Voting treated irresponsibly - Ceres Courier
\x3C/p\x3E\x0D\x0A\x3Cp\x3EThe assassination of Robert Kennedy on TV had me curious about the nature of politics for which someone would kill. I was glued to the TV during the summer of 1973 when the Watergate hearings were going on. \x3C/p\x3E\x0D\x0A\x3Cp\x3EWhenever politicians came around, I made a point to see them. In November 1975 I saw Senate Watergate Committee chairman Sam Ervin when he appeared at Modesto Junior College. I saw presidential hopeful John Anderson give a speech at Mancini Bowl in 1980. I shook hands with President Carter at Merced Junior College on July 4, 1980. In 1988 I saw Mike Dukakis at Graceada Park. I was in Beyer Park when George and Barbara and Jeb Bush made a campaign stop in 1988. I watched Senator John Glenn arrive by plane with Gary Condit at the Modesto Airport in 1983. \x3C/p\x3E\x0D\x0A\x3Cp\x3EI also left town for some personal... President Ford flew to Fresno on Nov. I shook hands with Ronald Reagan in 1994. \x3C/p\x3E\x0D\x0A\x3Cp\x3EAs a political junkie, even local politics stirs my interest to some degree. There\x27s something unique about seeing ordinary citizens getting involved in politics to lead a people. \x3C/p\x3E\x0D\x0A\x3Cp\x3EOur nation\x27s voter apathy is gnawing at me. But the way people vote is more disturbing. Source: www.cerescourier.com
