A Campaign Of Ideas – Getting Things Started
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
As the 2010 election begins to take shape in Nevada, it would be appropriate to launch the process with an emphasis on the areas of critical issues that those who seek our votes can respond to, identifying their perspectives, ideas and positions.
At least one candidate for the Nevada Senate has already taken this approach in getting his own campaign off the ground, providing some content-based ideas for what he thinks should be discussed/debated as part of the decision process voters will be called on to determine. Todd Bailey, one of the more visible early contenders for the open Washoe District 4 Nevada Senate seat (held by term-limited Senator Randolph Townsend) has his priorities on display and available for interchange (as well as possibly later as a reminder of what he said he would work to accomplish if he is elected to the Nevada Senate).
In noting Todd’s website and list of “Top 10”, I’m not intending to appear to be endorsing his candidacy, but instead demonstrating that in an ideal 2010 election campaign we would see all candidates conducting this type of campaign, openly telling those who they would like to have vote for them, where they stand on critical areas of concern. Such a proactive approach indicating “here’s what you get when you vote for me” would be much better than the sound bites that say nothing or other messages that offer little insight on what we will receive by way of an elected official.
Then again, what candidates tell us they believe when they are running for office and how that translates into action is possibly quite different, but that shouldn’t stop us from asking and specifically deciding on the merits of what candidates tell us their answers are.
As part of an organizational process for determining key issues of critical concern, Nevada Farm Bureau members have shared their input, ranking these issues as the “Top 10” on their minds for the coming election cycle…
1. Growth of the National Government
2. Access and Use of Public Lands
3. Taxes
4. State Government Spending
5. Water
6. Growth of the State Government
7. Public Education
8. Business Failures/Home Foreclosures
9. Animal Care and Treatment
10. Sustainable Agriculture/Food Production
Over the coming days there will be some attention given to these issues, hopefully starting more conversations which expand the concepts into clear, definable elements to serve as important yardsticks to use in measuring how potential representatives stack up.
As the 2010 election begins to take shape in Nevada, it would be appropriate to launch the process with an emphasis on the areas of critical issues that those who seek our votes can respond to, identifying their perspectives, ideas and positions.
At least one candidate for the Nevada Senate has already taken this approach in getting his own campaign off the ground, providing some content-based ideas for what he thinks should be discussed/debated as part of the decision process voters will be called on to determine. Todd Bailey, one of the more visible early contenders for the open Washoe District 4 Nevada Senate seat (held by term-limited Senator Randolph Townsend) has his priorities on display and available for interchange (as well as possibly later as a reminder of what he said he would work to accomplish if he is elected to the Nevada Senate).
In noting Todd’s website and list of “Top 10”, I’m not intending to appear to be endorsing his candidacy, but instead demonstrating that in an ideal 2010 election campaign we would see all candidates conducting this type of campaign, openly telling those who they would like to have vote for them, where they stand on critical areas of concern. Such a proactive approach indicating “here’s what you get when you vote for me” would be much better than the sound bites that say nothing or other messages that offer little insight on what we will receive by way of an elected official.
Then again, what candidates tell us they believe when they are running for office and how that translates into action is possibly quite different, but that shouldn’t stop us from asking and specifically deciding on the merits of what candidates tell us their answers are.
As part of an organizational process for determining key issues of critical concern, Nevada Farm Bureau members have shared their input, ranking these issues as the “Top 10” on their minds for the coming election cycle…
1. Growth of the National Government
2. Access and Use of Public Lands
3. Taxes
4. State Government Spending
5. Water
6. Growth of the State Government
7. Public Education
8. Business Failures/Home Foreclosures
9. Animal Care and Treatment
10. Sustainable Agriculture/Food Production
Over the coming days there will be some attention given to these issues, hopefully starting more conversations which expand the concepts into clear, definable elements to serve as important yardsticks to use in measuring how potential representatives stack up.
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