All officials responsible for creating jobs

Over the past few weeks I have seen letters from people who talk about how it's not the job of a treasurer's office to create jobs and they even slam the people running for trying to create jobs for local folks. I've also read letters from campaigners saying it's not the function of the St. Lawrence County treasurer's office to work with other elected officials on lowering taxes.

This really makes me scratch my head and wonder how I could ever vote for someone who says that creating jobs and lowering taxes is not their responsibility. I really don't care for a politician who makes promises they don't keep. Our national elections are filled with hollow promises, but this new generation of local political hopefuls really blows me away. They don't even make promises anymore, they just tell us that it's someone else's fault, responsibility or obligation.

I think it's odd, for anyone who wants my vote, to write the letter to the paper about all of the things they don't plan on doing. One of the men who is running in this election, Kevin Felt, writes a letter and tells us that it's not a function of the treasurer to lower taxes. Well, Mr. Felt, I beg to differ. I believe it's every government official's responsibility to work to lower taxes and bring more jobs to the north country. To tell us that it's not your job or your function is just a great disappointment, and from my perspective, another opportunity to palm off your obligation to the people of our county.

I have to work a couple of different part-time jobs to take care of my son and to stay afloat, and I'll be darned if I am going to vote for a guy who says it's not his job to lower taxes and create jobs. The person I vote for better be ready to do everything in their power, job duty or not, to protect the precious few jobs we have in this county and save me money. I'll be voting for Dave Button because he's already shown me that he wants to keep what we have and do it with less money than the rest of these politicians who pass the buck.

Jason Bice

Hermon