The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-11
DARE CITIZENS WAKING UP.
If SOMEWHAT LATE, TO NEED
FOR COURTHOUSE CHANGES
Contests Assured in All Five Commissioners
Places and Candidates Making Decisions as TO
Other Offices; Voters Now More On Their
Own and Resent Being Told How to Vote, May
Result in Big Turnover.

This weeks trends in the politi-
cal field in Dare County indicates
the likelihood of a campaign in the
primary in which more interest
will be shown than in many a day.
Contests are assured in all races
for County Commissioner, and sew
eral other persons are making up
their minds, they state, about run
ming for other offices.
While it is generally conceded
that the need for County Commits
sioner changes is most important,
there are few people who are will
ing to spare their time and work
for this worthy cause. But citizens
are clamoring for neighbors, in
whom they have confidence to run
and try to get the county on its
feet, and restore the Government
to the people.
The people have finally walked
up to the fact that it is they who
pay all the bills for money that is
wasted and the high cost of gov
eminent and big salaries received
by some for little or no work.
They are tired of paying big
salaries to people who merely hold
office and in addition pay for the
help that does the work these Off
Gals should do.
Many people are dubious about
their chances of winning office, be-
lieving that elections can some.
times be rugged against them, OIL
that they can be crushed Out
through tactics of ruthless poll.
teal ring.
But times have changed a lot
and today we do not see so much
of the old system where one Of
two men in a community coulC
practically deliver its entire vots
to some smart office seeker. People
are well informed today, they car
do their own thinking, and they
resent being told how to vote anc
who to vote for.
People are learning that all thi:
careless voting business in the
past has proved to be mighty cost
ly, for it's the people who pay fol
these mistakes. They pay higl
taxes to make up for the none!
that is being wasted, and the!
pay a gang to waste it, who d.
not want the people to know wha
it goes for.
May Hit The Jackpot
This looks like year. for some
body who will work. to hit tn,
political Jackpot in Dare County
1t looks like a winning year TO,
someone who is capable otherwise
to win one of the big paying job
if he will go seriously about win
ing. Big PAYING job, is a tern
used advisedlv, for it must b
considered that office hours arr
few, holidays are taken, and il
addition, the people pay for some
one else to do all the work.
Strangely enough, some of the
| officers say they can't live on les:
than what they get. One wonders
why they don't go elsewhere fol
more pay. The fact is, some o.
them are getting twice as mucl
as they could get at anything els'
they might undertake. They hav'
| retirement benefits, hospital bene
fits if desired, full pay when sick
full pay any time they take trip
full pay for many holidays, ant
full pay for short days. If a fam
lily of two people can't get alont
on $4,100 a year, then it is strang'
how, with larger families, they go
along on half as much, and less
before.
Pie ship is the right name TO
most of the offices. A single of
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