Well done, Harry

The published letter from Harry Accornero is directly on point. With very few exceptions in the past 200+ years of our Democratic Republic, the citizens of this great nation have not witnessed such flagrant violations by our elected “leaders'” of their oath of office to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. The outrageous lies, the half-truths, and the surreptitious manner we are experiencing by which these elected “leaders” conduct business truly boggle the mind. The lengths that the so-called news media go to violate the First Amendment rights of the Constitution of the American public, especially those who hold opposing views from that of our elected “leaders” also is as equally mind-boggling.

Harry identified a solution to the problem in his letter regarding the dismissal through the election of the so-called professional politicians who continue to serve five, six, or seven decades of “public service.” That solution is term limits. There is currently a term limit for the President of the United States. There is currently a term limit for the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Why not for our other elected “leaders”?

Tightened scrutiny of our elected officials regarding their sources of income needs to intensify. We certainly do not want nor need our elected officials to use their public offices for their personal gain, much as many of those in the Federal government apparently currently employ. Nor do we need nor want our judicial and law enforcement agencies to be tools to further the bidding of the elected officials, again violating the Constitution.

Public confidence and trust in those who are supposed to represent the best interests of the American citizen and the agencies mandated to uphold federal, state, and local laws are at an all-time low. It is a very sad commentary on our government when even elections have been documented to be fraudulent, designed to empower and keep in power those who place their own personal interests far ahead of the people they represent; we have governmental agencies which are supposed to serve the public in ways and actions which are objective, unbiased, uncompromised, and without discrimination. Not today; we don’t.

Throughout our country’s history, there have been many examples of blatant corruption, bias, malfeasance, using public positions for outside influence, fraud, and violations of both the laws and the public trust. We have managed to come through these anomalies relatively unscathed, with the miscreants being sacked and/or prosecuted in disgrace.

Personal agendas have no place in a public office. Before the less-than-honest politicians can use their public offices to carve out their personal gains, they ought to stare in the face at the end of their term in office. Term limits might not be the total solution to eliminating politicos-for-life, but it’s likely the first step in ending the issue. Well done, Harry.

Arthur Candenquist
Amissville