Comments on: Instead of Stacey Campfield… http://realityme.net/2008/10/25/instead-of-stacey-campfield/ A juggling technophile shares personal stories, challenges, humor and perhaps some political commentary. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The rep. http://realityme.net/2008/10/25/instead-of-stacey-campfield/comment-page-1/#comment-196607 The rep. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:04:46 +0000 http://realityme.net/?p=8817#comment-196607 God bless you for that. God bless you for that.

]]> By: Doug McCaughan http://realityme.net/2008/10/25/instead-of-stacey-campfield/comment-page-1/#comment-196387 Doug McCaughan Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:04:45 +0000 http://realityme.net/?p=8817#comment-196387 Thanks for coming back and taking your time here. I like your comment. I agree and cannot add anything more. I'll be doing my part to educate youth by counseling Boy Scouts in the Citizenship merit badge. Thanks for coming back and taking your time here. I like your comment. I agree and cannot add anything more. I’ll be doing my part to educate youth by counseling Boy Scouts in the Citizenship merit badge.

]]> By: The rep. http://realityme.net/2008/10/25/instead-of-stacey-campfield/comment-page-1/#comment-196381 The rep. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:53:35 +0000 http://realityme.net/?p=8817#comment-196381 Incumbency is a bear to overcome. Trust me I have been down that road. I support term limits where ever possible and was the first person to get them to the full house floor for a vote. They failed on a party line vote. After a while unless there is a big new issue a legislator is on the wrong side of their constituents with or the incumbent gets lazy then the incumbent (most of the time) wins. Name Id gets too strong. Campaigns are not cheap and serious people who want to serve or change things will not throw away money on a loosing cause. As far as education goes I have no problem with civics class. I wish more people knew the Constitution and Bill of rights some basic economics would be great as well. It would be better then some of the crap they learn now that is for sure. Politicians will educate people on issues of the day but if the foundation is strong people will do research on their own. Incumbency is a bear to overcome. Trust me I have been down that road. I support term limits where ever possible and was the first person to get them to the full house floor for a vote. They failed on a party line vote.

After a while unless there is a big new issue a legislator is on the wrong side of their constituents with or the incumbent gets lazy then the incumbent (most of the time) wins. Name Id gets too strong. Campaigns are not cheap and serious people who want to serve or change things will not throw away money on a loosing cause.

As far as education goes I have no problem with civics class. I wish more people knew the Constitution and Bill of rights some basic economics would be great as well. It would be better then some of the crap they learn now that is for sure.

Politicians will educate people on issues of the day but if the foundation is strong people will do research on their own.

]]> By: Doug McCaughan http://realityme.net/2008/10/25/instead-of-stacey-campfield/comment-page-1/#comment-195503 Doug McCaughan Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:00:33 +0000 http://realityme.net/?p=8817#comment-195503 Thank you for commenting Representative Campfield! So, why are you running unopposed? I see the same thing in local elections with 2 or 3 positions might be unopposed. Are candidates like yourself just too deeply rooted and too overwhelming supported by the public to make it viable for someone to run against you? Or do we have a dwindling interest in people participating in the political process? Are unopposed candidates a sign that we should be placing more emphasis on teaching about the political process in our schools? or even to the public in general? Thank you for commenting Representative Campfield!

So, why are you running unopposed? I see the same thing in local elections with 2 or 3 positions might be unopposed. Are candidates like yourself just too deeply rooted and too overwhelming supported by the public to make it viable for someone to run against you? Or do we have a dwindling interest in people participating in the political process?

Are unopposed candidates a sign that we should be placing more emphasis on teaching about the political process in our schools? or even to the public in general?

]]> By: The rep. http://realityme.net/2008/10/25/instead-of-stacey-campfield/comment-page-1/#comment-195495 The rep. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:52:06 +0000 http://realityme.net/?p=8817#comment-195495 I would hope you would be able to come up with better then that! I would hope you would be able to come up with better then that!

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