Careful not to be a Tax Ass-essor Voter

I recently came across an article in the Statesman, about a local candidate’s ad's, that made me laugh out loud. Television has become a highway to the masses when it comes to political campaigns, and this reporter makes a solid case of the nonsense. Visit this link for his article and this link to watch the commercials. See if you can figure out just what the Candidate is running for. I feel it is safe to say that a big percentage of the public does not read papers or political propaganda, however they do watch Television. These viewers are at a disadvantage of not knowing the “whole” truth about various campaigns and platforms, or in this case, what the purpose of the public position is. It is frightening to consider that the people are voting-in public officials that they have little to no idea of what the Elected is to do once in office. Compile that with Television Ad campaigns that lead you to believe, in this case, that the Candidate for Tax-Assessor Collector will aid in lowering property taxes, which is NOT part of his job description, just creates a Texas size mess. The State is responsible for making the information readily available to its citizens and to educate them on the realities of the political offices. As citizens of the state of Texas it is our job to educate ourselves on the goings-on with political issues and especially City and County level public official positions that affect us directly daily. I feel if you don't know what your voting for, don't vote, or educate yourself on what you are about to vote on and for. Just don’t go around crying if you don’t like the way a public office is being ran when you had the opportunity to make an educated choice.