With less than a week to go before Tuesday’s primary
election, our community has two decisions affecting our state government. We learned from our local elections
that endorsed candidates are not always the best choice for the people. Sometimes, endorsed candidates are just
the best choice for advancing the party leaders’ agendas.
One of the things being said by the Eddystone establishment this
past November was that, ‘You can’t eat an apple from both sides.” By saying this, these people were
saying that leaders could not have both Republican and Democratic ideas and
supporters. Try eating an apple
from just one side and you will find that you hit the core very quickly,
leaving a feeling of dissatisfaction in your mouth as you ignore the juicy,
flavorful fruit on the other side.
The moral of the story: blindly picking candidates based on party lines and
endorsements does not help our community thrive or position it for future
growth.
With that in mind, we endorse Dominic Pileggi-R for the 9th
District Senate seat. We also
endorse Thaddeus Kirkland-D for the 159th District seat.
In both cases, these men have stood up for Eddystone,
supported our efforts, and helped to improve the quality of life for our residents. Pileggi’s work in the Borough is heard
of much more frequently because he is a Republican. Kirkland’s work is often unrecognized because of his party
affiliation. It should be noted
that Kirkland-D is one of the founding endorsers of the Mayor’s WIN Committee.
Endorsing candidates on both sides of the aisle may open us
up to the attacks of the few people who think you can only endorse candidates
from one party. These would be the
same people who would have you eat only one side of an apple, though.
We tend to like to eat the whole apple. We think endorsing these men, regardless
of their party affiliation, means that we are more concerned about finding
leaders who want to help Eddystone thrive, rather than trying to hold onto
archaic presumptions that do not promote positive growth in our community.
Eddystone needs leaders who will stand up for what residents
believe. Eddystone needs leaders
who think beyond the past establishment and position our community to be a
productive, 21st century contributor in this age of technology, just
like we were in the 19th and 20th century industrial
movement. Pileggi and Kirkland
have done that for Eddystone.
That is enough for us.