The reason for party affiliation in local politics, particularly in Mississippi, serves no purpose whatsoever.
The only thing I can figure is that it gives the people holding office an opportunity to rub shoulders with state and national politicians. Otherwise, there are very few issues on the local level that hold any importance in regard to political affiliation.
All local candidates are for education. They are for police and fire protection and good roads.
There is no political dividing line on those issues.
So, when a bunch of elected officials showed up in Jackson to announce their intentions to switch to the Republican Party, it made me scratch my old bald head.
There was a sherriff, a district attorney, a supervisor, a justice court judge, a constable, an alderman and a coroner.
Forgive me, but what in the name of Sam Hill does politics have to do with these positions, particularly in rural Simpson County?
Is there anyone out there that is concerned about the party affiliation of the local coroner?
“Hey honey, if I start to have a heart attack, make sure to take me to the next county, because I don’t want no Democrat coroner working on my dead body”
Give me a break.
Then there are judges.
Judges of any kind shouldn’t have political affiliation. Isn’t that a given?
And when supervisors are getting potholes filled in your area, make sure the Republicans get their roads fixed first; is that the way it works?
The recent announcement by the Simpson County officials is weak and self-serving, at best.
At worst, it shows they are worried more about political affiliation rather than serving the people of their community.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
I guess I miss your point. Do you believe that every Republican or Democrat in the state who is a county official should run as an independent? You don’t think local officials differ on issues of taxes, voter ID, the role and size of government, the environment, regulation, how schools operate, law enforcement budgets, etc?
You say, “All local candidates are for education. They are for police and fire protection and good roads.” What is the difference in them and statewide candidates. I don’t know anyone who runs for office who is against education, against the police, against fire protection, and against good roads. By your measurement, everyone should be an independent.
I know some folks in Simpson County and they care a great deal about the political affiliation of the local coroner. The local Democrats were howling when a Republican got the job. Maybe you don’t care that most elected officials in Jackson are Democrats, but that doesn’t mean rural voters don’t care about our own politics. We take this seriously. We take what our elected officials stand for seriously. Some of us like Democrats; some of us like Republicans. And it might not be important to you, but it is to us.
December 2nd, 2009 at 3:02 pm
RE:
“Judges of any kind shouldn’t have political affiliation. Isn’t that a given?”
Give YOU a break???!!
No, call the Legislature and tell them to give the judges a break.
I agree, it is wrong - - but not necessarily “a given.”
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