By Chuck Wibby
Thankfully, this will be the last column I write about the Nov. 3 election. I wish I could say the same thing about COVID-19 columns. I used to think that I could get a lot of hate email by writing from a conservative slant on political issues.
But simply buck the official government/Twitter/Facebook policy about COVID-19 and let the hate email begin. Gee, isn’t making everyone wear face masks enough for you? Do you really need to also control what we think?
Back to politics, though. Once again, we have “the most important election” of our lives coming up Nov. 3. And yes, elections are important on a whole host of topics, but what we do every day in our lives the other 364 days of every year is so much more important than who wins Nov. 3.
If you’re waiting for the government to provide you with financial or health security, then get prepared to be sorely disappointed. Take care of yourself, take care of your family, your friends, and just simply be civil to strangers. You’ll be much happier than sitting around every day watching Rachel Maddow or Sean Hannity tell you why you should be angry about something that really has no bearing on your life.
Speaking of which, I know the influence of big money in politics bothers a lot of you. If it does, you should be really be up in arms about Future Forward, a Silicon Valley super political action committee that has raised $100 million from just a few tech billionaires, notably Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, Twilio founder Jeff Lawson, and Google chief executive officer Eric Schmidt.
If you think that these guys are spending their own money because they care about you, well then, you probably believe that super rich people will actually pay higher taxes if the Democrats take control. Moskovitz, et. al., didn’t get to be super rich by being super stupid.
They expect a return on their investment in politics, just like they do with everything else. No coincidence that they decided to go public with their super PAC the week after the Justice Department announced an anti-trust lawsuit against Google.
So if you want to really protest someone who is stealing your freedom and your money, then go on down to 30th and Pearl and set up a picket line around Google.
And when did progressives learn to love the CIA and FBI? Just because James Comey, James Clapper and John Brennan hate Donald Trump as much as you do?
You should be careful about who you ally with. Take a few hours and watch the documentaries Citizen Four or The Report. You’ll learn exactly what makes guys like former CIA Director Brennan tick. Get in his way, and it doesn’t matter if you’re George Bush, Donald Trump, or Barrack Obama. That actually should concern all of us.
On a local level, once again we are about to elect two new Democratic county commissioners, giving us at least a million straight years of total Democratic control of the county. So much for diversity.
This newspaper wrote that the Republican running for commissioner to represent District 1, Cinda Kochen, “would be one of those ‘outside the box’ thinkers producing creative solutions to problems that might not occur to anyone else.” The newspaper further noted “we expressed some concern about having three like-minded partisan commissioners making decisions without anyone to challenge their thinking.”
In spite of these qualifications, the Daily Camera endorsed Kochen’s opponent, Democrat Claire Levy, because she “seems like someone….(who) would be pragmatic and not necessarily driven by party ideology.” The newspaper also wrote that Levy “believes the county should take responsibility for road maintenance in rural subdivisions” and is “attuned to the concerns of farmers in the county’s rural areas.”
Here’s hoping that Levy is someone who will actually do once elected what she promised to do to get your vote. Too bad, because Kochen would absolutely provide a capable and committed alternative to one-party rule in Boulder County.
So as we leave the political season for at least one or two weeks, remember to be kind to each other, support diversity in Boulder County by voting for every Republican running for local office, vote “no” on Amendment B, Propositions 113 and 118, and “yes” on Propositions 115, 116, and 117. Those of you who live in the city of Boulder, last chance to avoid spending millions more on buying outdated electrical poles and wires. Vote “yes” on 2C.
Chuck Wibby is a longtime Boulder resident, University of Colorado Boulder graduate, environmental analytical chemist, and retired business owner. You can reach him by email at cxwibby1@gmail.com.
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