Chamber Report: Go Vote!

    My article this week is to the point, GO VOTE! Over the last six years, I have had my understanding reinforced that voting is of utmost importance in protecting our way of life.  Not only is it important to protecting our way of life, it is vital in creating and sustaining a quality business climate.  If you don’t watch out for your interests and vote accordingly, someone else will gladly set the agenda for you!  You may not always have elections turn out the way you desired but at least you made your wishes known!
    This weekend is important!  We have the opportunity to exercise our right to vote!  The October Investors’ Luncheon featured the four candidates for Lieutenant Governor and the two candidates for Secretary of State.  Listening to the different responses from the various candidates further reinforced the necessity of all our citizens getting out to vote.  There are truly some fundamental differences amongst the candidates not only in those races but in many others!  
    With so much focus being placed on the Governor’s and Lieutenant Governor’s races it may be tempting to overlook the importance of the various other races.  Races such as Secretary of Agriculture, State Treasurer, Secretary of State, Various House and Senate positions, Attorney General, and Clerk of Court, just to name a few, will all play an important roles in the years to come.  
    The Central Chamber, as a nonprofit group, can’t tell you how to vote because we haven’t formed a PAC – Political Action Committee.  However, I want to strongly urge you to examine the candidates, find out what they stand for, and what they would do if elected to the office they seek.  Budget, budget spending priorities, taxes, incentives, credits, jobs creation, economic growth, infrastructure, and many other important issues that will improve or hinder a pro-business climate will all be at the forefront over the next few years.  From the perspective of the chamber of commerce, it is vital that business owners seek out the candidates that are going to protect the interests of the business community and work to advance the economy of our state.  So this weekend, GO VOTE!