in Hemet is savvy and can creatively re-build our small business community and middle class, we will not have to worry about cutting services that are vital to the citizens. As a city, we pulled together to keep local control which ultimately prevents, to a significant degree, the possibility of more severe cuts. I am very proud of the people for stepping up and taking the future of the city seriously. If we are informed, only then can we elect the people who will do their job. There was a great poll taken by CNN that demonstrated how uninformed Americans really are and because of this we, as a whole, elect people that push substantial amounts of money to areas of our government where it is truly unneeded and could be used wisely elsewhere.
You want to talk about wasting tax payer funds.... Staying accurately informed is the only way to get a handle on this country's social issues and fiscal problems. We need to start thinking about it as our responsibility. If we do that, then we make smarter choices as an electorate and country.