NOW IT'S OUR TURN! VOTE ON TUESDAY!

We may have spent this weekend in celebration and contemplation of religious holidays or we may have simply communed with nature or been lucky enough to gaze upon a full moon in all its glory.

One thing for sure, not many of us are necessarily in the mood for the serious business of dealing with non glamorous,  local elections.  No star candidate.  No punditry or polls of state or national interest just the hard work of making sure candidates and issues like bonds and propositions are offered in keeping with our democratic process.

Small local elections are the bedrock of our society.  Who we elect to school boards, who we elect to judicial offices and who we elect as sheriff is important to each of us and to the community in which we live.

Some may say voting is an exercise in futility.  Others may ask, why bother?  And still others may believe the very process of voting in wards and districts is weighted in favor of one party or the other, and they may be right.

What to do then?  Your vote in this election is the first step in righting unfair decisions.

If you haven't tossed the Voters Guide written by The St. Louis League of Women  in the recycle bin, sit down and read it.  If it is nowhere to be found go to your local library and read it or go on line to STLtoday.com/votersguide. The Guide, prepared by 40 members of the League, is non-partisan and  published by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, it lists your area, your candidate and the Proposition or Bond Question now before voters.

Candidates are asked to respond to the same two questions.  The Candidate's answer is listed, along with  "no" response when appropriate and Questions are explained briefly. When you see a "no response" answer, ask yourself why?

Weather you live in Ferguson, University City, or Franklin County, the only protection we have in a democratic system is to make sure the process of law is protected, not by guns or false rhetoric but by the power of our vote as citizens.

Use it on Tuesday!