St. Maarten Private Eye

Being an athiest, I certainly don't trust in God to fix the problems of the human race and our little island in the sun. Why would he want to help anyone who won't step up and help themselves?

You know what the problem is with those 'good people on the lists' you mention? They all waited till the last couple of months to campaign and their campaigns were probably the same old crap that all the others run, so of course they get drowned out.

You want to know how you get noticed? You speak over the others, you raise the level of communication and discussion, it's not so difficult to stand out from the rest if you do this. Secondly, you create a campaign team, with a campaign manager and you draw up a long term campaign plan, you make sure it has people in it who are committed, no slouchers.

And then you start working for your votes, you get out in the communities, you talk to people, you help solve their problems as best you can and you get yourself know as someone who cares and who works hard to make a difference. The sooner this is started the better.

It is in your hands and others out there. Throughout history people have sacrificed time, energy, effort and lives to make a difference, to serve their country and their people, for right over wrong. Governments are formed all the time by parties and candidates that have been elected from grass roots campaigns, they also get overthrown by them too, but I'm not talking about storming the Administraion Building here.

You don't need to have solutions and policies for everything, you don't need to be experts on everything. A 'Green Party' campaigns for 3 or 4 seats on the basis that if elected and part of govt then they want only certain portfolios and will work with other parties on other issues. A good campaign team will have at people in it that are knowledgable, informed and concentrate only in particular areas and issues. Advisors.

If you yourself are not willing to run, then at least try to help us find people who will. Personnally, I think by the time the next election comes around people will be sick of the status quo of the two parties now, I think they will be crying out for something new.

Flipper