Ignoring the Pink Elephant

We have to ask ourselves whether or not we've reached a saturation point politically.  While I love and enjoy the freedoms we have as Americans, I find myself increasingly frustrated with the intense level of tolerance voters have for their elected officials.  In many cases this year, we should be experiencing buyer's remorse, but instead, we're tolerating broken promises and ineffective leadership.

Living in HD100 has been an incredible experience for me and my family, and running for that office was very eye-opening. People throughout the community were candid with me about their concerns, their goals and what their vision was for legislative leadership. Today, it doesn’t really appear that their vision has been fulfilled, but rather has been cast aside much like we’ve seen in other House Districts as well - not to mention the whole of the legislative session being rather disappointing.

Oklahoma as a whole needs to see change, needs more than just “conservative talking points.” We need to see the legislature do that which they were elected to do. We’re seeing problems with infrastructure still, we’re seeing legislators gearing up for their respective re-election campaigns rather than actually doing the work of the people. Every House District in Oklahoma owes the voters of Oklahoma an apology and not just my House District.

On a federal level, it's as though we have lost our collective minds and only on the extremes of the left and right do we hear or see outrage and frustration.  There exists a vast majority of us who are also less than satisfied with our elected officials, but until now, we really haven't heard much.  The reasons are pretty simple:  We have jobs, families, church and friends that take up much of our lives and as long as that isn't disrupted, we seem happy to ignore the big, fat pink elephant in the room.

We have elected officials right now whose only claim to fame is that they went to conferences or signed onto someone else's bill.  Ignoring the voices who voted for them, they continue their surge into the vast wasteland of mediocrity and we seem to be ignoring it.  Not any longer.  I hope you agree with me that the time has come for accountability. 
David