For the past two or three weeks, I have not failed to notice all the letters in the “Readers’ Views” column that ask one to vote for this or that candidate. I have found such letters to be of some value, most of the time.

Through these letters, I have learned that most candidates recognize the same problems but may have diametrically opposed ways of solving those problems. That’s OK, too. No one is always right and no one is always wrong.

Those letters were also a reminder of the numerous phone calls I’ve received lately, urging me to vote for this or that candidate. Calls, calls and more calls. Some even after 9 p.m. It’s gotten to the point of being downright annoying.

I just wish that after candidates get elected, I would get a call or two from them asking me what I would like. Alas, it seems that after the election, I’ve been all but forgotten. Somehow, the elected candidate has lost my phone number.

One exception, however. Just a few months before the next election season, I will again start receiving a whole lot of phone calls with poll questions. These annoying calls now ask, “Am I in favor of this, or am I in favor of that?”

You don’t need to be a brain surgeon to realize that these politicians with their polls are only trying to determine which direction to go in order to get elected/re-elected.

It is no wonder that so many today are disenchanted with our whole political system. One way to fix that would be to limit the amount of money that can be spent on an election. And make it a realistically low figure. Something that an average person — without lobbyists — can afford.

Peter P. Sirois, Madison


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