Mirror Mirror

Rob Bernshaw, Letter to the Editor

Mirror Mirror on the wall who it the fairest of all?

With the Battle lines drawn and D-Day of Monday April 23, 2012 rapidly approaching, will Albertans be the casualties or the victors in this struggle of power over our future.

What future will we face as we wake up to face a new day on Tuesday April 24, 2012?

Will the future be a bleak wasteland of continued intimidation and coercion, with municipalities pitted against municipality in order to gain favor with the government of the day?

Or will there be the dawning of a new day with openness and transparency, brightly shining on all Albertans; with all municipalities working together to achieve a better Alberta for us all?


Will Alberta awaken to a government that truly listens and reflects the values of all Albertans or to a government of closed door patronage appointments and favoritism?

These choices are ones that need to be fully examined before the ballots are marked for the party of our choice.

In closing here is a message to all Parties:

Quit your bickering and get down to business of working together towards a better future for all us Albertans, instead of self interest towards the golden plum of power over our future! We are tired of the petty squabbles amidst the fear of losing power and control over our lives.  We don’t care about what petty dirt is being dredged up to make the other party look bad!  We are not in high school anymore, where the school yard bullies are demeaning others in order to make themselves look better.

It did not work then and it certainly does not work now!

All parties need to take a good hard look in the mirror before slinging the mud of insinuation and defamation; as they will make the thrower dirtier then the receiver!

We are all in the same boat and we all sink or float together.

Get back to discussing the issues at hand like the environment, education, universal health care, to name a few and of course the most important: A Balanced Budget free of debt with an eye to building a quality future for all Albertans.
Before going out to meet the day, take a long hard look in the mirror in order to make a decision of whether to sling mud or to direct your words and actions towards being a benefit to all Albertans.

When arriving home at the end of the day reflect in the mirror, if what was done during the day, was a benefit to all Albertans or only the person staring back from the mirror!

Mirror Mirror on the wall who is the fairest of all: the response back should be all Albertans are the fairest of all!

Now get out and make that happen!

To all Albertans please do not let the mud slinging, disillusion us to the fact that we need to get out and vote en masse in order to effect change for a better Alberta.

Exercise your right to vote as we are the only ones that have control of our lives on the choices we make everyday. We need to make them good choices reflecting our views and the way we live.

From a concerned voter becoming disillusion with all the mud being thrown in the eyes of all us Albertans.